Not planning on making the trek south to catch the big ’80s music celebration known as Cruel World at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on May 17? Well, that’s OK because a number of the festival’s coolest acts also have gigs scheduled in the Bay Area. Here’s a look at some of the shows:

Clan of Xymox — The dark wave music pioneers from the Netherlands play the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on on May 12. (8 p.m.; $35, gamh.com)

She Past Away — This Turkish post-punk act, which also tends to get lumped into the dark wave subgenre, visits the Great American one day after Xymox — on May 13. (8 p.m.; $35, gamh.com)

The Go-Go’s — These amazing Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, known for such early ’80s smashes as “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat,” perform at the Warfield in San Francisco on May 13. (8 p.m.; $79 and up, axs.com)

Buzzcocks — The finest pop-punk outfit of all time hits Harlow’s in Sacramento on May 13 and the Catalyst in Santa Cruz on May 14. (8 p.m.; $38.90 Sacramento, $43.95 Santa Cruz, buzzcocks.com/events)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — Cave, one of the most magnetic performers in all of rock, leads the Bad Seeds back into the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on May 14. (8 p.m.; $101 and up, apeconcerts.com)

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Madness — Go “One Step Beyond” with this legendary British ska-pop act that sets up shop on May 14 at Channel 24 in Sacramento and May 15 at the Fox Theater in Oakland. (8 p.m.; $66 and up Sacramento, $78 and up Oakland, apeconcerts.com)

Alison Moyet — The vocalist, best known for being one half of the synth-pop duo Yazoo (aka, Yaz), takes the stage at the Fillmore in San Francisco on May 16. (8 p.m.; $107 and up, livenation.com)