Pop Date Book

After co-headlining the mammoth Lilith Fair tour over the summer, including a stop at the Rose Bowl, Natalie Merchant, right, brings her more intimate “Ophelia” tour to the Wiltern Theatre on Dec. 4. Tickets go on sale Saturday. . . . A Tribe Called Quest will be at the House of Blues on Dec. 1 and 2. Tickets go on sale today. . . . Also available today: Afghan Whigs, Dec. 4 at the El Rey Theatre; Jimmy Scott, Dec. 7 at the House of Blues; Neurosis, Dec. 11 at the Troubadour; Tryptich, Dec. 14 at the Troubadour; the Wild Colonials, Dec. 17 at the Troubadour; and the Dance Hall Crashers, Dec. 30 at the Glass House. . . . On sale Saturday: Maria McKee, Dec. 3 at the Hollywood Athletic Club; Einsturzende Neubauten, Dec. 10 at the Palace; and Fun Lovin’ Criminals and Whale, Dec. 9 at the El Rey Theatre. . . . Tickets are on sale now for these shows: Neil Finn, Nov. 13 at the Coach House; Kevin Eubanks & Adam Rudolph, Nov. 22 at McCabe’s; and Dokken, Nov. 22 at the Galaxy Theatre. . . . On sale Sunday: Journey, Dec. 12 at the Wiltern Theatre; and Chris Isaac, Dec. 18 at the Pantages Theatre.