LCD Soundsystem, Orchestral B.I.G.

Barring an intrusion from you-know what, the imminent cold-weather concert season should recover much of its pre-pandemic fastball, as musicians fan out across stages big and small

- By Jay Ruttenberg

Recently hatched traditions come to light: the reignited LCD Soundsystem settles into Brooklyn Steel, as it did last year, for a residency that runs the length of some apartment sublets (Nov. 18-Dec. 17). Meanwhile, staples return from streaming purgatory to the flesh-and-blood realm. Carnegie Hall hosts the Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert, which has long provided a meeting ground for wrinkled icons and young comers (March 1). GlobalFEST, a platform for acts from far-reaching pockets, reëmerges for its twentieth anniversary (David Geffen Hall, Jan. 15).

Beyond globalFEST, concertgoers with classical-music allergies who are itching to see Lincoln Center’s newly renovated David Geffen Hall have several opportunities. Dec. 4 brings an encore presentation of