Looking for an alternative to watching five hours of Ryan Seacrest while your Mom serves you tortilla chips and mild salsa with a glass of bubbly grape soda? There are plenty of great concerts scheduled for New Year’s Eve 2012, which we’ve highlighted for you below.
New York City
— Afrojack: Pier 94
— Amanda Palmer (covering Prince’s Purple Rain): Terminal 5
— Azealia Banks: Boom Boom Room
— Blonde Redhead and Beach Fossils: Irving Plaza
– The Disco Biscuits: Theatre at Madison Square Garden
– The Felice Brothers: Mercury Lounge
— Gov’t Mule: Beacon Theatre
— Holy Ghost!, Midnight Magic, and The Juan MacLean: Brooklyn Bowl
– Jay-Z & Coldplay: Barclays Center
— Kid Congo and the K-Holes and DJ Jonathan Toubin: Home Sweet Home
– Matthew Dear: Le Bain
– Manitoba (of New York Dolls): Bowery Electric
– Merchandise: 285 Kent
– Nas: Radio City Music Hall
— Phish: Madison Square Garden
— Pretty Lights: Roseland Ballroom
— Psychic Ills: Saint Vitus
– Punch Brothers: Bowery Ballroom
– RJD2 and Com Truise: The Gramercy Theatre
— Titus Andronicus and Dapwell: Glasslands
Chicago
— The Airborne Toxic Event: Metro
— Big Gigantic: Aragon
— Butch Walker: Bottom Lounge
– Chandeliers: The Hideout
— Charles Bradley: Lincoln Hall
— Hannibal Burress: Zanie’s Comedy Club
— The Hood Internet: Beauty Kitchen
— JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound: Mayne Stage
— Leftover Salmon and The Lee Boys: Vic Theater
— Local H: Beat Kitchen
— Los Lobos: City Winery
— Maps & Atlases: Schubas
— Mucca Pazza: Empty Bottle
— MUTEMATH: House of Blues
— Naked Raygun and The Dwarves: Cobra Lounge
— Orchard Lounge: Smart Bar
— Paradise Waits (Grateful Dead): Ace Bar
— Paul Oakenfold: The Castle
— Porter Robinson: Congress Theater
– Robert Randolph & Karl Denson: Park West
— Screeching Weasel: Reggie’s
— Tilly and the Wall: Subterranean
— Wanda Jackson: Double Door
— White Mystery: Logan Square Auditorium
Los Angeles
— ASAP Rocky: House of Blues
— Cake: The Wiltern
— Daedelus and Tokimonsta: Secret
— The Henry Clay People: The Satellite
— Kendrick Lamar: The Observatory (Santa Ana)
— Rebelution: Hollywood Palladium
— Redd Kross and The Melvins: The Alexandria
— Sasha: Exchange L.A.
— Zedd, Nicky Romero: Club Nokia
Boston
— Bad Rabbits: Brighton Music Hall
— Deer Tick and Two Gallants: The Sinclair (Cambridge)
— Lee Fields & the Expressions: Jordan Hall
— The Magnetic Fields: Symphony Hall
— The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: House of Blues
— My Morning Jacket and Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Agganis Arena
— Soulive: Paradise Rock Club
San Francisco
— Buckethead: Great American Music Hall
— Dawes: The Independent
— Erykah Badu: Fox Theater (Oakland, CA)
— The Fresh & Onlys and Sonny and the Sunsets: The Chapel
— Furthur: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
— Futuropolis (feat. Star Slinger, Holy Other and LowRIDERz): 1015 Folsom
— Sea of Dreams NYE (Gogol Bordello, Shpongle and The Glitch Mob): Concourse Exhibition Center
— Nick Waterhouse: Bimbo’s 365 Club
— Primus: The Warfield
— Sea of Dreams (feat. Gogol Bordello, Shpongle, The Glitch Mob and Trentemøller): Concourse Exhibition Center
— Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue: The Fillmore
— Vetiver: Cafe du Nord
London
— Chase & Status: O2 Academy
— Four Tet: Fabric
— John Talabot: Corsica Studios
— Julio Bashmore: Troxy
— Marina and the Diamonds: Sanderson Hotel
— Simian Mobile Disco and Hercules and Love Affair Soundsystem: XOYO
— Tribes: The Water Rats
Elsewhere
Anchorage
— DeVotchka: Bear Tooth Theatre
Aspen
— Goodie Mob: Belly Up
Atlanta
