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Top summer concerts in the D.C. area Every one of these concerts stands out from the pack for a specific reason. Let’s just say it’s in your best interest to attend as many of these as possible. Click the bold name of each artist to get more details about the show.
Country superstar Miranda Lambert performs on her own as well as a mini-set with her band Pistol Annies at WMZQfest at Jiffy Lube Live on June 3.
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Long hair, Flying V guitars and devil horns -- you're likely to see all of that when heavy-jamming, Southern rock dudes My Morning Jacket perform at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Aug. 18.
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Nicki Minaj and her many outfits and sounds will be at DAR Constitution Hall on July 21.
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Soul dynamo Al Green performs at Wolf Trap on Aug. 24. Might President Obama stop by for a "Let's Stay Together" duet? (Don't bet on it.)
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Skip the tailgating and be in your seat for the start of Gary Clark Jr. 's set opening for Dave Matthews Band at Jiffy Lube Live on June 16. The blues-rock guitar hotshot is one of the year's breakout stars.
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Expect electric guitar fireworks at Wolf Trap when Wilco (along with opener Lee Ranaldo, of Sonic Youth fame) plays on July 17 and 18.
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Even if the Nats start losing, there's still reason to visit Nationals Park in September. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will deliver three hours of rousing rock on Sept. 14.
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Young people wearing bizarre clothes. Young people wearing minimal clothes. It will be the norm at Identity Festival , a day-long electronic music event at Jiffy Lube Live on July 27.
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This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival will kick off on June 27 with Bring Back the Funk , a free concert on the National Mall headlined by George Clinton.
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There will be soothing saxophone and tranquil cooing aplenty when Dan Bejar brings Destroyer to 9:30 Club on June 16.
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Rapper Future has scored multiple hits off his debut album "Pluto." He performs at Fillmore Silver Spring on June 5.
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Country rebel-rocker Eric Church headlines Sunday in the Country at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sept. 16.
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Eva Cassidy 's death in 1996 was a huge loss to the local music scene. Since then she's achieved cult favorite status, and a host of local artists will pay tribute to the "Songbird" on Aug. 16 at Strathmore.
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Radiohead performs at Verizon Center on June 3. It will be the renowned rock band's first show in the area since an infamous, rainsoaked gig at Jiffy Lube Live (then Nissan Pavilion) in May 2009.
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Allen Toussaint headlines the annual Louisiana Swamp Romp at Wolf Trap on June 10. The festival celebrates the best sounds and tastes of the bayou.
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Bonnie Raitt hits the road this summer in support of "Slipstream," her first new album in seven years. She'll perform at Wolf Trap on June 14 (this show is sold out) and at Baltimore's Pier Six Pavilion on June 17, with Mavis Staples opening both shows.
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Reunited prog-metal group System of a Down performs at Verizon Center on Aug. 7 with opener Deftones.
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Long before it occurred to Paul Simon to give his folk-pop a South African lilt, British-born Johnny Clegg was devising a similar sound in the land where he spent most of his childhood. He performs at the Howard Theatre on July 6.
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Dominican bachata star Joan Soriano plays a free, outdoor concert at Strathmore on Aug. 1.
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Veteran rapper El-P teams with Killer Mike for what promises to be one of the best rap shows of the year on July 15 at Rock & Roll Hotel.
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Interlocking vocal harmonies are the essence of the gentle Afro-folk songs by Malian duo Amadou & Mariam . They perform at 9:30 Club on July 31.
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Things will get rowdy at the Black Cat on July 24 when teenage Danish punk band Iceage plays its first D.C. show.
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Erykah Badu headlines the Summer Spirit Festival on Aug. 4 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, a show that also features a tribute to the late Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown.
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Expect a night of over-the-top rock debauchery when Kiss and Motley Crue share a bill on July 20 at Jiffy Lube Live.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter has been a hometown favorite for more than two decades. She performs at Wolf Trap on Aug. 18.
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New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate bring their pleasant jingle-jangle to the 9:30 Club on Aug. 12.
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O.A.R. (fronted by Marc Roberge) got its start in the Maryland suburbs and now plays to tens of thousands of fans in cities across the world. This summer's homecoming show is Aug. 10 at Merriweather Post Pavilion.
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It's always a patriotic evening when Toby Keith is on stage. He performs at Jiffy Lube Live on July 14.
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Norah Jones will perform songs from her new album, "Little Broken Hearts," and favorites from her 2002 debut "Come Away With Me" at Wolf Trap on June 27.
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Recent Kennedy Center Honors recipient Neil Diamond brings his Greatest Hits tour to Verizon Center on June 14.
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American pop music icons the Beach Boys -- including long reclusive mastermind Brian Wilson -- visit Merriweather Post Pavilion on June 15 as part of the band's 50th anniversary tour.
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Piano man Rufus Wainwright performs at Wolf Trap on July 24. His dad, Loudon Wainwright III, performs at the same venue less than a month later.
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Sleigh Bells and its small army of Marshall amplifiers come to Merriweather Post Pavilion on July 22, opening for Hot Chip.
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British arena rockers Coldplay play two shows at Verizon Center, on July 7 and 8.
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Resurgent soul singer Bobby Womack recently beat cancer and has a critically acclaimed new album out. He performs at the Birchmere on Aug. 28.
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A big voice for a big venue -- Florence + the Machine performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sept. 19.
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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters brings his special effects-heavy presentation of "The Wall" to Verizon Center on July 12.
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Local boogie pianist extraordinaire Daryl Davis performs at Carter Barron Amphitheatre on June 29 in a concert sponsored by The Washington Post's Going Out Guide.
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A few days after summer officially ends, Madonna brings her 2012 world tour to Verizon Center on Sept. 23 and 24.
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