Friday, 5 September 2008

Gigs around town

BEACH BOYS


Bermuda, Bahama, c�mon pretty momma. This is as close as you�re going to get: Original Beach Boy Mike Love and longtime member Bruce Johnston perform with a five-piece mount band. Tomorrow at the South Shore Music Circus, Cohasset, 781-383-9850; Sunday at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, Hyannis, 508-775-6630.


BEATLEJUICE




Known for note-for-note reproductions of the Beatles� music rather than costumes and theatrics, this Massachusetts-based tribute outfit carries on without its other lead isaac Bashevis Singer, the late Brad Delp. Tonight, Rock and Blues Cruise departing at 8 from Long Wharf, 617-467-4037.


CRUE FEST


Motley Crue has been busy. The band�s �Saints of Los Angeles� CD came out earlier this summer, a rumored film version of its ghastly tell-all �The Dirt� is in the works, and the outfit is on tour with this vitrine of California metal, featuring Nikki Sixx�s Sixx A.M., Papa Roach, Buckcherry and Trapt. Tonight at the Comcast Center, Mansfield, 508-339-2333.


DAVE DRESDEN


Dresden has been named Best American DJ at the annual Winter Music Conference International Dance Music Awards two years running. You power know him as half of the now-defunct electro-


duo Gabriel & Dresden. Tonight at Estate, 617-351-7000.


MELODY GARDOT


After a horrendous cycling accident in 2004, jazz newcomer Gardot�s memory is impaired, but her singing is extraordinary. Indeed, it�s what helped her retrieve. Tomorrow at the Regattabar, Cambridge, 617-661-5096.


ARLO GUTHRIE


You can get anything you want at Arlo�s restaurant. Tomorrow at Boarding House Park, Lowell, 978-275-1783.


JOHN HIATT


Heartland rock�s most endearing misfit performs in support of a new CD, �Same Old Man.� Tonight at Boarding House Park, Lowell, 978-275-1783.


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