Blake Shelton to bring his voice to the Tacoma Dome

Blake Shelton is, by this point, a household name.

That’s what a hit TV show, a superstar wife and roughly one dozen No. 1 country songs will do to a guy.

Now, Shelton will bring his Ten Times Crazier tour to the Tacoma Dome at 7 Friday night, as the country superstar prepares to release his latest album, “Bringing Back the Sunshine,” expected in stores later this month.

The tour — which features openers the Band Perry, Dan + Shay and Neal McCoy — will give Shelton a chance to showcase his singing chops, something made particularly famous through his role as a judge on “The Voice.”

Shelton, whose wife Miranda Lambert is also a country superstar, likely will fill his set with the hits from throughout his two decades in as a recording artist.

Tickets are $40.83 to $68.35 at ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.

The off-kilter act Die Antwoord also is headed to the Northwest for a show at the Paramount Theatre at 8 p.m. Monday.

The South African rap-rave duo became an unlikely favorite after releasing its buzzed-about video “Enter the Ninja,” which has racked up more than 20 million views since being posted in 2010.

Sales success followed that viral video breakthrough, with the group’s albums charting higher and higher. Its most recent outing, this year’s “Donker Mag,” was Die Antwoord’s first to crack the top 40, reaching No. 37.

Tickets are $31.25 at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.

Another overseas import will play the Paramount Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, as pop-soul crooner Sam Smith hits the venue.

The U.K.-based performer first landed on listener’s radar thanks to singing on electronica act Disclosure’s single, “Latch.” After guesting on a few other tracks and releasing his own EP, he put out his own solo debut, “In the Lonely Hour.”

That disc, a less edgy foray into pop, won plenty of fans, landing at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and becoming a mainstay on the iTunes top 10.

Tickets are $28.75 at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.

Also on Thursday, Taking Back Sunday and the Used will play bring their complementary takes on punk-flecked emo to the Showbox SoDo at 7 p.m.

The two bands have been crossing paths for more than a decade — really, ever since both releasing their debut albums in 2002.

Taking Back Sunday arguably is the bigger name. The New York-based band has claimed four top-10 albums, starting with its 2004 major label breakthrough, “Where You Want to Be.”

That album, with its ability to make hardcore music into palatable pop, formed a blueprint for future successes. The group is touring now behind this year’s “Happiness Is.”

The Used, meanwhile, were inspired by the relative quiet of its Utah hometown, Orem, to crank out some amped-up aggression. Since releasing its self-titled debut, the band has won a following with its angst. The group is touring now behind “Imaginary Enemy,” which hit No. 14 on the charts.

Tickets are $29.50 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.

Dave Rawlings Machine, meanwhile, will play the Moore Theatre at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

The folk act, which on this tour features as part of its lineup singer Gillian Welch and John Paul Jones, has only one album to its name, 2009’s “A Friend of a Friend.”

Rawlings, however, has other credits — he co-wrote the Ryan Adams hit “To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)” and has worked with indie favorites Bright Eyes, among many others.

Tickets are $25 to $32.59 at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.

The literate and soaring rock of the Augustines will fill the Showbox at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, when the Brooklyn band hits the venue.

The trio, touring now behind its self-titled sophomore album, has won comparisons to the National for its emotionally fraught and musically soaring sounds.

Tickets are $22 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.

Finally, the Bob Mould Band will play the Neptune Theatre at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Mould has been a cult favorite since his days leading Husker Du in the 1980s. He’s touring now behind “Beauty and Ruin,” his second album on Merge Records and 11th outing as a solo artist.

Tickets are $23.50 at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.