Hammerstein Ballroom

First Aid Kit and The New Pornographers aren’t the only Hammerstein Ballroom shows going on sale today. We also noticed two Hatsune Miku live events…

The Orb @ Hammerstein Ballroom 1997 (click HERE for a bigger flyer) Back in ’97, way before “EDM” was a thing, but when NYC rave culture had already gotten what seemed back then a bit too popular, rave music heroes The Orb (never lame) came to town for a show in support of Orblivion…

Albert Hammond, Jr. got the show going, and sounded just as razor sharp as he did when I saw him open for Jake Bugg a few weeks ago. This time the crowd was much bigger, but the execution was just as on point…

MBV @ ATP NY 2008 (more by Abbey Braden) My Bloody Valentine shocked fans this year by actually making good on their promise of finally releasing a new album, MBV, back in February — the one Kevin Shields has been promising since 1991’s Loveless…

Scottish dance-punks Franz Ferdinand returned earlier this year with their fourth album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, and after doing a surprise, intimate show in Brooklyn over the summer, they brought their tour (which also hit Chicago) back to NYC this past Tuesday (10/22) to pick on a venue their own size, Hammerstein Ballroom…

UK act Alt-J have had quite a last 12 months. This time last year, the band were playing Glasslands and then Bowery Ballroom. That was before their debut album, An Awesome Wave, won the 2013 Mercury Prize, which was the catalyst for an impressive rise that has seen them in NYC this spring at Webster Hall and Terminal 5, to Governors Ball on the summer festival circuit and, most recently, Hammerstein Ballroom (9/14) and Central Park (9/15) over the weekend (both sold out)…

Shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine who released their first album in over 21 years, mbv, earlier this year, have already done some North American dates since (like LA’s FYF Fest), and though those didn’t include any in NYC, now they are set to return and will play Hammerstein Ballroom on November 11 and 12…

Alt-J at Bonnaroo 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) As discussed, Alt-J will bring their tour back to NYC later this year for a show at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield on September 15 with Lord Huron…

Franz Ferdinand at Coachella 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) As mentioned, Franz Ferdinand are finally releasing their fourth album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, on August 23 via Domino, and now they’ve announced a tour in support of that album too…

Cat Power @ Hammerstein Ballroom – 10/23/2012 (pic via supergalaxy) Less than a week after Primus made things 3-D, Cat Power brought laser lights and her tour with Willis Earl Beal and X-Ray Eyeballs to Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC last night (10/23)…