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Pop Music

Once the lead singer for Van Halen, Sammy Hagar is now backed by a band named after a drink he serves at his club in Baja California.

* Sammy Hagar & the Waboritas, Universal Amphitheatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City. (818) 622-4440. 8:15 p.m. Also 8 p.m. Sunday at Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, 2575 Glen Helen Parkway, Devore. (909) 886-8742.

Art

A selection of early English books and manuscripts looks at the path of literacy during the Renaissance.

* “Worlds of Profit and Delight: Books and Readers in Renaissance England,” Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. (626) 405-2141. Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Ends Aug. 20.

Movies

LACMA kicks off its “Sergio Leone’s America” film series with the two ‘60s westerns that resurrected Clint Eastwood’s career.

* “Fistful of Dollars” and “For a Few Dollars More,” L.A. County Museum of Art’s Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. (323) 857-6910. 7:30 p.m. Continues Saturday and July 9-10.

Pop Music

If you’re working instead of starting the holiday weekend today, you’ve got reason to sing the blues. Join along in a lunchtime concert with singer-pianist Floyd Dixon.

* California Plaza, 350 S. Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles. (213) 687-2159. Noon. Free.