I'm not one for seeing shows on New Year's Eve, but I got to say that seeing Chris Rock at Madison Square Garden is a very enjoyably option. Still, with tickets at $49.50 to $129.50, that's a bit too much money for something that would be half that price any other evening. A pre-sale for those tickets happens on Monday, December 3rd.

And then you have the delimna of seeing a Guns 'N Roses cover band in Brooklyn (Mr Brownstone at Music Hall of Williamsburg) or a different Guns 'N Roses cover band in Manhattan (Velvet Revolver at the Hammerstein). So many decisions..........

NEW YEARS EVE
Chris Rock | Madison Square Garden (tix)
Velvet Revolver | Hammerstein Ballroom (tix)
Gogol Bordello | Terminal 5 (tix)
Dean & Britta | Maxwells (tix)
The Fleshtones + The Black Hollies | Magnetic Fields (tix)
Prince Paul (DJ Set) | The Delancey
Mr Brownstone | Music Hall of Williamsburg (tix on sale Friday)
Les Paul and His Trio | Iridium Jazz Club (tix)
Earl Greyhound + The Big Sleep| Mercury Lounge
G. Love & Special Sauce | Blender Theatre (tix)
Dresden Dolls + Meow Meow | Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom (tix)
Patti Smith & Her Band | Bowery Ballroom
Dickey Betts + Great Southern | B.B. King Blues Club and Grill (tix)
The Join featuring Jamie Shields & Darren Shearer (The New Deal) and Marco Benevento & Joe Russo (the Duo) | HighLine Ballroom
Gov't Mule | Beacon Theatre
Moe | Radio City Music Hall

POST MIDNIGHT NEW YEARS EVE PARTIES
The Virgins | Mercury Lounge (tix)
Les Savy Fav | Bowery Ballroom
ReBirth Brass Band | B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
U-Melt | HighLine Ballroom (tix)