Gigs around town

BELL X1
Damien Rice’s former band takes its name from an experimental U.S. Air Force project. There’s much buzz surrounding this Irish band and its CD, “Flock.” Tonight at the Paradise, 617-562-8800.
BLACK KEYS/BUFFALO KILLERS



Akron, Ohio, blues duo Black Keys tours in support of its new Danger Mouse-produced CD, “Attack & Release.” Keys vocalist/ guitarist Dan Auerbach produced the forthcoming disc from openers Buffalo Killers. Tomorrow at the Orpheum, 617-482-0650.
BRUCE COCKBURN/CATHERINE MACLELLAN
Twenty-nine albums in 38 years amounts to a prolific body of work, and the 62-year-old Cockburn shows no signs of slowing down. He appears solo with fellow-
Canadian opener MacLellan, who’s performing songs off her first release in eight years, “Church Bell Blues.” Tonight at the Somerville Theatre, 617-625-4088.
DEVOTCHKA
This much-buzzed-about Denver band combines folk styles from Eastern Europe (among other places) with an American punk sensibility. Sunday at the Paradise, 617-562-8800.
BOB DYLAN
As his Neverending Tour continues, Dylan gives the faithful an opportunity to hear him in a relatively intimate space. Tonight at the Palladium, Worcester, 508-797-9696.
FELIX DA HOUSECAT
Nothing lethargic and lazy about this Housecat, who spawned the electroclash spinoff from Chicago’s house-music underground. He’s celebrating the release of his new Global Underground live mix, “GU034: Felix Da Housecat Live in Milan.” Tonight at Estate, 617-351-7000.
MELISSA FERRICK
Having just finished recording a new CD, Ferrick brings her powerful pipes and percussive guitar playing to a pair of 11 p.m. shows with a unique format: one half of songs from the new CD, a second half of fan favorites. Tonight and tomorrow at Club Passim, Cambridge, 617-492-7679.
JANIS IAN

Jimmy Fallon formally named next "Late Night" host

Jimmy Fallon formally named next "Late Night" host

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Sabbatum Nighttime Subsist" veteran Jemmy Fallon was officially named on Mon to assume Conan O'Brien's position on NBC next year when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show."


The announcement, which had been expected for weeks, was made during a push event from NBC headquarters in Freshly York where O'Brien's "Of late Night" show is taped.


The appointment of Fallon, long considered a leading competition for NBC's 12:35 a.m. time slot, completes a talent shuffle prepare in motility when the Full general Electric car Co-owned network announced in 2004 that Leno would withdraw from "Tonight" in 2009 and that O'Brien would replace him.


"It's going to be a grind, it's going to be hard, only I'm going to go at it full military group," the boyish-looking Fallon told reporters on a conference call. "The fact that I'm stepping into Jacques Louis David Letterman and Conan O'Brien's place is very exciting."


Fallon said he too was excited to go back to work for Lorne Michaels, wHO was his boss as producer of "Sabbatum Night Survive" and whose company co-produces "Late Night."


Asked how much his new job would pay off, Fallon joked, "I keep request Lorne and he's apprisal me non to worry about.


"They're paying me enough," he said. "I precisely want to live comfortably in Dubai."


Fallon, 33, appeared on "SNL" for six seasons and was co-host of its "Weekend Update" segment. He left the political program to focus on making feature films, although such efforts as "Febricity Pitch" and "Taxi" fell flat tire at loge offices.