Long after the ball has dropped on 2008, New York City’s landmark Webster Hall is just getting the party started. That’s because Israeli psy-trance kings Infected Mushroom are set to play an exclusive after hours live set in what has all the makings of the most tripped out NYE experience. Earlier on in the evening, Webster Hall rings in the New Year with 8 D.J.s on four floors, trapeze artists and aerialists, “the Largest Balloon Drop in the Free World!” and Jumbotron screens showing the Times Square ball drop. This is NYC’s biggest and best New Year’s Eve party for 17-years running!

With a dazzling musical assault that incorporates cataclysmic beats, metallic rock guitar, Brazilian drumming and melodic, soulful vocals, Infected Mushroom’s live performances are rapidly becoming the stuff of legend – and a gander at the array of video clips already up on YouTube helps provide an explanation, as the group whips crowds all over the globe into an ecstatic froth.

Dubbed “The only true megastars of psy-trance” by DJ Magazine (having expanded the Goa trance genre to include a truly psychedelic array of musical styles), Infected Mushroom has played to more than a million people around the globe. They have headlined such festivals as OMIX in Mexico, Miami’s Ultra Festival, California’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, San Diego Street Scene, L.A.’s Monster Massive, The Virgin Festivals in Toronto and Baltimore, and Sao Paulo’s Tribe – as well as packing venues from Haifa to Los Angeles.

Founders Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani (aka Duvdev) – both Israeli natives who’ve relocated to Los Angeles – formed the band in 1997 and have since taken the club scene by storm. Utterly dispensing with the static model of dance-music performance, Duvdev clearly prefers the dynamic role of a rock frontman, swaggering about the stage and wailing soulfully (often joined by throngs of joyful fans); Eisen, meanwhile, brings playful charm to his keyboard antics. They’re accompanied on their current tour by guitarist Tommy Cunningham, whose amp-melting riffage provides a formidable rock counterpoint, and Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Jardim, who adds irresistibly organic polyrhythms to Infected Mushroom’s fusillade of beats.

ABOUT WEBSTER HALL:

Originally opened in 1886 and restored to its original lustre in 1990, Webster Hall is the shining jewel of New York City nightlife. Selected by New York Magazine as New York’s best Live Music Venue, Webster Hall now features the finest sound system in NYC and probably the world. Designed by the leaders in sound engineering Steve Dash and George Stavro of Integral Sound (responsible for the landmark sound systems in the original Sound Factory and Twilo), Webster Hall is now the premiere venue for the worlds leading DJ’s and producers.

Click here to watch Infected Mushroom’s video for “Becoming Insane.”

Clickhere to check out pictures of Infected Mushroom’s May 2007 Webster Hall gig

Click here to read a recent New York Times article about Webster Hall’s landmark status


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After Hours W/ INFECTED MUSHROOM LIVE (Concert Only)
INFECTED MUSHROOM Performing LIVE!!!!!!
December 31, 2007
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St Between 3rd and 4th, New York
Enter after 2:00am
Show starts 3:00 am
Advance Tickets: $60 per person
To purchase tickets in advance click
here
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New Year's Eve Ball 2008 at Webster Hall (All night party + Infected Mushroom concert included)
December 31, 2007
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St Between 3rd and 4th, New York
Hours: 8:00 pm - 9:00 am

White Ticket (18+): General Admission $60
Cash Bar Available /Party Favors /Champagne toast at midnight /Best value ticket in NYC

Bronze Ticket (21+): 4 Hour Premium Top Shelf Open Bar $99
Includes all White Ticket Benefits Plus
4-hour premium top-shelf open bar from 8pm - 12am
Webster Hall 2008 membership card for free admission all year until 1am ($300 value)

Silver Ticket (21+): 6 Hour Premium Top Shelf Open Bar $135
Includes all White Ticket Benefits Plus
6-hour premium top-shelf open bar from 8pm - 2am (12 bars)
Webster Hall 2008 membership card for free admission all year until 1am ($300 value)

GOLD Ticket (21+): TABLE RESERVATION (VIP) $599
Includes all White Ticket Benefits Plus
Access to balcony high VIP lounge with Birds eye view of the show
VIP table for up to 4 guests
One bottle of premium vodka
One bottle champagne
Private coat check
Webster hall gift box (1per table-over $300 value)
*gift box includes webster hall T shirt, CD, 2008 membership card

Party packages offer:
- 4 massive floors of celebration to explore.
- 6 amazing rooms, each with their own distinct style
- Hours: 8:00 pm - 9:00 am
- 6 Hour Premium Liquor Open Bar
- 1,000,000 balloons drop on the crowd at the stroke of midnight. The Largest Balloon Drop in the Free World!
- Shane Savant's GoGo Rama
- Webster Hall 2008 membership card for free admission all year till 1am ($300 value)
- Continental Breakfast
- Champagne Toast at Midnight
- Party Favors
- Live Broadcast of Ball Drop Times Square on 20 Plasma and 5 Jumbotron Screens
- Chart topping artist performing live
- Mindblowing aerial and trapeze performances
- Dazzling fire displays and sexy performers sprinkled throughout.
- INFECTED MUSHROOM Performing Live(After Hours)

ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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