Pop Date Book

* The Offspring, with Bryan Dexter Holland, right, will headline the Great Western Forum on Nov. 18. Tickets go on sale Saturday. . . . Tickets go on sale Sunday for Pearl Jam’s Greek Theatre date on Oct. 24. . . . Dio, Yngwie Malmsteen and Doro Pesch share the bill at the Universal Amphitheatre on Nov. 18. Tickets go on sale Saturday. . . . Tickets will be available Friday for John Hiatt’s El Rey Theatre date on Nov. 11. . . . In addition to their Bren Events Center show, Wyclef Jean, De La Soul and Black Eyed Peas will play the Santa Barbara Bowl on Nov. 4. Tickets go on sale Saturday. . . . Tickets go on sale today for Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek at the Palace on Nov. 17, No Motiv at the Key Club on the same date and Flaming Lips at the Glass House on Nov. 18. . . . Flaming Lips also appears at the Palace on Nov. 17, with tickets available Saturday. . . . Sunday is the on-sale date for Nina Simone at the Wiltern Theatre Nov. 19, and the Temptations, the Four Tops and the Whispers at the Universal Amphitheatre on the same date. . . . Tickets go on sale today for five House of Blues shows: Hootie & the Blowfish Nov. 11, Maldita Vecindad Nov. 14, Better Than Ezra Nov. 16 and Fenix TX Nov. 25 at 4 and 7:30 p.m. . . . Nina Gordon plays the Roxy on Nov. 14, with tickets available Saturday. . . . Changes: The Roxy has added the Itals to the Oct. 21 Eek-a-Mouse bill. Tickets for the Itals’ canceled Oct. 22 date will be honored.