TGB Top 15 SUMMER MUSIC PICKS

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Vampire Weekend – Poppy, party friendly
The Black Keys – modern, classic rock
LCD Soundsystem – dance, rock
Jonsi – soft, electronic, great vocals
Regina Spektor – singer, songwriter
Caribou – electronic, chill
MGMT, electronic, rock
Passion Pit – 80s dance
Delorean – 80s pop
Japandroids – garage band, punk
Sleigh Bells – Hard, dance, rock
Beach House – poppy
The National – new rock
Phoenix – new rock
The Raveonettes – upbeat, dreamy rock

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NYC SUMMER CONCERTS

JUNE
June 3: Michael Franti & Spearhead @ The Beach at Governor’s Island
June 4: Galactic @ Brooklyn Bowl
June 5: Yeasayer @ The Beach at Governor’s Island
June 7: Camera Obscura @ The Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center
June 8: Here We Go Magic @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
June 9: Norah Jones Celebrate Brooklyn! Opening Night Gala & Concert
@ Prospect Park Bandshell
June 10: Backstreet Boys @ Hammerstein Ballroom
June 11: Jethro Tull/Procol Harum @ Jones Beach Theater
June 16: The National @ Radio City Music Hall
June 16: Dan Deacon @ Red Hook Park
June 17-19: New Kids on the Block @ Radio City Music Hall
June 19: Foreigner, Styx, and Kansas @ Jones Beach Theater
June 23: The Beets @ South Street Seaport
June 24: Silversun Pickups @ The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
June 25: Hole @ The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
June 25: Kid Koala @ Prospect Park Bandshell; part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival
June 25: Cesaria Evora @ Carnegie Hall
June 25: Soul Cycle @ BAMcafé Live
June 26: YES & Peter Frampton @ Jones Beach Theater
June 29: Passion Pit @ Prospect Park Bandshell; part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival
June 30: Passion Pit @ The Beach at Governor’s Island
June 30: Nuyorican Poets Café @ Central Park SummerStage

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JULY
July 2: Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, and Bret Michaels @ PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
July 4: She & Him @ the Beach at Governor’s Island
July 6: She & Him @ Terminal 5
July 6, 7, 9: Lady Gaga @ Madison Square Garden
July 7: American Idols Live! @ Jones Beach Theater
July 7: Delorean @ Music on the Oval
July 9: Ozomatli @ Prospect Park Bandshell; part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival
July 10: Delorean @ The Bowery Ballroom
July 11: The Roots @ Prospect Park Bandshell; part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival
July 12: Met Opera @ Central Park SummerStage
July 12: Natalie Merchant @ The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
July 13: Huey Lewis and the News @ The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
July 13: Wolf Parade @ Terminal 5
July 13–14: Sting @ The Metropolitan Opera
July 14: Jack Johnson @ Madison Square Garden
July 16–17: Dave Matthews Band @ Citi Field
July 17: Raphael Saadiq @ Central Park SummerStage
July 17: Matt & Kim @ Village Voice Siren Festival on Coney Island
July 18: Santana/Steve Winwood @ Jones Beach Theater
July 19: U2 @ New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
July 21-23: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros @ the Beach at Governor’s Island
July 22: Widespread Panic @ Radio City Music Hall
July 22: The Antlers @ Pier 54, Hudson River Park
July 22: Modest Mouse @ The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
July 24: MIA with Sleigh Bells, Blagstarr, 12th Planet, and more @ South Island Field
on Governor’s Island
July 26: The Flaming Lips @ Central Park SummerStage
July 27: Sting @ Jones Beach Theater
July 27: The National @ Prospect Park Bandshell; part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival
July 27–28: The Black Keys @ Central Park SummerStage
July 27–August 1: Marcus Roberts Trio @ Jazz at Lincoln Center
July 28: Christina Aguilera and Leona Lewis @ Jones Beach Theater
July 28: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers @ Madison Square Garden
July 28-29: Willie Nelson & the Family @ Radio City Music Hall
July 30: The Swell Season @ Prospect Park Bandshell; part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival
July 30: Goo Goo Dolls and Switchfoot @ Jones Beach Theater

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August
August 1: St. Vincent @ Central Park SummerStage
August 4: Hot Chip @ Central Park SummerStage
August 8: Kele (from Bloc Party) @ Webster Hall
August 8: The xx @ Central Park SummerStage
August 8: Corinne Bailey Rae @ the Beach at Governor’s Island
August 11: Maroon 5/ Owl City/ VV Brown @ Jones Beach Theater
August 12: Rihanna @ Madison Square Garden
August 12: Deerhunter @ Pier 54 (Hudson River Park)
August 13: Barenaked Ladies @ Radio City Music Hall
August 14: Green Day @ PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
August 15: Rihanna and Ke$ha @ Jones Beach Theater
August 15: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band @ The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
August 17–18: Counting Crows Traveling Circus and Medicine Show
@ The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
August 17–18: MGMT @ Radio City Music Hall
August 17–18: Phish @ Jones Beach Theater
August 19: David Gray and Ray LaMontagne @ Jones Beach Theater
August 19: Tears for Fears @ Hammerstein Ballroom
August 20: Crosby, Stills & Nash @ Jones Beach Theater
August 21: Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato @ Jones Beach Theater
August 21: Tears for Fears @ The Wellmont Theater, Montclair, NJ
August 24: Creed, Theft, and Skillet @ Jones Beach Theater
August 24: Tom Petty and My Morning Jacket @ IZOD Center, East Rutherford, NJ
August 26: Foreigner @ The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
August 31: Justin Bieber @ Madison Square Garden
August 31: Jimmy Buffett @ Jones Beach Theater

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September
September 11: Dirty Projectors @ Terminal 5
September 15-17: Vampire Weekend @ Radio City Music Hall
September 16: Cake @ Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
September 21: Shakira @ Madison Square Garden