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80s LIVE

When: 4 p.m.Sunday, May 29

Where: Hard Rock Casino Hotel

What to expect: The 80s Live show is hailed as a highly entertaining, nostalgic, feel-good production that ignites images and recollections of a decade when the music, lyrics and driving beats electrified a generation. The show will feature the hits of Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Prince, Aerosmith, Wham, INXS, Duran Duran, Paula Abdul and others. The 80s Live show promises to transport those who witnessed it back to the moment when they first heard these songs pumping through their boomboxes, according to event producer Allen Valentine. The revved-up, high-energy concert will get audience members to step out of your DeLorean time machine and back into a fun, nostalgic romp through the greatest hits of the 1980s. The show takes place Sunday at Hard Rocks Sound Waves theater, and at 4 p.m. every Sunday through June 12.

How much: Tickets, priced at $24 and $29, are available at Ticketmaster.com

More info:

HardRockHotelAtlanticCity.com

REVEREND HORTON HEAT WITH THE KOFFIN KATS

When: 8 p.m. Monday, May 30

Where: Anchor Rock Club in Atlantic City

What to expect: The Reverend Horton Heat is the stage name of singer-songwriter and guitarist James Heath, who is known for his riotous sense of humor and rowdy stage performances. The name is also a reference to his Dallas, Texas-based trio that formed in 1985 and plays a style of music called psychobilly. Psychobilly has been described as a fusion of rockabilly and punk rock and a loud frantic music that takes the traditional countrified rock style known as rockabilly and ramps up its speed into a gritty, sweaty, honky-tonk, punk-rock pace. Heat has been called the Godfather of Modern Rockabilly and Psychobilly. His trio also includes upright bass player Jimbo Wallace and drummer Jonathan Jeter. Popular songs by the group include Rock the Joint, It's Martini Time, Let Me Teach You How to Eat, I Can't Surf, Psychobilly Freakout, Wiggle Stick, Nurture my Pig! and The Big Red Rocket of Love. Also performing is another psychobilly trio called the Koffin Kats, which was founded in 2003 in Detroit by guitarist/vocalist Tommy Koffin and lead singer and upright bassist Vic Victor. The Anchor Rock Club is located at 247 S. New York Ave., Atlantic City.

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