Smart Bets: Wham Bam Bowie Band

"Ziggy played guitar / jamming good with Weird and Gilly / and the Spiders from Mars." We can't say for sure who, in this David Bowie tribute lineup, is Weird or Gilly or the Spiders from Mars, but we have it on good authority that Cheeksters frontman Mark Casson will be channeling Mr. Stardust himself. The Wham Bam Bowie Band performs classics from the '69-'72 era, "in a cloud of smoke and hairspray," according to press for the show. "Space-age glam music from light years past, atop stacked heels and wrapped in polyester." The band includes Aaron Price (Kill the Clique), Andre Cholmondeley (Project Object), Zach Alberto (Ivan the Terribles) and Brett Spivey (Grounded, Beards of Beez). Friday, May 31 at The LAB. 10 p.m., $10. http://www.lexavebrew.com.

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