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Rock Daily’s New Year’s Eve Rock Guide: All the Essential U.S. Shows, Plus TV Specials

12/28/07, 4:37 pm EST

With the ball set to drop in less than seventy-two hours, Rock Daily has the comprehensive list of all the best concerts and must-see rock TV going on New Year’s Eve across the country. Whether it’s Nas in Los Angeles or Radiohead Webcasting via Al Gore’s channel, here’s our New Year’s Rockin’ Guide, conveniently organized by city:

Concerts:

New York
Patti Smith @ Bowery Ballroom
Velvet Revolver @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Slick Rick, Kudu, Moby (DJ set), Holy Ghost (DJ set) @ Studio B
Earl Greyhound, The Big Sleep @ Mercury Lounge
moe. @ Radio City Music Hall
Gov’t Mule @ Beacon Theatre

Les Savy Fav @ Bowery Ballroom
Mr. Brownstone @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Gogol Bordello @ Terminal 5
Nellie McKay @ Joe’s Pub

Los Angeles
Chris Brown @ Crash Mansion
Nas, Salt-N-Pepa @ House of Blues
Bloc Party (DJ set), The Rapture (DJ set), Talib Kweli @ Roosevelt Hotel
Justice (DJ set), Peaches, 2 Live Crew, A-Trak @ HARD New Year’s Eve Music Festival
Rufus Wainwright, Belinda Carlisle @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
MSTRKRFT, Z-Trip, Lazaro Casanova, LA Riots, Franki Chan @ Giant Maximus Fest at 826 Francisco St

Atlanta
Band of Horses @ The Earl
Black Lips @ Drunken Unicorn
Derek Trucks, The North Mississippi All-Stars @ Fox Theatre
Widespread Panic @ Phillips Arena

Atlantic City
Elvis Costello & The Samples @ House of Blues

Boston
Soulive @ Paradise Rock Club

Chicago
Spoon, The Sea and Cake @ Metro
Umphrey’s McGee @ The Aragon
Black Kids @ Empty Bottle

Cleveland
Rusted Root @ House of Blues

Dallas
The Old 97’s @ Longhorn Ballroom

Detroit
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ MGM Grand Detroit Casino

Las Vegas
Kanye West @ The Pearl
Backstreet Boys @ Body English
The Bangles, The Doobie Brothers @ The Fremont Street Experience
Goo Goo Dolls @ House of Blues
3 Doors Down @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Miami
R. Kelly, Keyshia Cole, J. Holiday @ American Airlines Arena

New Orleans
Buddy Guy @ House of Blues

Oklahoma City
The Flaming Lips @ Cox Center

Orlando
The B-52’s, Foreigner @ Universal Studios

Portland, Oregon
Wu-Tang Clan @ Roseland Theater
Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven @ Doug Fir Lounge

San Francisco
Les Claypool @ Fillmore
Ledisi @ Yoshi’s
Crystal Method @ Ruby Skye
The Mars Volta, Peanut Butter Wolf @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Diplo, Pharrell Williams @ Temple Bar
Junior Boys (DJ set) @ Mezzanine
Melvins, Comets on Fire @ Slim’s

Television:

Current TV
Radiohead performs In Rainbows via Webcast
MTV
Tila Tequlia’s New Year’s Eve Masquerade featuring Mary J. Blige, Boys Like Girls, Fabolous, Kid Rock, Wyclef, Paramour, Good Charlotte and Flo Rida

ABC
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve featuring Akon, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Kingston, OneRepublic, Plain White T’s, Taylor Swift and Will.i. am

NBC
Carson Daly hosts a New Year’s Eve show, which we assume will feature performances, if only NBC updated the show’s page on their Web site.


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Comments

Jake Burns | 12/28/2007, 4:47 pm EST

When did they begin thawing Dick Clark out this year?

TheTunefreak | 12/28/2007, 9:02 pm EST

I wish I were in SF… The Melvins on New Years? They will blow Slims down-ESPECIALLY if Cody and Jared are with ‘em… And In Vermont WE HAVE- First Nite…

diagonals | 12/29/2007, 4:50 pm EST

you forgot Steel Pulse at Revolution in Miami!

Metal Shawn G | 12/29/2007, 7:10 pm EST

I find New Year’s to be one of the most depressing days of the year; I’m not sure why.

Anonymous | 1/2/2008, 2:58 pm EST

Patti Smith is one scary mofo…

just sayin’.

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