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A multi-genre but roots-centered supergroup featuring D.C.-area musicians from the Billy Coulter Band, the Junkyard Saints, Alexandria Kleztet and Western Bob, The Natty Beaux will stir the crowds at the new Hamilton club into a frenzy. Expect to hear toe-tapping renditions of familiar tunes from Ray Charles, Elvis Pressley, Nat King Cole and Jerry Lee Lewis. Thursday, Feb. 2. Doors at 6:30 p.m. The Hamilton, 600 14th St. NW. Tickets are $15. Call 202-787-1000 or visit thehamiltondc.com.

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Landmark's E Street Cinema presents a screening of Opera on Film: 3 Superstars in Berlin, a taped performance at Berlin's massive Waldbuhne amphitheater featuring three of the opera world's biggest stars: Soprano Anna Netrebko, her baritone husband Erwin Schrott and tenor Jonas Kaufman. The opera's greatest hits program, with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra accompanying the singers, includes selections from Bernstein's West Side Story, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Gounod's Faust and Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Thursday, Jan. 26, and Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. Landmark's E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW. Call 202-452-7672 or visit landmarktheatres.com.

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The rock legend and his band return in March with the act's 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, and it's said to live up the title, with Springsteen at his angriest over the woeful state of economic justice in America today. A month after the set's release, he'll stop at the Verizon Center, and tickets go on sale this Saturday, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m. for the Sunday, April 1 show. Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. Tickets are $71 to $101. Call 202-628-3200 or visit verizoncenter.com.

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Local drag phenom Special Agent Galactica, a.k.a. the "pink-haired diva," performs with her live band, the Escape Pods, led by musical director Captain Satellite, and featuring two new members of the crew, dubbed the Comettes. "The Last of the Secret Agents" is an all-new show in which the motley crew sings and spins through a hodgepodge of songs by Pat Benatar, Queen, Alan Menkin, B.B. King, Stevie Nicks, Justin Timberlake, Etta James, Oscar Hammerstein, even an original from Johnson himself. It's billed as "the only show of its kind in the Washington, D.C. area," and it's hard to argue that. Friday, Jan. 27, and Saturday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m. Black Fox Lounge, 1723 Connecticut Ave. NW. Tickets are $15. Call 202-483-1723 or visit blackfoxlounge.com.

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A co-founder of the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra among other jazz ensembles, saxophonist Brad Linde brings his eponymous sextet to Hamilton Live, the new performance space owned by Clyde's Restaurant Group in the old Garfinkel's Department Store, and more recently, Borders. Sunday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 p.m. The Hamilton, 600 14th St. NW. Tickets are $15. Call 202-787-1000 or visit thehamiltondc.com.

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After helping kick off the National Symphony Orchestra's season last fall, the classical music superstar Joshua Bell returns to the Kennedy Center for a Washington Performing Arts Society concert. Pianist Sam Haywood accompanies the virtuoso violinist in a program of Mendelssohn, Brahms, Ravel, Ysaye and Gershwin. A presentation of WPAS. Monday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Tickets are $45 to $115. Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.

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A natural storyteller with a fantastic sense of humor and spontaneity, Cheryl Wheeler performs many songs in concert that haven't even been recorded on one of her engaging folk-based pop albums. Saturday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. The Birchmere, 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria. Tickets are $29.50. Call 703-549-7500 or visit birchmere.com. Also Sunday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. Rams Head On Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis. Tickets are $31. Call 410-268-4545 or visit ramsheadonstage.com.

Read our interview with Wheeler here.

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A more thoroughly Latin-flavored Black Eyed Peas, the Los Angeles-based Ozomatli may actually be even more fun and festive. And then there is its advanced level of prestige: Ozomatli has been designated an official U.S. State Department Cultural Ambassador, representing L.A. and a melting-pot U.S. to the world. The 14-piece orchestra Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band, inspired by Fela Kuti's Afrobeat sound, opens. Saturday, Jan. 21. Doors at 9 p.m. Nightclub 9:30, 815 V St. NW. Tickets are $25. Call 202-265-0930 or visit 930.com.

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The video for DEV's "Dancing Shoes" just premiered online. The track comes from DEV's debut album The Night the Sun Came Up, which will be released on March 27, 2012. Check out the video below.

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The queer local dance-rock trio Glitterlust, which includes adorable gay bear Mikey Torres on vocals and keyboards, Liz Wooley on backing vocals and guitar and Chris Roudiez on bass, made quite an impression performing at last August's one-year anniversary of Bear Happy Hour at Town when the band was joined by a bear plushie. This weekend, the band performs with other local queer music acts at Phase 1. Question is: Will the plushie perform too? Sunday, Jan. 15, at 9 p.m. Phase 1, 525 8th St. SE. Cover is $8. Call 202-544-6831 or visit phase1dc.com.

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