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Pop Music

Thanks to songs like “3 a.m.,” the upstart Florida band Matchbox 20 has sold more than 6 million copies of its debut album, “Yourself or Someone Like You.”

Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, (818) 622-4440. 7:15 p.m.

Jazz

Although best known for his playing with big bands (most notably the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra), drummer Jeff Hamilton’s trio is quite noteworthy, swinging and self-sufficient. Steamers, 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, (714) 871-8800. 8:30 p.m.

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Music

Under the direction of Jeong Jin, the Los Angeles Pilgrim Men’s Chorus offers opera favorites and Korean folk songs.

John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, just off Highway 101, north of the Hollywood Bowl, (213) 461-3673. 8 p.m.

Stage

The irrepressible John Fleck is joined by Luis Alfaro for an evening of performance art to honor the 10th anniversary of the California Community Foundation’s J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts.

California Plaza Watercourt, 350 S. Grand Ave., (213) 687-2159. 8 p.m. Free.

More openings, F12

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