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The Pitchfork Guide to New Year's Eve

New Year’s Eve is the biggest party night of the year. Naturally, there are tons of concerts going on all around the globe. Below, we’ve rounded up a list of some of your various options, from the Dismemberment Plan playing in (the ice of) Boston to Blood Orange in L.A., from Danny Brown, Hudson Mohawke, and Action Bronson in Australia to Lily Allen in Scotland.

Enjoy your night out, be safe, and party hard. (Especially if you are going to the Andrew W.K. show in Chicago.)

BOSTON, MA
The Dismemberment Plan – Brighton Music Hall

BROOKLYN, NY
Machinedrum/DJ Spinn/Taso/DJ Earl
– Brooklyn Bazaar
Washed Out, Deer Tick – Brooklyn Bowl
Elton John – Barclays Center
Spirit Family – Rough Trade
The Hold Steady/So So Glos – Music Hall of Williamsburg
!!!/Prince Rama – The Knitting Factory
DJ Koze – Output
Obits – Acheron
Midnight Magic/Pat Mahoney – Cameo Gallery
Peaking Lights – Good Room
Mykki Blanco/Perfect Pussy/Ricky Eat Acid/Mr. Twin Sister – Baby’s All Right

CHICAGO, IL
Andrew WK – Thalia Hall
Bob Mould/Margaret Cho – Metro
The Orwells – Lincoln Hall
Sinkane – Schubas
Zeds Dead – Aragon Ballroom
American Football – Bottom Lounge
The Good Life – Abbey Pub
Jeff the Brotherhood – Empty Bottle
The Life and Times/Pelican – Subterranean
The Muffs/White Mystery – Reggies Rock Club

DALLAS, TX
Spoon – House of Blues Dallas

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Nile Rodgers/The Jacksons – Media City Amphitheatre

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Lily Allen – West Princes Street Gardens

LAS VEGAS, NV
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett – The Cosmopolitan
Iggy Azalea – Drai’s Nightclub
Drake – Marquee Nightclub
Calvin Harris – Hakkasan
Snoop Dogg – Tao

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
Julio Bashmore/Route 94 – Arts Club

LONDON, ENGLAND
Carl Barat & The Jackals – The Macbeth
Carl Barat & The Jackals – Amersham Arms
The 2 Bears – Shapes 
Art Department – Tobacco Dock
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Troxy
Agoria/Cassy/Geddes/Mattias Tanzmann/Route 94 – The Terrace at Studio 338

LOS ANGELES, CA
Tyler the Creator – Club Nokia
Blood Orange – The Plaza Park Hotel
Dilated Peoples – Whisky a Go Go
Fitz and the Tantrums/Youngblood Hawke/Mystery Skulls – Pine Avenue Long Beach
Helmet – Viper Room
Peanut Butter Wolf/J-Rocc/Hernan Cattaneo – Downtown L.A. Standard
Jacques Greene – Los Globos
Eric Prydz/Alex Metric/Anna Lunoe – Shrine Expo Hall
Yung Lean – Regent Theater
Twin Shadow – Ace Hotel

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND
Eats Everything/Heidi/Skream/Huxley/Bodhi – Store Street

MIAMI, FL
Phish – American Airlines Arena

NASHVILLE, TN
Bassnectar – Bridgestone Areana

NEW YORK, NY
Taylor Swift – Times Square
Diplo/Skrillex/A$AP Ferg/Rudimental – Madison Square Garden
Holy Ghost! – Irving Plaza
Disclosure – Pier 94
Duke Dumont – Slake
Rainer Maria/Moss Icon – Bowery Ballroom
Erasure/Book of Love – Terminal 5
Borgore – Pacha New York

PHILADELPHIA, PA
Gogol Bordello – The Electric Factory
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Boot & Saddle

PITTSBURGH, PA
Girl Talk/Freeway – Stage AE

PERTH, AUSTRALIA
Action Bronson/Danny Brown/Hudson Mohawke – Origin NYE Festival at Patersons Stadium

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL 
Deadmau5 – Reveillion Paradise Weekend

SACRAMENTO, CA
A-Trak – 
TBD NYE Block Party

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 
Flying Lotus/Pretty Lights/The Glitch Mob – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
The Flaming Lips/Foxygen – The Warfield
Chromeo – Fort Mason Center
Cut Copy – The Mezannine

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA
Flume/Atmosphere – Snowglobe Festival at Lake Tahoe Community College

SEATTLE, WA
Shabazz Palaces – The Neptune
Reignwolf – Showbox Market

TULUM, MEXICO
Nicolas Jaar/RAC/DJ Harvey/Prins Thomas  – Caleta Tankah

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