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Ahh, New Year's Eve. A night of celebration and merry-making, overflowing libations and regretful decisions. And if you don't have the ABSOLUTE BEST TIME EVER, what kind of loser are you?

Because we here at Pitchfork are experts at falling asleep at 11 p.m. at mom's house partying hard, we've assembled this handy guide to some of the best New Year's Eve shows in America (and a few other places around the world). From the Flaming Lips in Oklahoma City to the world's drunkest Guns N' Roses Tribute Band (that also happens to feature a member of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) in Brooklyn, here's a city-by-city list of ways to spend the evening of Monday, December 31, 2007.

CHICAGO

Spoon, The Sea and Cake - Metro
Switch - Smart Bar
Black Kids, These Are Powers - Empty Bottle
Jon Brion - Harris Theater

NEW YORK CITY

Patti Smith - Bowery Ballroom (early show)
Les Savy Fav - Bowery Ballroom (late show)
Dirty Projectors, Cex, Ecstatic Sunshine, WZT Hearts - Knitting Factory
The Dresden Dolls - Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center
Earl Greyhound, The Big Sleep - Mercury Lounge
Mr. Brownstone ("The World's Drunkest Guns N' Roses Tribute Band", also features "fully tended bar on stage", "massive Guitar Hero contest with final on-stage battle", "raffle to join band on stage for a song") - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Dean & Britta - Maxwell's (in Hoboken)
Gogol Bordello - Terminal 5
Nellie McKay - Joe's Pub
Slick Rick, Kudu, Moby (DJ set), Holy Ghost (DJ set) - Studio B

LOS ANGELES

Justice (DJ set), Peaches, 2 Live Crew, Busy P, A-Trak - HARD New Year's Eve Music Festival
Rufus Wainwright, Belinda Carlisle - Walt Disney Concert Hall
Bloc Party (DJ set), The Rapture (DJ set), Talib Kweli - Roosevelt Hotel
Dengue Fever - Temple Bar
MSTRKRFT - Giant Maximus
Nas, Salt-N-Pepa - House of Blues

SAN FRANCISCO

The Mars Volta (acoustic and electric sets), Peanut Butter Wolf, The Eternals, Nobody - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Diplo - Temple Bar
Junior Boys (DJ set) - Mezzanine
Earth, Neurosis (includes free show-only Tribes of Neurot/Earth 7") - Great American Music Hall
Melvins, Comets on Fire - Slim's
Patton Oswalt - Cobb's Comedy Club

MIAMI

R. Kelly - American Airlines Arena

PHILADELPHIA

Datarock, Low B - Electric Factory

OKLAHOMA CITY

The Flaming Lips - Cox Center
Evangelicals, Starlight Mints - Cox Center (Flaming Lips pre-show)

ATLANTA

Band of Horses - The Earl
Black Lips - Drunken Unicorn

LAS VEGAS

Kanye West - The Pearl

WASHINGTON, DC

Georgie James - Rock and Roll Hotel

MINNEAPOLIS

Brother Ali - 7^th St. Entry

PORTLAND

Wu-Tang Clan - Roseland Theater

BOSTON

Harry and the Potters - Hynes Convention Center

MONTREAL

Crystal Castles, Guns n Bombs, Curses! - SAT

EDMONTON

Digitalism, Shout Out Out Out - Starlite Room

LONDON

2ManyDjs, Simian Mobile Disco, Mylo - Turnmills
Super Furry Animals, Deerhoof - Royal Festival Hall
Tunng, Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Horrors - 93 Ft East

GLASGOW

Dan Deacon - Optimo
Bis, Errors - ABC