"Pop singer Gavin DeGraw was viciously beaten by a pack of thugs on the Lower East Side early yesterday -- and then hit by a taxi as he stumbled off, police sources said. The 34-year-old performer -- who has spent the summer opening for star rock bands Maroon 5 and Train -- had been drinking and just left a group of pals when he was attacked by the marauding goons sometime between 3:50 and 4:20 a.m. at Sixth Street and First Avenue, the sources said. His nose was broken and he suffered cuts to his face, they said. The creeps then fled, and the dazed singer, whose hit song "Chariot" went platinum, kept walking, sources said. [NY Post]

The Post article says "Lower East Side", but then it says 6th St & 1st Ave which is why I think it actually happened in the East Village, which it turns out is not that far from National Underground, the NYC club that Gavin co-owns with his brother Joey who is also a musician. That's both of them and the venue in the picture above.

Gavin (who I googled to figure who he was and realized he falls into the "music I don't like the most" category) is in stable condition (a good thing) and is supposed to open for (yikes) Maroon 5 and (yikes) Train at Jones Beach on 8/12.

On 9.23.09, we invite you to New York City's Central Park, East Meadow for Feel Free, an event that celebrates and pays tribute to the National Parks. Feel Free is designed to engage you in celebrating what has been described as one of America's best ideas. Join Ken Burns, Alison Krauss, Carole King and [Eric Benet, Gavin DeGraw, Jose Feliciano and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas] for an evening of song and film. NO TICKETS REQUIRED. JUST ADDED: COUNTING CROWS AND AUGUSTANA

The event is the public premiere of Ken Burns's upcoming film The National Parks: America's Best Idea, and will be broadcast "via satellite to PBS affiliates and other partners assembled in various locations around the country." A video preview of the movie, and the event flyer, below...

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Cold War Kids @ Rothbury Festival in July (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)

The Beach Rescue Concert featuring artists Joss Stone, Gavin DeGraw, Cold War Kids, and Mason Jennings is happening on Saturday, August 29th at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey from 6 to 10 p.m.

The concert is a celebration of Barefoot Wine & Surfrider Foundation's Beach Rescue Project, the 25th anniversary of Surfrider Foundation, and the 25 beach cleanups that took place across the country this summer.

RSVP is required for attendance. Tickets are limited and on a first come, first serve basis...

Beach Rescue Project has its last beach cleanup of the summer before the show from 2-4pm. Those who volunteer and are 21+ get complimentary VIP reception & treatment at the concert.Details and flyer below...

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