At best, New Year’s Eve is not only a time to celebrate another year passing, but also a time to see great music. New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas will be hosting the biggest names in pop and rock, and there are a slew of acts taking to stages around America to welcome in 2006.
Giant Village 6 in L.A. has roped in more than a dozen acts, from Death Cab For Cutie to the Black Eyed Peas to the Crystal Method, to play on five stages set over six city blocks. John Legend and Brian Setzer with be firing up the House of Blues and Joan Jett, the Violent Femmes and other rock acts will be circulating the Orange County Fairgrounds.
On the other coast, the world’s most famous celebration in New York’s Times Square will see the ball drop, while artists will be throwing down all around town. The Black Crowes will headline Madison Square Garden with former Phisherman Trey Anastasio and the North Mississippi Allstars, while punk legend Patti Smith will be taking the stage at Bowery Ballroom and They Might Be Giants rock the stage at North Six in Brooklyn.
Kanye West and Fantasia will celebrate in Las Vegas, Motley Crue in Detroit, Soul Asylum in Chicago and Tracy Lawrence in Dallas.
Planning to stay in? Mariah Carey, Sugarland, the Bangles and 3 Doors Down will entertain the Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest co-hosted “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” on ABC. Regis Philbin will have Nick Cannon and Tyler Hilton on hand in the Big Apple for Fox and Carson Daly and the NBC crew will play host to a performance by Mary J. Blige. MTV will sing in the New Year with Fall Out Boy and Shakira.
On the radio, National Public Radio (NPR) is hosting a special New Year’s celebration of jazz, live from New Orleans. It is the public broadcaster’s 26th “Toast the Nation” broadcast, but is the first live national music broadcast from New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit the city in August. The show begins at Tipitina’s Uptown in the Big Easy with Galactic and the Hot 8 Brass Band and will bounce the broadcast around the country with performances from artists like Dizzy Gillespie in Washington D.C. and the Brubeck Brothers Quartet in Sanibel Island, Fla.
Sirius Satellite Radio will host a live broadcast of Patti Smith’s performance in New York. Additionally, Sirius will feature an exclusive performance by Jimmy Buffett on its Radio Margarittaville channel.
Here is a rundown of who’s playing where on New Year’s Eve:
NEW YORK
• Gov’t Mule at the Beacon Theater
• Steve Tyrell at Cafe Carlyle
• Brazilian Girls and U-Melt at Coda
• “ESPN’s New Years Eve” with the Troggs, New York Dolls and the Mooney Suzuki at Hard Rock Cafe
• Radio 4 at the Knitting Factory
• The Black Crowes, the North Mississippi Allstars and Trey Anastasio at Madison Square Garden
• The Might Be Giants at North Six (Brooklyn)
• Princess Superstar at the Delancey
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and the National at Webster Hall
LOS ANGELES
• Adult. at El Rey Theatre
• “Giant Village 2006” with artists including the Crystal Method, the Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie and the Black Eyed Peas
• REO Speedwagon at the Canyon Club
• Poncho Sanchez at the Conga Room
• John Legend and Brian Setzer at the House of Blues
• LeAnn Rimes and Hery cho at the OC Pavilion
• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Violent Femmes, the Psychedelic Furs and Reel Big Fish at the Orange County Fairgrounds
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Walt Disney Concert Hall
• Buckcherry at the Viper Room
SAN FRANCISCO
• Phil Lesh & Friends and John Mayer Trio at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
• Trans Am, the F***ing Champs and Fucking Am at Bottom of the Hill
• Red Meat, Belle Monroe and Earl Brothers at Cafe Du Nord
• The String Cheese Incident and the Dresden Dolls at Concourse Exhibition Center
• John Lee Hooker Jr. at DG’s Jazz, Blues & Salsa
• Luce at Hotel Vitale
• Chuck Prophet at the Ivy Room
• Reverend Horton Heat at Last Day Saloon (Santa Rosa)
• Les Claypool and the Phenomenauts at the Fillmore
• Tea Leaf Green at the Independent
LAS VEGAS
• Kanye West and Fantasia at the Aladdin Hotel & Casino
• Celine Dion at Caesars Palace/The Colosseum
• Cheap Trick, Gin Blossoms and Spin Doctors at Fremont Street Experience
• Goo Goo Dolls at the House of Blues
• Tiesto at Orleans Arena
• Hootie & the Blowfish at Silverton Casino
CHICAGO
• Keller Williams and Umphrey’s McGee at the Aragon Ballroom
• Head Of Femur at the Beat Kitchen
• Local H at the Double Door
• Spank Rock and the Jan Maclean at the Empty Bottle
• Soul Asylum, Train and Fastball at the House of Blues
• Rogue Wave, the New Pornographers and Colette at the Metro
• Wax On Radio, the Changes and Office at Schubas
• Poi Dog Pondering at the Vic
ATLANTA
• Jason Aldean at Cowboys
• Arrested Development at Hyatt Regency
• Widespread Panic at Philips Arena
• Prefuse 73 and Sound Tribe Sector 9 at the Tabernacle
• Mastodon and Artimus Pyledriver at the Masquerade
• Collective Soul and Luna Halo at Underground Atlanta
• Susan Tedeschi and the Derek Trucks Band at Variety Playhouse
NEW ORLEANS
• Better Than Ezra and Supagroup at the House of Blues
• Galactic and Hot 8 Brass Band at Tipitina’s Uptown
DALLAS
• Flyleaf at Galaxy Club
• Tracy Lawrence at Cowboys
AUSTIN
• Bob Schneider and Billy Harvey at Antone’s
• The Gourds at Jovita’s
• David Grissom, Jimmy Pettit, Reckless Kelly, etc. at La Zona Rosa
• Wade Bowen and Cross Canadian Ragweed at Saengerhalle
WASHINGTON D.C.
• Cowboy Mouth at the Washington Hilton Hotel
• Ahmad Jamal at Blues Alley
• Rober Randolph & the Family Band at the 9:30 Club
• Fighting Gravity at the Wyndham
HOUSTON
• The Isley Brothers at Reliant Arena
BOSTON
• “Radio Disney Jingle Jam” with Jada, I.Q. and Everlife at City Hall Plaza
• Duncan Sheik at the Orpheum Theatre
• Assembly Of Dust at Paradise Rock Club
• Brunt Of It, Robbie Roadsteamer and Darkbuster at Middle East
PHOENIX
• Shooter Jennings at Coyote Hill
• Papa Mali at the Orpheum Theatre
DETROIT
• Motley Crue at the Palace of Auburn Hills
• Fireball Ministry and Clutch at the Machine Shop
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