Last night and the night before, a horde of Manhattanites left the island and ventured to East Rutherford, NJ, for the U2 concert at Giants Stadium. The enormous sets made for quite the visual spectacle as ecotarian Bono and his legendary band performed for a full venue of 80,000 shoulder-to-shoulder fans, a mix proving that the group transcends age (and state lines). There were so many attendees that train traffic following the show was almost three fold, as nearly 20,000 riders set a record against the typical 7,000 person flow. Clogged for hours, trips added to the normal run schedule did nothing to prevent extended waits to get home. More»

[The Fleet Foxes perform at All Points West at Jersey City's Liberty State Park. Photo via Getty].

This weekend, the 2009 All Points West Music & Arts Festival in Liberty State Park took over Jersey City, offering the tri-state area incredible entertainment a whole lot more accessible than the treks required for Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, or several of the other music must-sees. More»

• Severe corruption scandal in New Jersey as 44 people, including three NJ mayors, two state assemblymen and five rabbis are charged. Shock! Ha, just kidding. [NYT]

• Katie Holmes does pretty well on So You Think You Can Dance. So scientology doesn’t ruin your dancing shoes, it only messes with your brain. Whatevs. [EOnline]

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I know, I know…people LOVE IKEA…they love it enough to cover it more than Lindsay Lohan’s new girl toy. I mean it’s not like we all forgot what an IKEA is like. Alas, even though it’s been over covered and over photographed, we still have our own pics (see gallery) by Adam Schneider, if you care to see. Adam also had this to report:

From a distance the noise, music, and cheering, it seemed like the ticker tape parade when the Giants won the super bowl. In reality, it was just an IKEA.

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Princeton Reunions bring a lot of old preppy dudes and some gals into Princeton for the annual alumni weekend of tents, picnics, banter, beer, beer, and more beer.

Our spy on the scene out in Jersey caught a couple of guys who have already started the celebrating in style. HOT!