TODAY’S BEST BETS

Pop Music

Still using it rather than losing it, the veteran L.A. rockers of Motley Crue crank up the volume with the Scorpions.

* Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City. (818) 622-4440. 8:15 p.m. Also Saturday at Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, 2575 Glen Helen Parkway, Devore. (909) 886-8742. 7:30 p.m.

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Music

Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev are on the bill (big surprise) as the Russian National Orchestra continues a four-night stand under the baton of Mikhail Pletnev.

* Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave. (323) 850-2000. 8:30 p.m.

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Dance

Tapsounds Underground performs “Rhythm From the Feet, Soul and Mind.”

* Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring St., downtown Los Angeles. (213) 485-1681. 8 p.m. Also Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 5 p.m.

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Jazz

Argentina-born pianist-composer Lalo Schifrin plays his compositions and film scores (“Rush Hour,” “Mission: Impossible” theme) with a jazz combo and an orchestra.

* John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East. (323) 461-3673. 8 p.m.