Music & Nightlife
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Best NYC music & nightlife: Critics' picks
Lorde + Lo-Fang
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
By now, Lorde’s smash hit, “Royals,” has become something of an irony-laden, self-fulfilling prophecy. (In case you’ve been living in a hobbit-hole: The “fantasy” that the 17-year-old New
- Roseland Ballroom 239 W 52nd St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave
- Mon Mar 10 - Wed Mar 12
The Allman Brothers Band
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
The Allmans' annual Beacon run can seem like business as usual, but this year's stint is a special one: It marks the last time NYC audiences will see group mainstays Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks
- Beacon Theatre 2124 Broadway, at 74th St
- Fri Mar 7 - Sat Mar 29
Cielo
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
You’d never guess from the Heidi Montag wanna-bes hanging out in the neighborhood that the attitude at this club is close to zero, at least once you get past the bouncers guarding the door. On the
- 18 Little W 12th St, between Ninth Ave and Washington St
Adonis Lounge
- Price band: 1/4
- Critics choice
Get a lap dance, visit the champagne room or just soak up all the man candy at this gay stripfest. Popular gay porn stars have been known to take the stage.
- Evolve 221 E 58th St, between Second and Third Aves, 10022
- Sat Mar 8 - Sat Mar 29
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All-ages music venues
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