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The ticket: Pop music, July 31, 2016

Bryan Ferry, by Zak Hussein/Getty Images

The ticket: Pop music
Sunday, July 31, 2016

BRYAN FERRY The suave English gentleman vocalist is touring with a crack band that includes longtime guitar associate Neil Hubbard, and playing a set list that ranges from the first Roxy Music album to his latest solo LP, 2014’s “Avonmore” along with a choice line in covers. July 31, 7:30 p.m. $24.50-$70. Blue Hills Bank Pavilion. 800-653-8000, www.ticketmaster.com

ALEX G The Philadelphia bedroom-pop auteur made his leap to the comparatively big leagues with the release of “Beach Music” on the Domino label last yearcq; happily, his lo-fi idiosyncracy and signature intimacy remained blissfully intact. Aug. 1, 8 p.m. $18, advance $15. ONCE Lounge & Ballroom, Somerville. 617-285-0167, www.oncesomerville.com

JAMES TAYLOR + JACKSON BROWNE Given his triumphal Fenway debut last summer, it’s no surprise to see Taylor back for another round this season. Nor is it shocking to note that tickets for this show, which features fellow songman Browne in support, became scarce many moons ago. Aug. 3, 6:30 p.m. $50.50-$130.50. Fenway Park. boston.redsox.mlb.com

G-EAZY & LOGIC It’s not your hip uncle’s “Endless Summer” tour, but this could be the season’s most potent hip-hop package. The marquee names are filling the seats, but don’t sleep on support acts Yo Gotti and YG; the latter’s election-cycle protest song “FDT” — work it out, we’ll wait — is among this year’s runaway hits. Aug. 3, 6:30 p.m. $29.50-$79.50. Xfinity Center, Mansfield. 800-653-8000, www.livenation.com

Playlist.

Dead & Company - Fenway Park, Boston, MA, July 15, 2016 (Archive.org)

La Barranca - Fatalis (Fonarte Latino)

Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (Kscope)

Opeth - Sorceress (Moderbolget/Nuclear Blast; due Sept. 30)

Opeth - Orchid (Candlelight)

Kevin Drumm - Artificial Organ (Bandcamp)

Kevin Drumm - Artificial Organ (WHAT?? Mix) (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive)

Marillion - La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) (EMI)

Marillion - Marillionrochester (Racket)

Richard Wagner - Die Walküre - Catherine Foster, Heidi Melton, Sarah Connolly, Christopher Ventris, John Lundgren, Georg Zeppenfeld, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra/Marek Janowski (RAI Radio 3 webcast)

Stefano Gervasoni - Least Bee - Divertimento Ensemble/Sandro Gorli (Stradivarius)
> Least Bee - Margherita Chiminelli; Eyeing; In nomine R.; Godspell - Sonia Turchetta; Dal belvedere di non ritorno

Bryan Ferry - Bryan Ferry 2016 Setlist (Tidal playlist)

Pink Floyd - More (Harvest)

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Symphony No. 5 - Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Max Pommer; Symphony No. 7 ("Angel of Light"); Symphony No. 8 ("The Journey") - Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam (Ondine)

Lisa Moore - The Stone People (Cantaloupe Music)
> John Luther Adams - Tukiliit; Martin Bresnick - Ishi's Song; Julia Wolfe - Compassion; John Luther Adams - Among Red Mountains; Missy Mazzoli - Orizzonte; Kate Moore - Sliabh Beagh; John Luther Adams - Nunataks; Julia Wolfe - Earring

Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (Harvest)

Pearl Jam - Live on Two Legs (Epic)

Prophets of Rage - Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA, June 3, 2016 (audience recording, unknown origin)

The week ahead: July 28, 2016

Garbage

The week ahead: Pop & rock
Thursday, July 28, 2016

GARBAGE Having celebrated their 20th anniversary on tour last fall, Shirley Manson & Co. return to town in support of a strong, dark new album, “Strange Little Birds,” with Kristin Kontrol (Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls) in support. July 28, 8 p.m. $45, $55. House of Blues. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

FIFTH HARMONY A modern-day girl group originally assembled for “The X Factor,” Fifth Harmony proved with its latest LP, “7/27,” that there’s still plenty of potential for creativity in radio-friendly pop. Turn up in time for Foxborough native JoJo, appearing in support and likely showing off fresh songs. July 28, 7 p.m. $19.50-$59.50. Blue Hills Bank Pavilion. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

COLDPLAY The British band has been taking requests for what’s been reported as its final concert trek before an indefinite hiatus — no song too obscure! — and previous stops have featured surprising guests like Michael J. Fox. Alessia Cara and Foxes appear in support. July 30, 7 p.m. Gillette Stadium, Foxborough. $29.50-$179.50. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

