Highline Ballroom Announces DROP DEAD GORGEOUS & More

Highline Ballroom is located at 431 West 16th Street between 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue. Tickets may be purchased through Ticketweb, online at ticketweb.com or at the Highline Box Office from noon until doors close at 866-468-7619. We are a full-scale restaurant. Our menu is American Continental with a Southern flair. We also have a full bar with all premier liquors and domestic and international cold beer, and we serve a full menu at all of our concerts. A $10 food and/or beverage minimum is standard for table seating during shows.

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are suitable for all ages and offer general admission seating. Seating for all shows is first come, first seated; we do not take advance table reservations, except where noted as a condition of a VIP ticket. We cannot seat incomplete parties. Standing room for all shows is available at our bar.

For further show information, directions to the venue and for the latest updates visit us on the web at www.highlineballroom.com or call 212-414-4314.

All events are subject to change.

JUST ANNOUNCED

· WALE - Mixtape Release Party - Monday, August 16 - DOORS @ 7 PM

· NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE - Saturday, August 28 - DOORS @ 6 PM

· MOSHAV - Sunday, September 5 - DOORS @ 7 PM

· UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE TOURCO - Saturday, September 18 - DOORS @ 6 PM

· GRIFFIN HOUSE - Friday, September 24 - DOORS @ 6:30 PM

· ORAN ETKIN'S TIMBALOOLOO PRESENTS: WAKE UP CLARINET! - CD Release Show - Saturday, September 25 - DOORS @ 11 AM

· BRENDan James - Wednesday, September 29 - DOORS @ 7 PM

· TALVIN SINGH - Thursday, October 7 - DOORS @ 7 PM

· Dana Fuchs - Friday, October 8 - DOORS @ 6 PM

· CORROSION OF CONFORMITY "Animosity" Lineup Reunion - Sunday, October 10 - DOORS @ 6 PM

· ERIN MCKEOWN - Distillation 10th Anniversary Show - Sunday, October 17 - DOORS @ 6 PM

· BAJOFONDO - Monday, October 18 - DOORS @ 6 PM

· DAVE DOUGLAS & KEYSTONE - Spark of Being - A Film by Bill Morrison - Sunday, October 24 - DOORS @ 6 PM

· K-OS - Thursday, October 28 - DOORS @ 7 PM

· ASYLUM STREET SPANKERS - Friday, November 12 - DOORS @ 6 PM

UPCOMING SHOWS - August 9-15
EVERY SATURDAY LATE NIGHT at The Highline Ballroom:
The Rewind Show
with live performances and celebrity DJs
21 or over to enter
Doors at 10:30pm, Show at 11:00pm
$20 at door
RSVP to info@4kent.com
The Rewind Show is a vision we have had for as long as we have been in the business of night clubs and event planning. We are tired of the same concept that every night-club in NYC has been stuck with over the years and think that it's time to change the way to party! As we all know nothing can compare to a live performance and therefore we have created the Rewind Show! We want to bring an experience like no other by combining the live music of the 80's Rock & Roll era along with the best DJ's spinning the present hits. Every Saturday night, the Highline Ballroom will operate as a high-end night club to let people experience the Rewind Show. (http://therewindshow.com/)

Monday, August 9
The Pyknic pArtery Tour
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
with Sleeping With Sirens, Attila, Abandon All Ships, For All Those Sleeping, Woe Is Me, Scarlet O'Hara
Doors at 5:00pm, Show at 5:15pm
$13 adv, $15 at door
Differentiating themselves from the 1999 beauty pageant movie of the same name with the strategic placement of a comma, metal/post-hardcore outfit Drop Dead Gorgeous came together in Denver during the mid-2000s. The group was comprised of Aaron Rothe (vocals/keyboards), Danny Stills (vocals), Danny Cooper (drums), Kyle Browning (guitar), Jake Hansen (bassist), and another Dan (guitar). Using the Internet to their advantage, they signed with Rise Records in September 2005 after being discovered by the label through songs posted on their /MySpace and /Purevolume Web pages. With half of their members still in high school, Drop Dead, Gorgeous had yet to do any extensive touring before or soon after the January 2006 release of their EP, Be Mine, Valentine. The band's debut full-length was issued that May. Titled In Vogue, it was produced by Kris Crummett (Fear Before the March of Flames, Anatomy of a Ghost). Summer was then spent on an extensive nationwide tour, hooking up on various dates with bands like Scars of Tomorrow, Folly, and Calico System. By the year's end, Drop Dead (whose oldest member at the time was still only 20) had inked a deal with the Interscope imprint Suretone and began work on their sophomore effort with producer Ross Robinson. At this point, the band was also trimmed down to five members: two Dans were out (on guitar and drums) and another was in (Danny Passera on drums). The concept of their 2007 release, Worse Than a Fairy Tale, is a fictional account of a serial killer on the loose in a small town.

