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• Saturday ACL headliners the White Stripes have canceled their performances this weekend, along with Dublin-based instrumentalists Rodrigo y Gabriela, who, like UK diva Amy Winehouse, have axed their North American tour due to exhaustion. Common replaces Rodrigo y Gabriela on Sunday, while local phenomenon Ghostland Observatory, booked for two other festivals this weekend, fills in for Jack and Meg at Stubb's on Sunday night with Cold War Kids. GLO promises to light up the sky at Zilker. "We're basically playing for free," confides beat maestro Thomas Turner. "We're spending our whole performance budget on the production. We're talking about the most powerful lasers in North America."

• Yo La Tengo presents Dario Argento's Italian horror flick Four Flies on Grey Velvet Monday night as part of the Alamo Drafthouse's Cinema Under the Influence series, at the South Lamar location, shortly before appearing at the Parish for their official ACL aftershow. See "Special Screenings," for more.

• The 30 10-foot Gibson guitar sculptures, staggered around Austin for the past year as part of the GuitarTown public arts project, relocate to Zilker Park this weekend, their last public appearance before the Oct. 17 auction gala benefiting the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, American YouthWorks, Austin Children's Museum, and Austin Museum of Art.

• For a complete breakdown of unofficial afterparties, check out the Off the Record blog at austinchronicle.com.