Kevin Bronson on October 27th, 2010

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[Scott Weiland celebrates a birthday today; if you happen to catch Stone Temple Pilots tonight at the Santa Barbara Bowl, give him a shout …]

Top show tonight if you can afford the ticket price:

‣ Gorillaz bring their “Escape to Plastic Beach” tour – featuring a guest turn tonight from Lou Reed – to the Gibson Amphitheatre, where N.E.R.D. opens.

Top 2 local gigs:

‣ White Sea (Morgan Kibby from M83; read/download here) plays the Hotel Cafe along with Seven Saturdays.
‣ Taylor Locke & the Roughs and the  Nervous Wreckords (ex-Louis XIV) team up for a show downtown at Bordello.

Your tastes may vary: Reigning Sound and the Ettes at Spaceland; Dinah Steward at the Mint; Bullet For My Valentine and Escape the Fate at the Palladium; VersaEmerge, Anarbor and the Dangerous Summer at the Troubadour; TAB the Band and Killa Kela at the Viper Room; Goodbye Elliott and Lido Beach at the Roxy; Father’s Day at the Smell; Onra and Thavius Beck at Low End Theory at the Airliner; All Spots to Black and Welldiggers Banquet at the Silverlake Lounge; Playing For Change at the Wilshire Ebell; JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys at the House of Blues Anaheim; and funny stuff including “wOOtstock: An Evening of Geeks + Music with Paul and Storm” and Largo and Tim & Eric (with Neil Hamburger) at the Glass House.

Note: Neil Sedaka’s scheduled appearance at Disney Hall was postponed because of illness and rescheduled for Dec. 7.