tix on sale: MBV, Florence, Garbage, Janelle Monae, Leon Bridges, GovBall After Dark & more
Tickets for the My Bloody Valentine show at Hammerstein Ballroom go on sale at 11 AM.
Tickets for Garbage‘s Version 2.0 20th anniversary show at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre go on sale at 10 AM.
Tickets for the Florence and the Machine show at BAM go on sale Friday (4/27) at 10 AM.
Tickets for the Governors Ball After Dark shows (including Dirty Projectors, Vic Mensa, Margo Price, Cut Copy, Japandroids, The Menzingers, Amine, Pond, Jay Electronica, Wolf Alice, The Regrettes) go on sale at noon.
Tickets for the Leon Bridges record release show at Rough Trade go on sale at noon.
Tickets for the Janelle Monae show at the Hulu Theater at MSG go on sale at 10 AM.
Tickets for Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era's Steez Day show at Central Park SummerStage with Flatbush Zombies, The Underachievers,go on sale Friday at noon.
Tickets for the Dipset show at Ford Amphitheatre at Coney Island Boardwalk go on sale Friday (4/27) at 10 AM
Tickets for the A Perfect Circle show at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden go on sale Friday (4/27) at 10 AM.
The WFMU Record Fair is this weekend (April 27 - 29) at Brooklyn Expo Center and we've got a coupon good for $2 off daily admission.
Tickets for the Judas Priest and Deep Purple NYC-area shows go on sale at 10 AM.
Tickets for the David Cross "Oh Come On" show at Capitol Theatre go on sale at noon.
Tickets for the Guided by Voices shows at Industry City and Asbury Lanes go on sale at 10 AM and noon, respectively.
Tickets for The Bell House Summer Series shows with Luna, GbV, and Kevin Devine, go on sale at 10 AM.
Tickets for It's All True, the opera based on Fugazi stage banter, at National Sawdust go on sale today at 10 AM.
Tickets for The Horrors shows at Le Poisson Rouge and Asbury Lanes go on sale at 10 AM.
Tickets for the Code Orange, Twitching Tongues, Vein and Wicca Phase show at Irving Plaza go on sale Friday (4/27) at 10 AM
Tickets for the third Dr. Dog and (Sandy) Alex G show at Brooklyn Steel go on sale at noon.
Tickets for the Okkervil River shows at MHOW and Asbury Lanes go on sale at noon.
Tickets for the Car Seat Headrest shows at Brooklyn Steel go on sale at noon.
Tickets for the Joan of Arc shows at Rough Trade and Asbury Lanes go on sale at noon.
Tickets for the Grouper show at Murmrr Theatre go on sale Friday (4/27) at noon.
Tickets for the Joshua Hedley show at Rough Trade go on sale at noon.
Tickets for the Face to Face shows at NYC's Rocks Off Concert Cruise and Asbury Park's House of Independents go on sale Friday (4/27) at 10 AM.
Tickets for Elsewhere's initial rooftop schedule (Little Boots, Dilly Dally, more) are on sale now.
Tickets for the Simple Minds show at Beacon Theatre are on sale.
Tickets for the Gary Numan show at Irving Plaza go on sale at 10 AM.
Tickets for the Brian Chase "Drums and Drones" show at Mercury Lounge with 13 Million Year Old Ghost, MV Carbonand DJ JG Thirlwell go on sale at 10 AM.
The new-ish Grand Ole Opry offshoot Opry City Stage continues to host shows ncluding their ongoing Bluebird Cafe Songwriter Series which takes place on the fourth floor of the four-level complex in a more intimate, fully seated room with full bar and Southern menu available. Other schedule highlights include Hall of Famer Whisperin' Bill Anderson on 6/15, and dobro master Jerry Douglas on 7/19, a legend and key member of Alison Krauss' band who's also collaborated with Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Phish, James Taylor, and many others (he's played on more than 1600 albums!).
Macy Gray also just announced some shows at the Times Square venue.
The Pietasters are playing a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on August 18 and tickets are on sale.
The Slackers are playing a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on August 25 and tickets are on sale.
BROOKLYNVEGAN PRESENTS
5/3: Tricky at Irving Plaza (tickets)
5/22: The New Trust at Alphaville (tickets)
6/9: BrooklynVegan Northside Showcase with Protomartyr, Deerhoof and more tba at Elsewhere (tickets)
10/26: Mercury Rev at Music Hall of Williamsburg, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Deserter's Songs (tickets)
Screening next at Nitehawk's MUSIC DRIVEN Series, co-presented by BrooklynVegan
5/8: Here To Be Heard: The Story of The Slits, followed by a Q&A with William E. Badgley and film producer/Slits tour manager/Shellshag member Jennifer Shagawat (tickets)
CONTESTS
Enter to win tickets to:
5/5: Brazilian Girls at Music Hall of Williamsburg
6/1-6/3: Governors Ball
6/7-6/10: Bonnaroo
6/14-6/17: Firefly Festival
Enter to win tickets to the show of your choice at Austin's Levitation festival, which returns 4/26-4/29.
