Pop Date Book

* In his latest mutation, Beck, left, will play an acoustic show May 8 at the Wiltern Theatre. Tickets go on sale Saturday. . . . Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will be at the Arrowhead Pond on April 15. Tickets go on sale Sunday. . . . Tickets will also go on sale Sunday for John Mellencamp, May 8 at the Hollywood Bowl. . . . On sale today: Sloan, March 12 at the Troubadour; Kara’s Flowers, March 31 at the Glass House; and Burning Airlines, April 16 at the Troubadour. . . . Available Saturday: Sheryl Crow and Eagle-Eye Cherry, April 4 at the Pantages Theatre; 98 Degrees, April 8 at the Wiltern; Jello Biafra, April 8 at the Palace; the Tragically Hip, April 10 at the Wiltern; Stabbing Westward and Placebo, April 16 at the Palace. . . . Tickets are on sale now for these shows: Candi Sosa, Saturday at LunaPark; Breakestra, March 11 at LunaPark; the Hollow Enemy Orchestra, featuring Angelo of Fishbone, March 12 at LunaPark; Jorma Kaukonen, March 14 at the Coach House; Jaguares, March 23 at the Galaxy Theatre; EPMD and Slick Rick, March 25 at the House of Blues; Latin Playboys, March 31 at the Galaxy; Silverchair, April 1 at the House of Blues; Bongo Logic, April 2 and 23 at the Conga Room; Jazz Is Dead, April 3 at the Coach House; MXPX, April 8 at the House of Blues; Venice, April 10 at the Galaxy; Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca, April 10, 16 and 17 at the Conga Room; Cecilio and Kapono, April 17 at the Coach House, April 18 at the Galaxy and April 22 at the House of Blues; and Willie Chirino, April 30 at the Conga Room.