The ticket: Pop music, July 24, 2016

Super Furry Animals

The ticket: Pop music
Sunday, July 24, 2016

HEART + JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS + CHEAP TRICK They’re calling this trifecta “Rock Hall Three for All,” a play on the Hall of Fame status each band has secured. Heart and Cheap Trick have solid new records, but you’re guaranteed to hear all the classic hits, too. July 24, 6:30 p.m. $21.50-$80. Xfinity Center, Mansfield. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Reunited and touring for the first time since 2010, the Welsh psych-pop outfit recently heralded its return to duty with a deliciously wiggy, disorienting single, “Bing Bong.” Openers Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band offer an entirely different strain of psych in stinging guitar jams as heard on their latest effort, “The Rarity of Experience.” July 24, 8 p.m. $25, advance $23. The Sinclair, Cambridge. 617-547-5200, www.sinclaircambridge.com

GARBAGE Having celebrated their 20th anniversary on tour last fall, Shirley Manson & Co. return to town in support of a strong, dark new album, “Strange Little Birds,” with Kristin Kontrol (Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls) in support. July 28, 8 p.m. $45, $55. House of Blues. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

FIFTH HARMONY A modern-day girl group originally assembled for “The X Factor,” Fifth Harmony proved with its latest LP, “7/27,” that there’s still plenty of potential for creativity in radio-friendly pop. Turn up in time for Foxborough native JoJo, appearing in support and likely showing off fresh songs. July 28, 7 p.m. $19.50-$59.50. Blue Hills Bank Pavilion. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

Playlist.

Chris Squire & Billy Sherwood - Conspiracy Live (Cleopatra)

Hamasyan/Henriksen/Aarset/Bang - Atmosphères (ECM)

Robert Fripp - Society for Ethical Culture, New York, NY, June 23, 2005 (DGMLive)

Squackett - A Life Within a Day (Esoteric Antenna)

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound (Domino)

Elliott Carter - Duo for violin and piano; Roger Sessions - Sonata for solo violin; Jason Eckardt - Strömkarl - Miranda Cuckson, Blair McMillen (Urlicht)

Kansas - The Prelude Implicit (InsideOut; due Sept. 23)

Bobak, Jons, Malone – Motherlight (Morgan Blue Town)

Il Paese dei Balocchi - Il Paese dei Balocchi (CGD)

Opeth - Sorceress (Moderbolget/Nuclear Blast; due Sept. 30)

Kevin Puts - Symphony No. 2; River's Rush; Flute Concerto - Adam Walker, Peabody Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop (Naxos)

Augusta Read Thomas - Of Being is a Bird (Nimbus Alliance)
> Helix Spirals - Parker Quartet; Selene (Moon Chariot Rituals) - Third Coast Percussion, Spektral Quartet; Capricious Toccata - Nathan Giem; Of Being is a Bird (Emily Dickinson Settings) - Claire Booth, Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon; Caprice - Nathan Cole; Rush - Nathan Cole; Love Twitters - Nicola Melville

John Zorn - Sacred Visions (Tzadik)
> The Holy Visions - Jane Sheldon, Sarah Brailey, Eliza Bagg, Rachel Calloway, Kirsten Sollek; The Remedy of Fortune - JACK Quartet

Tom Carter & Loren Connors - untitled (Side B) (Family Vineyard; due Aug. 5)

Trio X - Live in Vilnius (self-released < YouTube) <-- R.I.P. Dominic Duval

The week ahead: July 21, 2016

The Julie Ruin, by Shervin Lainez

The week ahead: Pop & rock
Thursday, July 21, 2016

HEART + JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS + CHEAP TRICK They’re calling this trifecta “Rock Hall Three for All,” a play on the Hall of Fame status each band has secured. Heart and Cheap Trick have solid new records, but you’re guaranteed to hear all the classic hits, too. July 24, 6:30 p.m. $21.50-$80. Xfinity Center, Mansfield. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

ANDERSON .PAAK If you caught the BET Awards telecast in June, you saw this Oxnard, Calif.-born hip-hop upstart mop the floor with a lot of veterans when he performed “Come Down” from “Malibu,” the impressive LP he released in January. Here, he’ll have all night to impress you. July 21, 8 p.m. $22, advance $20. Paradise Rock Club. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

THE JULIE RUIN Kathleen Hanna, the feminist-punk pioneer behind Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, brings her latest scrappy outfit around to celebrate the arrival of its second album, “Hit Reset,” a compelling slab crammed with lacerating hooks and attitude to spare. July 21, 8 p.m. $20. The Sinclair, Cambridge. 617-547-5200, www.sinclaircambridge.com

Playlist.

