Pop/Rock, May

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Kelly Clarkson will perform at the Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, May 10-11.

May 1: Kamelot, Hammerfall, Ad Infinitum at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.

May 2: Todd Rundgren at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 2: The Ghost Inside, Paleface Swiss, Bleed From Within, Great American Ghost at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 2: Heart by Heart featuring Heart members Steve Fossen and Michael Derosier at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
May 2: Carbon Leaf at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 2: Rend Collective at URSB Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.
May 2: Punk Rock Factory, Adam & the Metal Hawks at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 2: Absolute Queen, Queen tribute at Stafford Township Arts Center, Manahawkin.

May 3: Buddy Guy at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 3: Godsmack at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
May 3: Todd Rundgren at Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City.
May 3: Lacuna Coil, New Year’s Day, Oceans of Slumber at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 3: The Wood Brothers at Newton Theatre.
May 3: Joan Osborne, Crash Test Dummies at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
May 3: Uriah Heep, Saxon at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 3: Terry Reid & the Cosmic American Derelicts at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 3: Des Rocs, Jigsaw Youth at Asbury Lanes.
May 3: The Shining Stars, British Invasion tribute at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
May 3: Gypsy, Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac tribute at Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.
May 3: Beginnings, Chicago tribute at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
May 3: Jimmy Kenny & the Pirate Beach Band, tribute to Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney and The Zac Brown Band at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 3: That Nu-Metal Band (Nu-Metal tribute), Nonstop Disco (System of a Down tribute), Township Rebellion (Rage Against the Machine tribute), Mudshovel (Staind tribute), Grandma Drinks (Godsmack tribute) at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.

May 3-4: Mötley Crüe at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.

May 4: Godsmack at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
May 4: The Black Crowes at Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
May 4: Sum 41, The Interrupters at Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park.
May 4: Don McLean at Pollak Theater at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
May 4: The Lemon Twigs at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 4: Richie Furay at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
May 4: Hawthorne Heights at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 4: A.J. Croce, “Croce Plays Croce” at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.
May 4: Matt Maher, Seph Schlueter, Lizzie Morgan at Hawthorne Gospel Church.
May 4: Early Elton Trio featuring Jeff Kazee, Rich Pagano and John Conte at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts Red Bank.
May 4: Rock & Roll Steampunk Fair at Veterans Park, Washington (Warren County). With Victor & the Bully, Frenchy & the Punk, Crash Gordon & Debra Dynamite.
May 4: Water Street, Close Drive at Roy’s Hall, Blairstown.
May 4: Michael Allman Band at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 4: The Beat Goes On, Cher tribute at Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge.

May 5: The Temptations, The Four Tops at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 5: Martin Barre at URSB Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.

May 7: Al Stewart & the Empty Pockets at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 8: “Sinatra Forever” featuring Rick Michel, presented by Garden State Arts Foundation at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.

May 9: Buddy Guy, Bobby Rush at BergenPAC, Englewood.
May 9: Todd Rundgren at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 9: Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Frozen Soul at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 9: Air Supply at URSB Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.
May 9: Dead Poet Society, Andrés at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.

May 10: Grand Funk Railroad at URSB Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.
May 10: Yarn at Roy’s Hall, Blairstown.
May 10: The Doo Wop Project at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
May 10: Josey Scott (of Saliva), Trapt, Adema, Tantric, One Day Alive at Artie’s Bar & Grill, Frenchtown.
May 10: Choir! Choir! Choir! at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair.
May 10: The Nerds at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 10: Strangers Stopping Strangers, Grateful Dead tribute at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.

May 10-11: Kelly Clarkson at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.

May 11: “DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live!” with Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men, Faith Evans, Method Man and Redman, TLC, Total at Prudential Center, Newark.
May 11: Mother’s Day Music Festival featuring Kem, SWV, Dru Hill, Silk, at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
May 11: McDonald’s Gospelfest with Hezekiah Walker, Kelontae Gavin, Byron Cage, Jessica Reedy, Vashawn Mitchell, Zacardi Cortez, at Symphony Hall, Newark.
May 11: Tommy Emmanuel, Cris Jacobs at Newton Theatre.
May 11: Albert Lee at Roy’s Hall, Blairstown.
May 11: Vienna Teng at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
May 11: Mikaela Davis, Bridget Kearney at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 11: Thy Art Is Murder, Angelmaker, Signs of the Swarm, Snuffed on Sight at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 11: Say Anything, AJJ, Greet Death at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 11: Status Green at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.
May 11: Jeiris Cook at Ross Farm, Basking Ridge.
May 11: Decade, Neil Young tribute at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 11: Yellow Brick Road, Elton John tribute at Shea Center for Performing Arts at William Paterson University, Wayne.

May 11-12: The Temptations, The Four Tops at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.

May 12: Neil Young & Crazy Horse at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden.
May 12: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 12: Albert Lee at Lizzie Rose Music Room , Tuckerton.
May 12: “Super Jam Oldies” with Russell Thompkins Jr. & the New Stylistics, The Delfonics, Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes, The Intruders, The Trammps featuring Earl Young at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
May 12: Avatar, Oxymorrons, Conquer Divide at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.