Wednesday, August 11
WILD BEASTS
Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 9:00pm
$20
Wild Beasts being of the modern, being of the renaissance, being baggy pantsed, being tight pantsed, being in a scene and being in a place. So we bent our backs and leaned hard into our chores, like an old slugger working the ring, the furious fist of fate swung his swing and we took the lot - full on the sweet spot.

Friday, August 13
THE BLACK AUGUST HIP HOP PROJECT 2010
Dead Prez, Pharoahe Monch, Homeboy Sandman, ADM, Kalae All Day, Sadat X, Hasan Salaam, Akir, La Bruja, & Surprise Special Guest!
Doors at 8:00pm, Show at 9:00pm
$15 adv, $20 at door
The Black August Hip Hop Project was started by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement to promote human rights and raise awareness about U.S. political prisoners unjustly incarcerated worldwide. By leveraging the influence and global development of Hip Hop culture and by facilitating exchanges between international communities about the social and political issues that affect our global communities, Black August holds annual fundraising concerts that inform our collective struggle for a more just, equitable and human world.

Sunday, August 14
Tercer Mundo - CANCELLED
**Refunds available at all points of purchase**
Ecuadorian Latin rock foursome Tercer Mundo was formed in the late 1980s. The band's debut album, El Rock No Ha Muerto, achieved Gold status after locally selling 10,000 copies. In 1995 Tercer Mundo went on tour throughout the country, calling together around 60,000 people. Cuban Frank Fernández produced the group's second album, Hacia Adentro, which was released in 1996. A year later, a second tour named Cinco was scheduled. In 1998 Tercer Mundo founded its own label, Discos del Mundo, recording and issuing Tu Madre.

2010 ANNOUNCED SHOWS

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*Every Saturday night - The Rewind Show*

August
17 - Lee Scratch Perry
18 - Vienna Teng & Alex Wong
19 - Paula Valstein, Jonah Smith, Casey Shea
20 - The Juliana Theory
21 - Leon Russell
22 - The Devil Wears Prada
22 - Power Live Ultimate Beach Concert: Diddy & Dirty Money, Ciarra, Kelly Rowland, Keri Hilson, J Cole, Bobby Valentino, Fat Joe, Maino, Ricky Blaze - The Beach at Governors Island
23 - Dylan Different: Ben Sidran with Amy Helm, Will Bernard, Tim Luntzel, Leo Sidran
24 - Chiddy Bang
26 - Brandon Flowers
27 - Benevento Russo Duo
28 - New Riders of the Purple Sage
28 - Rock The Bells - Snoop Dogg / A Tribe Called Quest / Wu-Tang Clan / Ms. Lauryn Hill - South Island Field at Governors Island
29 - Nellie McKay
30 - Jon Batiste Band
31 - ELEW

September
7 - Blood Into Wine - DVD Release and screening party
9 - Jamey Johnson
10 - BLOWOFF featuring the DJ Sounds of Bob Mould & Richard Morel
11 - Panda Bear - The Beach at Governors Island
12 - The Alarm
13 - Katie Melua - Hiro Ballroom
14 - Ludo
14 - Katie Melua - Hiro Ballroom
15 - Gaelic Storm
16 - The Young Dubliners
17 - Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group
18 - The Upright Citizens Brigade Tour Co
20 - Magma
24 - Griffin House
24 - ESCORT (live)
25 - Oran Etkin's Timbalooloo presents: Wake Up Clarinet!
25 - Garland Jeffreys and his Rock ‘N Roll Band
26 - Yard Dogs Road Show
27 - THE BIG QUIZ THING Presents New York City Clash Of The Trivia Champions
29 - BrenDan James
30 - Chick Corea Trio ft. Christian McBride and Brian Blade

October
1 - Chick Corea Trio ft. Christian McBride and Brian Blade
2 - Chick Corea Trio ft. Christian McBride and Brian Blade
7 - Talvin Singh
10 - Corrosion of Conformity "Animosity" lineup reunion
11 - Elisa
15 - Super Diamond
16 -Seabear
17 - Erin McKeown - Distillation 10th Anniversary Show
18 - Bajofondo
24 - Dave Douglas & Keystone SPARK OF BEING - A Film by Bill Morrison
25 - Jake Shimabukuro
28 - K-OS
30 - Lady Rizo and the Assettes
31 - PHANTASMAGOREY - An Edward Gorey Halloween Banquet
31 - Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
31 - HUSSIES FROM HELL! - A Divas & Deviants Halloween Party

November
1 - Recoil ft. Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode
10 - Battlefield Band
11 - Ian Hunter
12 - Asylum Street Spankers
12 - BLOWOFF Featuring the DJ Sounds of Bob Mould & Richard Morel