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Paramore Kitten - Hammerstein Ballroom - 5/16/13

Paramore Kitten Hammerstein Ballroom 5/16/13 Better Than: Anything J.J. Abrams has done in 2013 Before seeing Paramore tonight, I went to the movies with my best friend. We're both huge sci-fi/fantasy dweebs, so we, of course, had seen the new Star Trek movie on its opening day. The movie was ... More >>

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Electric Zoo Lineup Announced: Guetta, Axwell, Tiesto (And Maybe-Probably Skrillex?) To Headline

The Electric Zoo, the annual summer-closing EDM fest now in its fourth year, will take place August 31 and September 1 and 2, and the first batch of performers has been announced. The weekend will be headlined by Swedish House Mafioso Axwell (who'll be headlining the Hammerstein Ballroom for part tw ... More >>

Getting the Drop on the Hammerstein with the Cosmic Opera

Turntables are nice, but aerialists are even nicer

This Week In The Voice: The Cosmic Opera's Heights; Mike Doughty Talks About His Lows

In this week's Village Voice, out now: I take in the spectacle of the Cosmic Opera, the Axwel-masterminded EDM event that took place at the Hammerstein Ballroom last week; and Michael Tedder talks to Mike Doughty about The Book Of Drugs, the musician's "stream-of-consciousness story about regret and ... More >>

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J Mascis Is Opening For Band Of Horses At The Hammerstein Tomorrow Night

​There's something so exciting about last-minute announcements, right? Or maybe I just live on the deadline edge a little too much. Anyway, this just in: Tomorrow night's Band Of Horses show at the Hammerstein Ballroom—occasioned by the implosion of the Kings of Leon tour last week— ... More >>

Portishead Is Playing Two Shows At The Hammerstein Ballroom This October

They'll be in the States for the I'll Be Your Mirror festival in Asbury Park this fall, so the doomy British trio Portishead has decided to play a slew of shows around the country in October—and New York City gets them first, with a pair of shows at the Hammerstein Ballroom on October 4 and 5 ... More >>

Live: Kylie Minogue Makes Grand Entrance After Grand Entrance At The Hammerstein

Santiago Felipe​Kylie Minogue Hammerstein Ballroom Monday, May 2 Better than: Wearing sweatpants and sitting on the couch. Let's get this out of the way: The Hammerstein Ballroom is a great room for spectacles. Some of the best shows I've seen in New York have been there, and all of them--P ... More >>

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Week in Review: Who's Your Daddy?

​In the week we began our countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010, we celebrated by mocking efforts from the Far East Movement, Ringo Starr, Godsmack, Trade Martin, and Lil Wayne. Where will Susan Boyle fall? Tune in next week and suffer more abuse until you find out.

Nicki Minaj Roundup: Letterman Last Night, Hot 97 Today, Pink Friday Monday, Hammerstein Ballroom On Thanksgiving, Arguments About Her Singing For The Next Several Weeks At Least

Romance​Let's just say multiple members of the Voice critical braintrust are generating possibly dozens of hundreds of words about Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday even as you read this, and leave it at that -- we are excited, is all. Nicki herself, meanwhile, is ubiquitous. Her "If I'm Lucky I'll Fi ... More >>

Giveaway: Win a Pair of Tickets to See Katy Perry Perform Live In NYC on Monday

​It is sort of fun to think back on the fact that in April, 2008, Katy Perry was performing at the Mercury Lounge. Since then, of course, she's moved on to bigger and better things--Hammerstein Ballroom, Dr. Luke, and inspiring loudness wars in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. But we continue to adore ... More >>

Devo Cancel Their Tour, Including Saturday's Hammerstein Ballroom Show (Now Featuring The Drums, For Free)

​A rough week for canceled shows around here: Devo has scrapped all their upcoming dates, including Saturday night's Hammerstein Ballroom fete (which is now a free show with the Drums and Neon Trees), after a glass shard sliced guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh's right thumb to the bone. The band was ... More >>

Live: Still Swooning Over The Backstreet Boys (Well, Most Of Them, Anyway) At Hammerstein Ballroom

Oh indeed​Count the number of men in this photo. Pics by Puja, more below.​Backstreet Boys Hammerstein Ballroom Thursday, June 10 The ear-splitting shrieks started about a half-hour before the Backstreet Boys took the stage at Hammerstein Ballroom last night. Hundreds and hundreds of gi ... More >>

Week in Review: Sign of Victory

One of these dudes is noticeably less enthusiastic than all the other dudes. Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith​In the week we interviewed an actual fitness instructor about the theoretical plausibility of exercising to Sleigh Bells, we also penned a Twitter-based ode to Erykah Badu's habitual latenes ... More >>

Live: Rihanna Drops By Hammerstein Ballroom

Like I said, silver and pantless. CREDIT​Rihanna Hammerstein Ballroom Thursday, December 3 Rihanna these days is basically carrying on as though she's fronting Nine Inch Nails. And who can blame her. Navigate a truly chaotic, hey-quit-pushing scene outside the Hammerstein (a free show, you se ... More >>

A Nightlife (And Ice-Skating) Enthusiast's Guide To Thanksgiving Eve

NYC is a town of transplants, a fact that's never more obvious than during the holiday season. While thousands of New Yorkers take off work early and spend hours upon hours in traffic, at the airport, and stuck in train stations, we think those of you who are left in town should make the most of i ... More >>

Tonight! The Pixies! Playing Dolittle! The Whole Thing!

​Verily, the great Pixies Dolittle run begins tonight at Hammerstein Ballroom and runs through Wednesday. "Tame" is gonna be awesome. Stubhub is your only friend for the first three shows, but the fourth -- that 1 a.m. Wednesday night/Thursday morning deal, is still attainable. And even if tha ... More >>

Tonight! Hope! Kylie! Lenny! Doug!

I loved Built to Spill in college -- most of my mixtapes might as well have been "Kicked It in the Sun" on a loop for 90 minutes -- but drifted a bit upon my initial stumble into "adulthood," finding the band's gruff, hirsute, meat-and-potatoes-and-then-more-meat indie-guitar jams a bit staid and ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Steely Dan, Grace Jones, Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, Andrew Bujalski's Beeswax, and More

Jared GruenwaldNot available at H&M: Grace Jones​ In this week's Village Voice, Mike Powell joins fathers and sons and dudes screaming 'GIVE IT TO LARRY' at Steely Dan's Beacon run. Cristina Black on how a Connecticut liberal arts school somehow gave birth to the surrealist Brooklyn pop of M ... More >>

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