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Tonight & This Week in Rock: Sunset Strip Music Festival

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Wow. What a week. From outdoor concerts at The Greek, Hollywood Bowl and The Getty to the first Sunset Strip Music Festival, this week is chock full of concerts to see. As always, if anything is missing, contribute it to the comments and we'll make sure to list it in the main section.

Tonight
Lukas Haas @ Hotel Cafe
Ingrid Michaelson @ House of Blues (Anaheim)
Death Cab For Cutie, Rogue Wave @ Nokia Theatre
Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, T Bone Burnett @ Greek Theatre
Rumspringa, The Union Line, The Holloys, Danger Bees @ The Echo
Afternoons, The Parson Red Heads, Valentino, HT Heartache @ Spaceland

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Mae Shi @ The Smell
Billy Idol @ Virgin Megastore
Ingrid Michaelson, Greg Laswell @ El Rey
Jenny Lewis, The Watson Twins @ Amoeba Music
Stone Temple Pilots, Frank Black @ Hollywood Bowl
Hecuba, LACO$TE, Hazm, Brendan Fowler @ The Echo
Phantom Planet @ The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, T Bone Burnett @ Greek Theatre
The Valley Arena, The Year Zero, Loved By Stars @ Alex's Bar (Long Beach)
Sunny Day Sets Fire, In Waves, The Monolators, Line and Circle @ Spaceland
Jessie Baylin (CD release), Zack Hexum, Kennth Pattengale, Justin Connor @ Hotel Cafe
Mighty Six Ninety (CD release), Castaneda, Test Your Reflex, Kissing Tigers @ Troubadour

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
George Michael @ The Forum
Fiction Plane, Saint Motel @ Viper Room
Cryptacize, Becky Stark, Palms @ The Echo
Oslo, The Hundred Days, Eject @ Spaceland
Olin and the Moon, Mouse Kills Tiger @ Tangier
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers @ Hollywood Bowl
Repeater, Pop Noir, The Drowning Men @ Boardner's
Sunny Day Sets Fire (American Teen movie screening) @ Ford Amphitheatre
Abe Vigoda, Small Breed, Shed, Seahouse, Hey Buddy and the Pals @ The Smell
Thailand, The Soft Hands, One Trick Pony, Good on Paper @ Silverlake Lounge

Thursday, June 26, 2008
Cyndi Lauper @ Jimmy Kimmel Live
Oliver Future, The Gray Kid @ Spaceland
Grandmaster Flash, EPMD @ Crash Mansion
Sara & Sean Watkins @ Largo at the Coronet
The Movies, Pizza!, The Savages, The Voyeurs @ The Echo
Katt Williams @ Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Citywalk
Everclear, Soul Asylum, Camper Van Beethoven @ House of Blues
Meiko, Dan Wilson, The Quiet, Brandon Mayer and the Hidden Powers @ Hotel Cafe
The Parson Red Heads, Transfer, The Fast Computers @ The Prospector (Long Beach)

Friday, June 27, 2008
Nikka Costa @ El Rey
B Real, Slash @ Whiskey A Go Go
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
Dilated Peoples @ House of Blues
No Age, DJ King Shade @ The Getty
Juliette and the Licks @ Viper Room
Grand Archives, Sera Cahoone @ The Echo
Fol Chen, The Health Club, WEAVE! @ pehrspace
Hot Hot Heat, The Deadly Syndrome, The Shys @ The Roxy
Sam Shelton, Cory Chisel, Lucy Schwartz, Anahita, Kirsten Price @ Hotel Cafe
Guttermouth, New Skool Kings, Tiltwheel, Vultures United @ Alex's Bar (Long Beach)

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