May 14: Lyle Lovett and Lisa Loeb, “In Conversation and Song” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 14: Divide the Fall, Reign of Z at Debonair Music Hall, Teaneck.

May 15: Lyle Lovett and Lisa Loeb, “In Conversation and Song” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 15: The Texas Tenors, presented by Garden State Arts Foundation at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.

May 16: The Alarm, The Blow Monkeys, Belouis Some at Asbury Lanes.
May 16: City Morgue, Fourfive at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 16: Baroness, Red Fang at Stone Pony, Asbury Park.

May 17: Diana Ross at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
May 17: Bernadette Peters at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 17: The String Cheese Incident at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
May 17: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead at Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park.
May 17: John Hiatt, Tommy Conwell at Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City.
May 17: “Where Music Lives Awards Shows” featuring Low Cut Connie, presented by Asbury Park Music Foundation at Asbury Lanes.
May 17: Josh Ritter at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair.
May 17: Our Last Night, Broadside, Normandie at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 17: Alan Doyle, Adam Baldwin at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 17: Jerry’s Middle Finger, Jerry Garcia Band tribute at Asbury Lanes.
May 17: Kashmir featuring Jean Violet, Led Zeppelin tribute at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

May 18: David Foster and Katharine McPhee at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
May 18: The Guess Who at URSB Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.
May 18: Amos Lee, Julia Pratt at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 18: John Hiatt, Heather Maloney at Newton Theatre.
May 18: Trixter, Enuff Z’Nuff, Pretty Boy Floyd, Band Inc. at Debonair Music Hall, Teaneck.
May 18: Foghat at Golden Nugget, Atlantic City.
May 18: Satsang, at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 18: “Jersey Fest” with The Vaughns, Jackson Pines, Reeve Van Riper, Surfing for Daisy, Natalie Farrell at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 18: Eighth annual Freestyle Jersey Jam with TKA/K7, Judy Torres, Cynthia, Lisette Melendez, Noel, Betty D (of Sweet Sensation), Soave, David Torres (of Nice & Wild), Nyasia, Strafe, DJ Lucho, DJ WhiteBoy KYS, Sal Abbatiello (host) at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 18: Bit Brigade, Galactic Empire at Artie’s Bar & Grill, Frenchtown.
May 18: “Sinatra: A Man and His Music” featuring Michael Martocci, benefit for Deborah Podolsky Foundation at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 18: Gypsy, Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac tribute at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.
May 18: Step by Step, Johnny Maestro tribute at Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton.
May 18: Xtreme Queen, Queen tribute at Stangl Stage, Flemington.
May 18: Winslow, The Eagles tribute at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

May 19: The Allman Betts Band at Newton Theatre.
May 19: P.O.D., Bad Wolves, Norma Jean at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 19: GEL, Korine, OLTH, No Model at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.
May 19: Dead Boys, The Plimsouls, Richard Lloyd Group at Salty’s Beach Bar, Lake Como.
May 19: South Jersey Pops Orchestra at Lenape High School Auditorium, Medford. “Be Kind, Rewind: A Tribute to the ’80s and ’90s.”

May 20: Dominic Scaglione Jr., comedian John Pizzi, presented by Garden State Arts Foundation at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.

May 21: Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.

May 22: Parliament-Funkadelic featuring George Clinton, Dumpstaphunk at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.

May 23: The Allman Betts Band at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.
May 23: In This Moment, Kim Dracula, I See Stars at Wellmont Theater, Montclair.
May 23: “Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon” with Pat Guadagno, Vini Lopez, Adam Weiner and Jake Thistle at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 23 and 26: The Rolling Stones at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford.

May 24: Heart at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.
May 24: The Allman Betts Band at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 24: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Andy Frasco & the U.N., Dogs in a Pile at Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park.
May 24: Lindsey Webster at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 24: CKY, Crobot, Tango Machina at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville.
May 24: Taylor Simon King, tribute to James Taylor, Carly Simon and Carole King at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
May 24: The THE BAND Band, tribute to The Band’s “The Last Waltz” at Newton Theatre.

May 25: Hozier, Allison Russell at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden.
May 25: The Temptations, The Four Tops at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 25: A Brother’s Revival, featuring former Allman Brothers Band member Dave Goldflies at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.
May 25: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

May 26: Leslie Odom Jr. at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
May 26: Drain, Terror, Scowl, End It, Mutually Assured Destruction, Bayway at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City.

May 29: Paul Anka at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 30: Jon Anderson & the Band Geeks at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
May 30: Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Lala Brooks, hosted by Cousin Brucie and presented by Garden State Arts Foundation at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.
May 30: Jersey Boys and Jersey Girls, tribute to Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Frankie Valli, Dionne Warwick, and Lesley Gore and others at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.

May 31: Chastity Brown, “New Voices” series at Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair.
May 31: Messer Chups, Black Flamingos at Wonder Bar, Asbury Park.
May 31: Tusk, Fleetwood Mac tribute at Newton Theatre.
May 31: That Motown Band at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

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