Local Live: Blink 182, My Chemical Romance

CANDLEBOX "Far Behind" was a big one for these dudes. With Borgo Pass and more.

WHEN | WHERE 6 p.m. Wednesday, The Crazy Donkey, 1058 Rte. 110, Farmingdale

INFO $25 advance, $30 day of; 631-753-1975, clubloaded.com

QUEENSRYCHE Buy these guys a drink -- it's their 30th anniversary tour.

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m. Thursday, NYCB Theatre at Westbury

INFO $39.50-$99.50; 800-745-3000, livenation.com

BLINK 182 AND MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE The drive in for two days of the Honda Civic Tour.

WHEN | WHERE 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

INFO $35-$69; 800-745-3000, livenation.com

BILL KIRCHEN AND LOS STRAITJACKETS A night of great rockabilly and surf music.

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m. Saturday, YMCA Boulton Center, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore

INFO $35; 631-969-1101, boultoncenter.org

TRACE ADKINS Ladies and gentlemen, the voice of Elvin from the late "King of the Hill" 'toon.

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m. Saturday, NYCB Theatre at Westbury

INFO $39.50-$49.50

CINDERELLA Buy these guys a drink, too -- it's their 25th anniversary tour.

WHEN | WHERE 6:30 p.m. Sunday, The Crazy Donkey

INFO $35 advance, $39 day of

 HOT TIX

The Throne (Jay-Z and Kanye West)

WHEN | WHERE Sept. 27-28, IZOD Center, East Rutherford, N.J.

INFO $51.50-$250 beginning 10 a.m. Monday via 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

Minus the Bear

WHEN | WHERE Oct. 18, Webster Hall, Manhattan

INFO $25; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

Ween

WHEN | WHERE Oct. 31, Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom

INFO $45-$63; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

NYC SOUNDS

Saturday

 THE VOICE LIVE IN CONCERT The finalists from the hit NBC singing competition bring it live.

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m. Saturday, Beacon Theatre, 2124 Broadway

INFO $29.50-$69.50; 800- 745-3000, ticketmaster.com

Sunday

MISSION OF BURMA Post-punk at its best -- ask some of the bands these guys have influenced: The Pixies, Sonic Youth, R.E.M.

WHEN | WHERE 3 p.m., Beekman Beer Garden/Northside Pier 17, 89 South St.

INFO Free; 212-896- 4600, beekmanbeergarden.com

 IN STORES

 * O.A.R.'s "King" (Wind-Up)

* Greyson Chance's "Hold on 'Til the Night" (Geffen/eleveneleven)

* John Hiatt's "Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns" (New West)

* Trace Adkins' "Proud to Be Here" (Show Dog)

* Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "How I Go" (Roadrunner)

 HOT SONG

 The Red Hot Chili Peppers' new single, "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" (Warner Bros.), has a whole lot of cowbell (!) and a rhythm track that's closer to INXS' "Mediate" than anything the one-time p-funk all-stars did in the same period. It's unexpected -- perhaps owing to new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer -- but it still totally works. "Maggie" isn't quite as ambitious as the band's "Stadium Arcadium" stuff; it simply pairs a nice Flea bass groove with another fun Anthony Kiedis story. -- Glenn Gamboa