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Music
5 concerts by really popular bands that will actually be cool anyway.

By Jay Ruttenberg

MGMT

MGMT Webster Hall; Oct 30 Music Hall of Williamsburg; Oct 31
One of the year’s buzziest young bands begins what the musicians promise to be an annual October 31 tradition.

The B-52’s + Hercules and Love Affair Hammerstein Ballroom; Nov 1
The classic good-time band headlines; young disco throwbacks Hercules and Love Affair get the fun started.

AC/DC

AC/DC Madison Square Garden; Nov 12, 13 Izod Center; Nov 19
AC/DC sets up shop with more balls-to-the-wall rock & roll—as if those guys know any other kind.

Girl Talk Terminal 5; Nov 15, 18
It’s an old-school dance party with a contemporary twist: one man, a laptop and an eager sea of fans.

Maxwell United Palace Theatre; Nov 23
The great hope of R&B just came out of a prolonged performance hibernation—does he still have the goods?