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LAist was lucky enough to see the Pretenders and the magical Chrissie Hynde debut their new lineup at a Yahoo Music Nissan Live Sets show. Now you can see how they tore up the stage with "The Wait".

And Brian Wilson loves LA. LAist was lucky enough see him at his Nissan Live Sets show.

LAist was among a couple hundred lucky fans left with goose bumps after being treated to an intimate set of music by Brian Wilson. The former Beach Boy debuted material from his brand new, Van Dyke Parks-produced album, That Lucky Old Sun backed by his energetic 10-piece band. Classic Beach Boys faves "California Girls," "I Get Around," "Good Vibrations," and more.

Time for a song from the LA Hootenanny about a little town called Beverly Hills.

Patrick Wilson sings "Automatic" at the hootenanny while Rivers Cuomo takes a turn on drums.

Here's a glimpse behind the scenes of the LA Weezer Hootenanny. Rivers Cuomo organizes more than 250 musicians into an arrangement for "Pork and Beans".

Scott Shriner leads the hootenanny players through their version of Radiohead's "Creep".

More than 250 Weezer fans got to jam with their favorite band. LAist was there (see from the show here). Now you can see it too. "And I'm jello, baby."

Last month Ne-Yo taped his Nissan Live Set for Yahoo! Music. His fans came from all over the country to see him up close and personal. LAist was there. Now you can watch Ne-Yo get his sexy on. Hey!

       

Monday Weezer taped their Nissan Live Set for Yahoo and LAist was there. The Weezer Hootenanny performance included "Pork and Beans", "Say It Ain't So", "El Scorcho", "Island In The Sun", "Automatic", Radiohead's "Creep", and "Beverly Hills". More than 200 fans played along on guitars, horns, accordions, and percussion. Everyone clapped, stomped, sang, and had an amazing time being 'in' Weezer.

A few weeks ago, LAist was invited to see Herbie Hancock perform live, at the Nissan Live studio in Century City. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music is a series of performances attended by fans (plus a friend) for an intimate show of around 400 that features A-list artists, and released only on Yahoo! Music. Previous shows mentioned by LAist include Iggy and the Stooges, Lenny Kravitz, PJ Harvey, and Wyclef Jean. Other artists featured include Beck, Christina Aguilera, Maroon 5, the Mars Volta, and Trisha Yearwood.