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Justice, Peaches, 2 Live Crew 2 Ring In New Years in LA
You shoulda seen the kids run down the street during the LA Weekly Detour Festival a few weeks back. You shoulda heard them scream when they appeared behind their wheels of steel. You shoulda seen em dance once the dirty streets of downtown.
Add the filthy, nasty, hilarious Peaches, who rocked out with Tone-Loc last night at the Avalon, PLUS the godfathers of controversial rap, the 2 Live Crew - and now you got a party called Hard NYE.
This New Years Eve in the "heart of downtown LA's rising Art District" you can see those three headliners, plus dance to the subtle stylings of DJ Steve Aoki, check out Ed Banger records owner Busy P, your boy from KCRW Jason Bentley, and your other boy Kanye West's turntablist A-Trak. It's a Dim Mak production so you might see some familiar faces.
Tickets are $60 and are available on Wanted Tix.
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