John Varvatos

Also appearing at the annual benefit: Bill Murray, Ivan Neville, Melissa Etheridge, Jackson Brown, Ben Harper and more.

Harley Flanagan will kick off his 30th anniversary celebration of Cro-Mags’ sophomore album, Best Wishes, at NYC’s The Pyramid Club, which is celebrating its own 40th anniversary.

“If there’s one thing the John Varvatos brand is known for, it’s rocking out.”

The band are playing more and more ‘Chinese Democracy’ songs as the tour rolls on — check out setlists from their two Boston-area shows as they lead into their NJ shows this weekend.

Paul Weller is in town for two shows at the Best Buy Theater tonight (5/18) and Saturday (5/19) to which tickets are still available. Last night, Weller played an invite-only show at the Paul Varvatos store (aka the old CBGBs space) and his 15 or so song set ran his entire career, from Jam classics “Eton Rifles” and “Art School” through songs off Weller’s new album, Sonik Kicks…

Paul Weller begins his two night run at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square on Friday (tomorrow, 5/18), but first an invite-only show at the Varatos Store tonight…

“While groups such as the Strokes and the White Stripes get most of the credit for spearheading the garage rock revival movement of the early 21st century, there were several similarly styled bands of the mid- to late- ’90s that preceded the aforementioned acts (with far less commercial success and press), such as D Generation…

words & While many designers tagged trendier (see younger) performers to appear at their Fashion Week soirees, many of which happened the day before for Fashion’s Night Out, John Varvatos and show curator/drummer Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver, Guns N’ Roses) stayed true to the spirit of the Bowery store located where CBGB once stood, picking a lineup that would make Wayne and Garth tremble with a lack of self worth (Mike Meyers sitting on the side of the stage with a giddy grin would seem to confirm that)…

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club played the Fashion Week party at Don Hill’s on Thursday. Iggy Pop and The Stooges played there Friday, and according to the above Tweet, Courtney Love is playing there tonight…

No word yet on whether Iggy Pop will definitely be there, but Mick Rock will take your picture Friday at the Varvatos store, though there’s a catch…