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Get ready for 2010

It started with Y2K paranoia and ended with a pair of wars and a horrific economy — and in between, people found Paris Hilton partying in bottle-service nightclubs to be somehow fascinating. In other words, good riddance, aughts, and hello, next decade. Let’s party! Here are our favorites for ’10.

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* JUST LIKE OLD TIMES: Sadly, the Rainbow Room and its lavish New Year’s Eve parties are no more. Fortunately, though, that defunct venue’s old house band plays on. Starting at 8 p.m., Joe Battaglia leads the New York Big Band through all the classic dance numbers at Edison Ballroom’s swinging New Year’s party, which ends about 2:30 a.m. Tickets for dinner, dancing and memories range from $125 to $350 at Edison Ballroom, 240 W. 47th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, 212-201-7650, edisonballroom.com

* HEAD FOR THE HILLS: The self-proclaimed “hardest working middle-aged man in show business,” Murray Hill ends 2009 and begins 2010 at DUMBO’s Galapagos Art Space with his annual New Year’s Extravaganza, which kicks off at 10:30 p.m. This year’s special guests include burlesque performer Dirty Martini, bawdy songstress Bridget Everett and deejay Mel Huckabee, who will keep people dancing. Tickets are $25 to $100 at 16 Main St., at Water Street, Brooklyn, 718-222-8500, galapagosartspace.com

* JOHNNY B. THERE: It isn’t often you get to see the legendary Chuck Berry (right) play. If all goes according to plan, New Yorkers will get to see the living legend play twice on New Year’s Eve — once at 8 p.m. and again at 11 p.m. General admission is $98, and four-to-six-person VIP booths are $560 and $840, respectively. For better or worse, the big ball drops right around the corner, right after the second show ends at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St.; 212-997-4144, bbkingblues.com

* AULD EAT SINE: Party with your mouth full at Hotel Griffou. The scene-y, subterranean restaurant where the famed Marylou’s once stood will be celebrating its first New Year’s Eve by serving oysters, caviar, a cabaret performance by Nathan Lee Graham, a deejay and a whole lot more. The party is slated to roll until 4 a.m., and all-inclusive tickets are $150 at 21 W. Ninth St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues; 212-358-0228.

* A GRAND TIME, TIMES TWO: In addition to throwing very hip soirees, downtown sister hotels Tribeca Grand and Soho Grand provide comfy beds after a late night of revelry. At Tribeca Grand, the party revolves around a replica of the Times Square ball being lowered eight stories through the hotel’s atrium, and tickets are $125, including an open bar. The Soho Grand formal is a re-creation of Truman Capote’s 1966 ball, “Party of the Century,” and packages start at $150. Soho Grand, 310 West Broadway; 212-965-3556. Tribeca Grand, 2 Sixth Ave.; 212-519-6645.

* THERE WILL BE BALLOONS: Balloons will fall. More than 100,000 of them. That grand drop at midnight is only part of the mayhem at Webster Hall’s notoriously over-the-top New Year’s bash, which takes place in six different rooms on four separate floors. Aerialists perform alongside stilt-walkers and snake charmers, and, at midnight, electronic band Mstrkrft performs. What else do you want, magicians? Well, it has those, too. Tickets are $75 in 2009 and $60 after 2010 begins at 125 E. 11th St., between Third and Fourth avenues; 212-353-1600, websterhall.com.

* ROUND ON BOTH SIDES AND HIGH IN THE MIDDLE: We’re talking about the Ohio Theater in SoHo, which is throwing an old-school artsy party in a big empty warehouse. DJ Silky spins underground house and techno from 10 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Tickets are $75 to $100, drinks are free and proceeds go to the Save the Ohio Fund, which finances theatrical productions here, at 66 Wooster St., between Spring and Broome streets; 212-868-4444, smarttix.com.

* GET YOUR MIND IN THE GUTTER: Balls will roll when Q-Tip drops rhymes at Brooklyn Bowl’s first-ever New Year’s Eve party, where Dam-Funk, Pimps of Joytime and DJ Concerned will also perform. The show starts at 10 p.m. and tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door, at 61 Wythe Ave., between 11th and 12th streets, Brooklyn; 718-963-3369, brooklynbowl.com.

* BROOKLYN IN THE HOUSE: The Mr. Saturday Night Party is always a good one, but this New Year’s bash will be especially debauched. Let’s just say it starts at 10 p.m. and runs to “late, late, late.” Tickets to the open-bar dance fest are $50, but drop to $20 after 4 a.m. Wow. Deejay Omar S will start 2010 by playing tracks off his brand new LP at 30 Maujer St., #2C, Brooklyn; mistersaturdaynight.com.

Additional reporting by Justin Rocket Silverman