William Schuman - American Festival Overture - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Deutsche Grammophon)

Walter Piston - Violin Concerto No. 1 - Miranda Cuckson, American Symphony Orchestra/Leon Botstein (American Symphony Orchestra)

Walter Piston - Symphony No. 2 - Boston Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (Deutsche Grammophon)

Peter Mennin - Symphony No. 5 - Albany Symphony Orchestra/David Alan Miller (Albany)

Roy Harris - Symphony No. 3 - New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Sony Classical)

^---( h/t Terry Teachout/Wall Street Journal )---^

Ida Toninato - Strangeness Is Gratitude (Kohlenstoff)

Kevin Drumm - Some Event (self-released)

Celer - Plays Schubert (self-released)

Blood Orange - Freetown Sound (Domino)

ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP (Top Dawg/Interscope)

Thomas Brinkmann - A Certain Degree of Stasis (Frozen Reeds; due Sept. 16)

Julius Eastman - Femenine - S.E.M. Ensemble (Frozen Reeds; due Sept. 16)

Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam 2016 Setlist (Tidal playlist)

Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (Atlantic/Rhino)

The League of Gentlemen - Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx: Official Bootleg Live in 1980 (Discipline Global Mobile)

The ticket: Pop music, July 17, 2016

Paul McCartney, by Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images

The ticket: Pop music
Sunday, July 17, 2016

PAUL McCARTNEY Three years after his last jaw-dropping performance at Fenway, Sir Paul’s back to please the masses again this weekend. A glance at Setlist.fm suggests he’s playing a bushel of songs he didn’t get around to last time, while also hitting some of the same beats and Beatles tunes that made that previous visit so memorable. July 17, 6:30 p.m. $55-$104. Fenway Park. boston.redsox.mlb.com

MIRACLE LEGION Singer-songwriter Mark Mulcahy and guitarist Mr. Ray Neal, founding members of this cherished New Haven college-rock quartet, reunite with their circa late-’80s rhythm section (bassist Dave McCaffrey, drummer Scott Boutier) to celebrate the vinyl reissue of 1996 LP “Portrait of a Damaged Family.” We can’t imagine a more agreeable intro act than Boston’s jangly Bent Shapes. July 17,  8 p.m. $20, advance $18. The Sinclair, Cambridge. 617-547-5200, www.sinclaircambridge.com

GUNS N’ ROSES “Not in This Lifetime,” they call the tour that brought Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan back together after years of estrangement. The rest of the band mostly dates from the “Chinese Democracy” era; all available evidence suggests that it sticks. It’d better, given how many tickets this two-night stand needs to move; Lenny Kravitz opens both shows. July 19, 20, 7 p.m. $25-$280. Gillette Stadium, Foxborough. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

ANDERSON .PAAK If you caught the BET Awards telecast in June, you saw this Oxnard, Calif.-born hip-hop upstart mop the floor with a lot of veterans when he performed “Come Down” from “Malibu,” the impressive LP he released in January. Here, he’ll have all night to impress you. July 21,  8 p.m. $22, advance $20. Paradise Rock Club. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

Playlist.

Dead & Company - Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, June 12, 2016 (YouTube)

Catherine Christer Hennix - Central Palace Music (Important)
> 100 Model Subjects for Hegikan Roku - The Deontic Miracle

Catherine Christer Hennix - Live at Issue Project Room (Important)
> Blues Alif Lam Mim in the Modes of Rag Infinity/Rag Cosmosis - The Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage

Richard Kamerman - Music for glassblower's studio and broken toy piano (Organized Music from Thessaloniki)

The Music Improvisation Company - The Music Improvisation Company 1968-1971 (Incus)

Yes - 90125 (Atco)

Motion Sickness of Time Travel - "sketch 24" - "sketch 31" (from Equilibrium) (self-released)

Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Warner Bros./Rhino)

Anthony Braxton & George Lewis - Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976 (hat Art) <-- happy birthday, George Lewis!

Yes - Gran Teatro Geox, Padova, Italy, May 29, 2016 (YouTube; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Rich Halley 5 - The Outlier (Pine Eagle)

King Crimson - Zoom Club, Frankfurt, Germany, April 12, 1971 (DGMLive)

King Crimson - Zoom Club, Frankfurt, Germany, April 13, 1971 (DGMLive)

The week ahead: July 14, 2016

Luke Bryan, by Matthew J. Lee/Boston Globe

The week ahead: Pop & rock
Thursday, July 14, 2016

LUKE BRYAN The pop-country superstar shrugged off his spring break fixation with last year’s “Kill the Lights,” but that doesn’t mean he’s not all about a good time. His Saturday night show has been sold out for ages, but you can still score tickets for Friday; the strong support bill includes Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton, and Dustin Lynch. July 15, 16, 5:30 p.m. $39.50-$125. Gillette Stadium Foxborough. 800-745-3000

BOB DYLAN + MAVIS STAPLES Here’s a case of iconic performers venturing toward new horizons while moving in opposite directions: Dylan with classic-pop standards made famous by Sinatra, Staples in songs by modern-day troubadours and alt-rockers. July 14, 7:30 p.m. $39.50-$129.50. Blue Hills Bank Pavilion. 800-745-3000, www.livenation.com

DEAD & COMPANY Maybe Dead & Company, the new Grateful Dead spin-off with singer-guitarist John Mayer (but no Phil Lesh), came too soon after you’d shed your tears for “Fare Thee Well.” Maybe you didn’t think Mayer could cut it. Maybe you didn’t want to drive to Worcester in the rain last November. Or maybe you were there, in which case you already know this combo can deliver transcendence. July 15, 16, 6:30 p.m. $55-$104. Fenway Park. boston.redsox.mlb.com