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  • James Blake At Wiltern & Hollywood Forever
  • Contest: Sweet & Tender Hooligans At Fonda
  • Coachella Announces 2014 Festival Dates
  • Inaugural First City Festival Releases Lineup
  • Music Video - Palma Violets "Best Of Friends"
  • First Annual OC Weekly Summer Fest In June
  • Contest: Tyler The Creator At The Fox Theater
  • Shows Of The Night: Monday, May 20th
  • Quadron To Headline Hollywood Forever
  • Contest: The Black Angels At Mayan Theater
  • New Music Video - The Weeknd "Kiss Land"
  • Shows Of The Night: Sunday, May 19th
  • The Presets Cancel Thursday Avalon Date
  • Kate Nash Relocated To The EchoPlex
  • Peter Hook & The Light Return To The Fonda
  • IHEARTCOMIX Takes Over Drai's On Sundays
  • Shows Of The Night: Saturday, May 18th
  • Concert Tickets: Shows On Sale This Week
  • Contest: Youngblood Hawke At The Avalon
  • Caifanes To Headline Nokia Theatre This June
  • Coachella To Make Announcement Monday
  • New Music Video - !!! "One Girl / One Boy"
  • Psychedelic Furs To Play Pershing Square
  • Superchunk Schedules El Rey Theatre Show
  • Shows Of The Night: Friday, May 17th



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    James Blake At Wiltern & Hollywood Forever

    James Blake

    Get ready, Los Angeles! You're getting a double dose of James Blake this "Rocktober." On tour in support of latest release Overgrown, James Blake will follow-up his Coachella 2013 performances with shows at the Wiltern on Tuesday, October 22, and at the Fairbanks Lawn at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Wednesday, October 23.

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    Contest: Sweet & Tender Hooligans At Fonda

    Sweet and Tender HooligansIt's Morrissey's 54th birthday on Wednesday, May 22, and to celebrate, The Smiths / Morrissey cover band Sweet and Tender Hooligans will headline the Fonda Theatre with Ghostwolf.

    If you would like to attend Morrissey's 54th Unhappy Birthday Celebration with Sweet and Tender Hooligans, we are giving our readers the chance to win a pair of tickets!

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    Coachella Announces 2014 Festival Dates

    Coachella 2013

    It's time to start planning for next year's Coachella, Scenestar readers! Last week Goldenvoice posted on Coachella's Facebook and Twitter the message: "MONDAY 10AM PST." And now we know what it means; Coachella 2014 dates have been released. Weekend 1 will take place on Friday, April 11, to Sunday, April 13. Weekend 2 will be held Friday, April 18, to Sunday, April 20.

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    Inaugural First City Festival Releases Lineup

    First City Festival 2013

    Goldenvoice will kick off a new festival this summer in Northern California! Taking place at the Monterey County Fair and Event Center, the First City Festival will be held Saturday, August 24, and Sunday, August 25. The lineup will include Akron/Family, The Antlers, Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks (West Coast debut!), Beach House, The Black Angels, Bleached, Blitzen Trapper, Capital Cities, Civil Twilight, Deerhunter, Delta Rae, Delta Spirit, Devendra Banhart, The Dodos, Dr. Dog, Electric Guest, Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Father John Misty, Generationals, Guards, Guy Blakeslee (Entrance), The Hold Steady, Jeffertitti’s Nile, Light Fantastic, Lucero, MGMT, Modest Mouse, Neko Case, Okkervil River, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Quadron, Seventeen Evergreen, Tennis, Toro y Moi, and Washed Out.

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    Music Video - Palma Violets "Best Of Friends"

    British act Palma Violets has released a new music video for "Best of Friends," a track from debut album 180, which is out now via Rough Trade. The music video features the band performing to an unenthusiastic audience and running around city streets.

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    First Annual OC Weekly Summer Fest In June

    OC Weekly Summer Fest

    This summer OC Weekly will host its first annual Summer Fest at Newport Dunes in Newport Beach on Sunday, June 9, to celebrate the OC Weekly's Summer Guide Special Issue, which is out Thursday, June 6. Southern California locals The Colorist are scheduled to perform, along with The Field Trip, Douglas and the Furs, MT. OSSA, Eastern Conference Champions, and Thee Raincats.

    Tickets for the 21+ festival are on sale now via Ticketfly for $10.00 each plus service fees. VIP tickets are also available for $50.00 each plus service fees. VIP includes early entry (at 11:00 a.m. instead of 12:00 p.m.) to enjoy the food trucks and drink tastings as well as a complimentary Mimosa toast. Click below to kick off the summer with OC Weekly at their first annual Summer Fest at Newport Dunes in Newport Beach!

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    Contest: Tyler The Creator At The Fox Theater

    Tyler The Creator

    Tyler The Creator has a local date this week! Teaming up with fellow Odd Future group member Earl The Sweatshirt, Tyler The Creator will hold court at the Fox Theater in Pomona this Wednesday, May 22, in support of recent release Wolf. If you want to attend the show, we're giving our readers the chance to win a pair of tickets!

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    Shows Of The Night: Monday, May 20th

    The Rolling Stones

    BUY TICKETS: The Rolling Stones at Staples Center

    One of the biggest bands in the world kick off the week, Scenestar readers. If you haven't guessed already, our Show of the Night goes to The Rolling Stones! The Rolling Stones wrap up their local dates with a show at Staples Center in support of their current "50 And Counting" tour.

    If you can't get into this show, your other music options include performances by Atlas Genius, Criminal Hygiene, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Holy Ghost!, King Washington, Laura Marling, The Little Ones, The Masonry, Molly Ringwald, Robert Schwartzman, This Time With Feeling, and many more, which you can check out at the jump. Also, tonight is residency night in Los Angeles, so if you're 21 and over, there's a bunch of FREE shows by local bands that you can check out. Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

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    PHOTOGRAPHY

    • Coachella 2013, Saturday

      Coachella 2013, Crowd Weekend 2

      Coachella 2013, Friday Weekend 2

      New Order with Johnny Marr at The Santa Barbara Bowl

      Youth Lagoon at El Rey

      Coachella Parties 2013

      Dan Deacon at Natural History Museum

      All Bands On Deck At Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica

      Jamie Lidell at Echo Plex

      Wavves w/FIDLAR at The Echo

      Morrissey at Hollywood Highschool, Hollywood



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