Local Live: Houses of blues, country hunk

JOE BONAMASSA The house will be rocking when the blues guitarist plugs in. Bonus: new album, "Dust Bowl," hits stores today.

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

INFO $76.95-$93; 516-334-0800, livenation.com

HOODIE ALLEN The pride of Plainview JFK comes home for a show.

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

INFO $15 advance, $20 day of; 631-753-1975, clubloaded .com

TOMMY CASTRO Which blues dude will you see this weekend? Bonamassa or Tommy Castro?

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m. Friday, Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main St., Amagansett; and 8 p.m. Saturday, YMCA Boulton Center, 37 W. Main St., Bay Shore

INFO Talkhouse: $25 general, $40 VIP; 631-267-3117, stephentalkhouse.com

Boulton: $45; 631-969-1101, boultoncenter.org

SCARS ON 45 British and acoustic.

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m. Saturday, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main St.

INFO $22; 631-288-1500, whbpac.org

DIERKS BENTLEY Country hunk alert! Read more in Saturday's Act 2.

WHEN | WHERE 7 p.m. Sunday, NYCB Theatre at Westbury

INFO $41.50-$74; 516-334-0800, livenation.com

LIL WAYNE What? Weezy appears on the next Limp Bizkit album? Read more in Friday's Explore LI.

WHEN | WHERE 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Nassau Coliseum

INFO $73.75-$145.45; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com -- Kevin Amorim

 

HOT TIX

 

 

Twilight Singers

 

WHEN | WHERE May 13, Webster Hall, Manhattan

INFO $30.10; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

 

Peter Frampton

 

WHEN | WHERE June 17, Beacon Theatre, Manhattan

INFO $48.25-$111.75; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

 

Journey with Foreigner and Night Ranger

 

WHEN | WHERE Aug. 17, Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

INFO $43.35-$156; 800-745-3000, livenation.com

 

NYC SOUNDS

 

 

Thursday

 

COLD WAR KIDS Awww. Stop hating on these "indie rockers," will you?

WHEN | WHERE 8 p.m., Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Sixth Ave.

INFO $52.90; 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

 

Friday

 

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE They're rereleasing their eponymous '98 album and performing it in full. (Plus other tunes, as well.)

WHEN | WHERE 7 p.m., Terminal 5, 610 W. 56th St.

INFO $46.90; 800-745- 3000, ticketmaster.com

-- Kevin Amorim

 

IN STORES

 

Jennifer Hudson's "I Remember Me" (Arista)

Panic! At the Disco's "Vices and Virtues" (Decaydance / Fueled by Ramen)

Duran Duran's "All You Need Is Now (Deluxe Edition)" (S-Curve)

Yellowcard's "When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes" (Hopeless)

Pet Shop Boys' "The Most Incredible Thing" (Astralwerks)

 

HOT SONG

 

Nelly and Kelly Rowland are certainly hoping lightning strikes twice with Nelly's new single, "Gone" (Universal Motown). Like their 2002 smash "Dilemma," "Gone" finds Nelly and Kelly in throwback-soul mode, with an R&B ballad that keeps the modern trappings to a minimum and focuses on the melody like they were the new-millennium Ashford and Simpson. Simple can be effective, and the duo have the balance right here. "Gone" is definitely going places. -- Glenn Gamboa