The Offspring’s Dexter Holland live in Irvine, July 2010. Photo: David Hall, for the Register
It’s almost like the Sunset Strip Music Festival in miniature.
Didn’t get to see the Offspring play the conclusion of that West Hollywood takeover last weekend? No problem: You’ll be able to see Huntington Beach’s favorite punk rockers at the other end of Sunset Boulevard on Oct. 5 when they headline the Hollywood Palladium, with Neon Trees and another SSMF alum, Dead Sara, set to open. Tickets, $37.50, go on sale Saturday, Aug. 25, at 10 a.m.
English soul star Joss Stone never seems to be too far from Los Angeles, but on Oct. 24 she’ll play her biggest local show in a while, at the Wiltern, behind her just- released re-re-re-introduction, The Soul Sessions Volume 2. Tickets, $30-$45, are on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
Following his solo and festival appearances in spring, M. Ward is back in full-blown mode to headline Oct. 21 at the Orpheum Theatre, $30, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.
More choice stuff has been added to the Observatory’s calendar, including Freelance Whales with Geographer on Oct. 14, $15; Barcelona rock band Jarabe de Palo, Oct. 2, $22; long-running punk groups Guttermouth and the Queers on Oct. 3, $15; two surefire hip-hop sell-outs, Yelawolf on Oct. 6, $20, and A$AP Rocky on Oct. 27, $28.50; and metal bands Municipal Waste and Napalm Death, Nov. 14, $16.
Most of those go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., as do two new ones in the venue’s Constellation Room: Chris August, Sept. 26, $15; and David Bazan Band playing Pedro the Lion’s third album Control, Dec. 8, $15.
Electronic dance music sensation AVICII has added a third and final show, Sept. 16, to his stand at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, $54.50, on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
Buckcherry and Lit are teaming for a Sept. 19 show at House of Blues Anaheim, $30, on sale Friday at 10 a.m. The following month, on Oct. 9, ska-punk mainstays Less Than Jake and Mad Caddies will take over the club, with Flatfoot 56 opening, $16, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.
L.A. collective Odd Future will conclude its coming month-long tour with the first Odd Future Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival and Show, with performances by the rap group as well as the Internet, Trash Talk and more. The event, Sept. 30 at Club Nokia, also will feature games, rides, prizes and food hand-picked by OFWGKTA. Tickets, $49.50-$59.50, are on sale now.
Also coming to L.A. Live: Tyga with Kirko Bangz, Iggy Azalea and more, Sept. 4 at Club Nokia, $37.50-$55 … comedians Cedric the Entertainer & D.L. Hughley, Oct. 19 at Nokia Theatre, $39.50-$68.50 … and So You Think You Can Dance Live, Oct. 25 at Nokia Theatre, $32.50-$68.50. The first is on sale now, the other two become available Friday at 10 a.m.
Oh, and one more at Club Nokia: Nouvelle Vague’s Oct. 13 appearance there ($25-$40, on sale now) will be part of the annual OohlaL.A. Festival, featuring stars of the French electro and pop scene. Also in the series are two shows at El Rey Theatre: Tomorrow’s World, Housse de Racket and more, Oct. 11, $22.50; and -M- (no, not the Englishman who did “Pop Muzik”), Oct. 12, $27.
Both of those are on sale Friday at 10 a.m., as are these El Rey gigs: Aer with Yonas, Nov. 5, $17; and Ty Segall, Dec. 15, $17. On Saturday, two more performances at the venue go on sale: Staff Benda Bilili, Oct. 24, $25; and Zion I & Minnesota, Dec. 14, $22.
British pop favorite Mika is back with his third album, The Origin of Love, due Sept. 18. He arrives to play the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on Oct. 21, $29.50, on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Also headed there: Peaches DJ Extravaganza with Big Freedia, Oct. 20, $26, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.
Bay Area buzz act Kreayshawn also has a big release planned for Sept. 18, her long-awaited debut album, Somethin’ ‘Bout Kreay. But it will be three months before her Group Hug Tour arrives at Avalon in Hollywood, on Dec. 15, with Rye Rye, Honey Cocaine and Chippy Nonstop opening. Tickets, $20, go on sale Friday at noon.
Headed to House of Blues Sunset Strip: Sean Paul, Sept. 19, $27; 2 Chainz, Sept. 21, $27.50; Yelawolf, Oct. 9, $20.50; Less Than Jake and Mad Caddies, Oct. 10, $18.50; Rage by the Pound Tour featuring Funtcase, High Ranking and more, Oct. 12, $19.50; the Devil Makes Three, Nov. 2, $17.50; Municipal Waste and Napalm Death, Nov. 14, $15.50; and Motionless in White and more, Dec. 5, $15.50.
K-EARTH 101′s Fantasy Fest, Oct. 21 at Gibson Amphitheatre, will pull together an evening of tribute bands staging “The Concert That Never Was,” featuring some of the most seasoned acts out there: Ultimate Stones, Hard Day’s Night, Who’s Bad, Wild Child and Super Diamond. (I’m assuming you can figure out who’s saluting who.) Tickets, $29.75, are on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
Also at the Universal CityWalk venue: a third Gibson show from Mexican folk hero Vicente Fernandez, Nov. 11, $87-$257, on sale Friday at 1 p.m.
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