— Cherub: Grand Hyatt
— Man or Astroman?: The Earl
— Umphrey’s McGee: The Tabernacle
Athens (GA)
— Kishi Bashi, Yip Deceiver and Modern Skirts: Georgia Theatre
Atlantic City
— Jane’s Addiction: House of Blues
— Rev Run and DJ Ruckus: Mixx Nightclub at Borgata
— Tiësto: Revel Ovation Hall
Austin
— Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears: Emo’s
— Grupo Fantasma: Beauty Ballroom
— Keys N Krates: Lamberts
— Neon Indian: The Mohawk
— Ringo Deathstarr, Megafauna, and Japanther: Frontier Bar
— Willie Nelson and Iron & Wine: Moody Theater
Charlotte (NC)
— The Avett Brothers and Amos Lee: Greensboro Coliseum Complex (Greensboro, NC)
— Joker and Skream: The Fillmore
— Widespread Panic: Time Warner Cable Arena
Cincinnati
— The Afghan Whigs: Bogart’s
Cleveland
— Cloud Nothings: Ohio City Masonic Temple
Dallas
— Big Freedia: Club DaDa
— Lights All Night (feat. Ghostland Observatory, Diplo, Axwell, Nero and 12th Planet): Fair Park
— Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights: Granada Theater
Denver
— Amon Tobin: City Hall Events Center
— The Black Angels: Bluebird Theater
— Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
— Decadence New Year’s Eve (feat. ATB, MiM0SA, Zeds Dead, Wolfgang Gartner and Flosstradamus): Colorado Convention Center
— The Lumineers: Ogden Theatre
— STS9: The Fillmore
Detroit
— Skrillex, Boys Noize, Flosstradamus and Destructo: The Palace of Auburn Hills
— Zac Brown Band: Joe Louis Arena
Lake Tahoe
— SnowGlobe Music Festival (feat. Chromeo, Laidback Luke, Polica and Poolside): Lake Tahoe Community College
Las Vegas
— Avicii: XS Nightclub at Encore
— Benny Benassi: Marquee Nightclub
— The Black Keys and Divine Fits: The Joint
— Mayer Hawthorne: The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan
— Nicky Minaj: Pure Nightclub
— Red Hot Chili Peppers: Chelsea Ballroom
— Travis Barker: Rain
Manchester (UK)
— Simian Mobile Disco, Felix da Housecat, Benoit & Sergio, Tensnake, Annie Mac: The Warehouse Project
Miami
— Carl Cox: The Mansion
— Claude Von Stroke: Grand Central
— Kaskade: Amnesia
— Santigold: Delano
Minneapolis
— Astronautalis: Triple Rock
Montclair (NJ)
— The Hold Steady and Lucero: The Wellmont Theatre
Nashville
— Bassnectar and Two Fresh: Bridgestone Arena
— Keller Williams, Del McCoury Band and The Travelin’ McCourys: Marathon Music Works
— Moon Taxi: 3rd & Lindsley
— Old Crow Medicine Show and Pokey LaFarge: Ryman Auditorium
— PUJOL: Fort Nashville
New Orleans
— Black Lips: One Eyed Jacks
— Galactic: Tipitina’s Uptown
— Gregg Allman: House of Blues
— The Soul Rebels: d.b.a.
— Toubab Krewe, Honey Island Swamp Band: Blue Nile
Oakland
— Erykah Badu and The Coup: Fox Theater
Philadelphia
— The Devil Makes Three: Theater of the Living Arts
— The War on Drugs and Purling Hiss: Johnny Brenda’s
Portland (OR)
— The Minus 5: Dour Fir Lounge
— Paper Diamond and Nero: Oregon Convention Center
— Typhoon: Mississippi Studios
San Diego
— DJ Z-Trip: Block 16
— Drop the Lime: Ivy Nightclub
— Little Hurricane: Lafayette Hotel And Suites
— Geezer (Weezer Tribute Band) and Red Not Chili Peppers (Tribute Band): The Ruby Room
— OMFG NYE (feat. Laidback Luke, Hardwell, Zedd and Dillon Francis): Valley View Casino Center
Seattle
— Beats Antique: Paramount Theatre
— L.A. Riots: Foundation Nightclub
— Rusko: WaMu Theatre
— Supersuckers: Tractor Tavern
Tampa
— Beach Day and Natural Child: Crowbar
Toronto
— Machinedrum: Metropolis
— The Sadies: Horseshoe Tavern
— Young Empires: Lee’s Palace
Washington, DC
— Drive-By Truckers and North Mississippi Allstars: 9:30 Club
— The Roots: The Fillmore (Silver Spring, MD)
