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• Polish death-metal band Vader performs tonight at Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City. Opening: Internal Bleeding, Sacrificial Slaughter, Voices of Ruin, Micawber, Dezecration, Envenom. Show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25, at Smith's Tix and Ticketfly.
• Australian indie-rock band Gang of Youths performs tonight at Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), Salt Lake City. Opening: Jarom Eubanks, Suit Up, Soldier. Show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12, at Ticketfly.
• Pioneering boy band New Kids on the Block performs tonight at the Maverik Center, 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City. Opening: Paula Abdul. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, from $29.95 to $199.95, at Smith's Tix.
• Alt-rock bands Shatterproof and Never Let This Go co-headline tonight at The Loading Dock, 445 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City. Opening: No Robot. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12, available at Ticketfly.
• Reggae/rock band Passafire performs tonight at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening: Bumpin' Uglies, Herban Empire. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20, at Ticketfly and Smith's Tix.
• Alt-rock band Fuel performs tonight at The Royal, 4760 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City. Opening: Marcy Playground. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $35, at Smith's Tix.
• The reggae collective Easy Star All-Stars performs tonight at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening: The Late Ones, The Elovaters. Show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $30, at Ticketfly.
• The 2017 RoyalFest — featuring rock bands Royal Bliss, Wayland, American Hitmen, The Wayne Hoskins Band, ZamTrip and School of Rock — runs Saturday at The Royal, 4760 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City. Show starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20, available at Smith's Tix.
• Death-metal band Morbid Angel performs Saturday at The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City. Opening: Suffocation, Revocation, Withered. Show starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $24 in advance, $28 on the day of the show, at Smith's Tix.
• Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot, a revival band fronted by the former Stray Cat, performs Saturday at Sandy City Amphitheater, 9400 S. 1300 East, Sandy. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $28, at Smith's Tix.
• CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and talk-show host Andy Cohen swap stories in a joint appearance Saturday at the Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets, from $55 to $350, at ArtSaltLake.
• Country singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers performs Sunday at The State Room, 638 S. State St., Salt Lake City. Opening: Garrett Kato. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $37, at Ticketfly.
• Garage/disco/punk/New Wave/metal band Electric Six performs Sunday at The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Salt Lake City. Opening: The Picturebooks, Starmy. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15, at Ticketfly.