SOME UPCOMING SHOWS AT FOREST HILLS STADIUM:
6/8: Belle & Sebastian, Perfume Genius, and Frankie Cosmos (tickets are on sale, and you can also enter to win tickets)
6/9: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, The Head and The Heart, and Hiss Golden Messenger (tickets are on sale, and you can also enter to win tickets)
6/15: alt-J (in surround sound) and Kamasi Washington (tickets are on sale, and you can also enter to win tickets)
9/8: Jamiroquai (tickets)
9/15: David Byrne and Tune-Yards (tickets)
9/29-9/30: The National presents There's No Leaving New York with Future Islands, Jason Isbell, Cat Power, Phoebe Bridgers, U.S. Girls, Bully and more. (single day tickets are on sale, and you can enter to win two day passes).
SOME UPCOMING COMEDY:
4/28: Nemr Abou Nassar @ Gramercy Theater (tickets)
6/2: Anthony Jeselnik @ Wellmont Theater (tickets)
6/25: Kathy Griffin @ Radio City Music Hall (tickets)
SOME UPCOMING SHOWS at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival:
6/13: The Decemberists and M. Ward (tickets)
6/20: Grizzly Bear and Spoon (tickets)
7/25: Courtney Barnett, Julien Baker, and Vagabon (tickets)
SOME UPCOMING SHOWS at Stone Pony Summer Stage:
6/1: Primus & Mastodon (tickets)
6/15: Fitz & The Tantrums (tickets)
8/3: Boy George & Culture Club (tickets)
8/4: The Bouncing Souls, Against Me! & Titus Andronicus (tickets)
8/14: Band of Horses (tickets)
MORE UPCOMING SHOWS
Le Poisson Rouge celebrates their tenth anniversary with LPR X, which includes:
6/19: Blonde Redhead (tickets)
8/17: Pere Ubu (tickets)
Minus the Bear celebrate the 10th anniversary of Planet of Ice with shows at Warsaw (4/26) and Irving Plaza (4/27) (tickets)
Red Bull Music Festival returns to NYC in May, including:
Legendary musician, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte in conversation on 5/5 (tickets)
Fever Ray's first US shows in eight years 5/12 (sold out) - 5/13 (tickets)
David Bowie & Enda Walsh's musical, Lazarus, gets the live soundtrack experience for a single night in Brooklyn - a film of the London production will be soundtracked live by the seven-piece band that backed Michael C. Hall during the original Off-Broadway run, 5/2 at Kings Theatre. (tickets)
Electric Wizard play Playstation Theater 5/4 (tickets).
"Conversations with Nick Cave" at Symphony Space (5/3) and Murmrr Theatre (5/5) (tickets)
David Lynch's Festival of Disruption comes to NYC for the first time 5/19-5/20 with live music from Angel Olsen (solo), Animal Collective, Flying Lotus (DJ set), Jon Hopkins, Jim James (solo), Au Revoir Simone, and Rebekah Del Rio; talks and screenings from David Lynch himself (Rare Short Films), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet), and Gregory Crewsdon (There But Not There); art exhibits, and meditation. (tickets)
Primus and Mastodon play Stone Pony Summer Stage 6/1 & Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk 6/3 (tickets)
Lauryn Hill celebrates the 20th anniversary of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill on tour this summer including two NYC-area shows: 7/15 at Northwell Health at Jones Beach & 8/8 at PNC Bank Arts Center (tickets)
Mac DeMarco plays Central Park SummerStage 9/8 (tickets) and Philly's Skyline Stage at the Mann 9/4 (tickets
Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival returns this summer, including dates at BB&T Pavilion 9/15 (tickets), PNC Bank Arts Center 9/16 (tickets) & Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center 9/23 (tickets)
The The are playing their first US shows in 18 years on their "Comeback Special" tour, including two in NYC: Brooklyn Steel 9/16 & Beacon Theatre 9/17 (tickets).
Rufus Wainwright celebrates the 20th anniversary of his self-titled debut album at Beacon Theatre 12/4, playing songs from it and 2001's Poses (tickets).
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds play Barclays Center 10/26 (tickets)
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