Thursday: 2Chainz, whose Mercy with Kanye West, Big Sean and Pusha T won a Reese’s Perfect Combo and Sweet 16, Best Featured Verse at the BET Hip Hop Awards and Best Hip Hop Song of the Year at the Soul Train Awards, in concert at O1NE Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Doors open 11pm. Pick up from Address Dubai Marina available at 9.30pm (return at 3.30am). Call 052-7888111 or write to reservations@o1neyasisland.com
Thursday: Rock and roll with guest DJ Barry Ashworth from Dub Pistols of the Six Million Ways To Live fame, at Zinc, Crowne Plaza Dubai, with DJs MC Olly Wood, Greg Stainer, Andy Swift and Mister Ash. The party runs from 9pm to 3am. Call 050-1515609 for reservations.
Friday: From Tere Mast Mast Do Nain (Dabangg, 2010), Main Tenu Samjhawan (Virsa, 2010) and more Bollywood hits to Sufi qawwalis, Pakistani singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan will be in concert at Dubai World Trade Centre from 8pm. Tickets from Dh195 to Dh1,500. Call 056-2563728/9.