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The Boss was in town last week for what was presumably his last visit to the Spectrum before its demolition. Tickets sell out before you could get yours? Here's some of what you missed.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed. COMEDY Don Rickles Tropicana Casino, Atlantic City Fri, 1/11/08, 9PM; Sat, 1/12/08, 9PM; Sun, 1/13/08, 7PM $30-$50 On sale: Fri, 10AM, Ticketmaster (1/11, 1/12, 1/13) Lisa Lampanelli Music Box at The Borgata, Atlantic City Mon, 12/31/07, 7PM &...

. Before you roll your eyes and click down to the next post, hear us out. This album had a lot more thought go into the song structure and overall album structure than most others we've heard lately. So we're giving in to our temptation and going to see Fall Out Boy at the Wachovia Spectrum tonight.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news.

My preview for Saturday night's Dylan show at the Wachovia Spectrum was pretty enthusiastic, but I'll level with you: I'd heard the stories, and I wasn't expecting all that much from his performance. But even with my relatively low expectations, I was still a little disappointed. A number of times during Dylan's set, I thought I'd stumbled into an easy listening/soft rock concert by mistake, or that he'd been replaced by a froggy William Shatner. He talk-croaked his way through most of his songs, and his band seemed so concerned with not up-staging him that they barely played at all. As Dylan hunched, shuffling and swaying, over his keyboard and groaned out the barely decipherable lyrics, the guitarists mostly just quietly jangled in the background, while the drummer politely tapped his drums to keep time. Only at the ends of certain songs, when Dylan was done "singing," did the guys kick it up a notch and really bang out a great outro. More than once I found myself yawning and checking the time.

As soon as we ascended to the upper level, the brawl broke out. We leaned over the railing and joined the fans’ roar, volume oscillating with each flurry of punches thrown. Grabbing each other’s uniforms at arm’s length, the two skaters-turned-prize fighters continued to take swings until the refs intervened. With the fight quelled and the crowd subdued, we took a chance to survey the scene around us—and quickly realized that thirty collegiate males are not the Philadelphia Phantoms typical fanbase. In fact, we were probably the oldest people there without children.

Guess who Phillyist is going to see Saturday night? BOB FREAKING DYLAN, that's who!! Sure, he's getting old, and we hear he's not always the best live performer anymore, what with his froggy voice and all, but the guy is a living legend - one of the greatest, if not the greatest, songwriters of our time; a man who changed rock and roll and folk music forever; whose protest songs actually made things happen; whose discography is a litany of classic albums. We've got his CD from this year, Modern Times, and while it's no Blonde on Blonde or Blood on the Tracks, it's definitely a good album, and in the same sort of wry, old-fashioned, bluesy style as his recent releases.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Thursday post only collects the latest announcements, so definitely check the Tuesday post for any you may have missed.

The Nightmares X-Treme Scream Park opened up this month and continues its month-long run at the Wachovia Spectrum. We're not sure what makes this arena a "park," nor are we sure what exactly is "X-Treme" about it, but we're certain that a lot of dead or incapacitated Phillies (you know, they play in a park! See!) and skateboarders would certainly be scream-worthy. So let's get our hopes up for that.