Yes, yes, we concur. Air Supply does f--king rock!

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Midnight Oil reunite for wild re- relief bene t How could they sleep while other people’s beds are burning?

Chris Martin regrets giving Natalie Imbruglia “best Coldplay song ever” Her version a little too heavy for his tastes

Fatboy Slim enters rehab “Right about now / The funk soul brother / Checkin’ in now...”

Michael Jackson live in concert Could we trade that red velvet king’s robe we bought at his auction for a ticket?

Green Day to reissue entire catalog on LP in 2009 To really get “Geek Stink Breath,” you’ve got to hear it on vinyl

Faces in the Crowds

Angels & Demons Tom Hanks’ mullet returns. Is nothing sacred?

Despite the failing economy and the looming Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger’s expected
e ect on ticket prices, fans are still shelling out to get beer spilled on them in dark clubs. We
monitored audiences at four vastly di erent New York gigs to see who’s showing up, what’s
on their minds, and how many people still think crowd sur ng is cool. JASON MATLOFF

Thousands of 2009 college grads enter workforce In related news: Thousands of 2009 college grads move back in with their parents

Kanye West appears on American Idol He’s gonna be so pissed when he doesn’t win

Jonas Brothers to release clothing line for tween girls Chastity belts in all the fun spring colors

MESHUGGAH

AIR SUPPLY

TRAIL OF DEAD THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART

JADAKISS FABOLOUS

Using the bad economy as an excuse to skip your friend’s wedding Priceless

Location and date

Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, February 19

Nokia Theatre, February 20

Music Hall of Williamsburg, February 27

The Apollo Theater, March 7

Star Trek reboot nally opens Boldly going where 700 TV episodes, ten movies, and countless volumes of deviant slash ction have gone before

Unlikely attendee

Petite Sandra Bullock lookalike in a tight black tank top standing on the periphery of the pit with arms extended like a football lineman, as if repelling some rowdy kindergartners hurling water balloons

Burly guy in a Kiss T-shirt who looks more Tennessee Titan tailgater than Lite FM habitué, shouting along to nearly every lyric from the third row, apparently makin’ love out of nothing at all

Young Asian woman, wearing yellow furry earrings roughly the size of toy poodles, whose awkwardly robotic dance moves seemed more Sprockets than “Single Ladies”

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz joins cast of Melrose Place That’s her lip-synching the theme song

Government study says fewer teens sni ng inhalants to get high Somewhere, Joey Ramone is weeping

Britney Spears, professional lip-syncher Coming soon to the new Melrose Place!

Overheard

“I think I might start that Pantera cover band.”

Carrie Bradshaw wannabe to her aloof date

when band requests crowd participation on “Two Less Lonely People in the World”: “You’re gonna sing.”

None. Strict adherence to Brooklyn style code. Guys: plaid shirt, jeans, artful stubble, Andrew Van Wyngarden shag. Girls: minidress, colored tights, knit hats. Noncompliers apparently turned a way at the door.

“Could I be the guy who asks you for a cigarette?”

“I got my mutha-fuckin’ $90 worth.”

Rolcats Your cat isn’t stupid—he’s busy thinking deep thoughts about the plight of the proletariat

System of a Down’s John Dolmayan pays $317K for a Superman comic Dude is soooo glad he asked for bailout money

Memorable moment

Glistening Mr. Clean doppelgänger pops out of sweaty mosh scrum, runs ngers along teeth to con rm they’re all there, disappears back inside.

During their 1981 No. 1 smash “The One That You Love,” Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell amble through crowd all the way to the rear—posing for photos, hugging misty Airheads—all without missing a note.

One sensitive-looking lad attempts to crowd surf; eeting time atop the audience during a Trail of Dead song ends with him washed up onstage in a tangle of keyboard cables.

After Fabolous shouts out to the “ladies,” a muscle-bound guy in a Red Sox hat cheers as if Varitek just slammed a triple—before catching himself as the only such “lady” so enthused.

Andy Samberg to host MTV Movie Awards He was so excited about being asked he just…never mind

MacGyver revived as feature lm Actually, rst it was revived as a brief You Tube video, but with a paper clip and some used hair gel...

Devil horns flashed

Faith No More reform More like Faith Yes More!

Memorial Day barbeques, recession style Would you like those food stamps medium or medium-rare?

CLOCK WISE FROM TOP: ANDY S TUBBS; FRANCIS CHUNG; TON Y MOT TRAM RE TNA

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