Pop Music

He was in one of rock’s greatest bands, Led Zeppelin. Now bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones is on his first solo tour of the United States.

* House of Blues, 8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. (323) 848-5100. 9 p.m.

Music

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the world premiere of Steven Stucky’s “American Muse,” with baritone soloist Sanford Sylvan.

* Los Angeles Philharmonic, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave. (213) 365-3500. 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Dance

Ballet Pacifica dances George Balanchine’s “Valse Fantaisie,” Peter Pucci’s “Myth” and Raymond Van Mason’s “Moonlight.”

* Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. (949) 854-4646. 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 2:30 and 8 p.m.

Theater

Jack Riley, who used to play Mr. Carlin on “The Bob Newhart Show,” gets a meatier role as famed radio comedian Fred Allen in a new comedy by Arnold Peyser. With Whitney Rydbeck as Jack Benny.

* “Mr. Allen, Mr. Allen,” Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (323) 655-TKTS. 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30 and 7 p.m. Runs indefinitely.