BEST BETS Friday 4/13

ANAHEIM

7:30pm

Pop Music

Fenix TX fans won’t have to wait till the May 22 release of its new album, “Lechuza,” to get a taste of the punk group’s latest album. The Houston-born, San Diego-based quartet is at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, where the band will also introduce a revised lineup. Guitarist Damon Delapaz has shifted to drums and the band’s guitar technician, James Love, has taken over the guitar slot alongside singer Willie Salazar and bassist Adam Lewis.

* Fenix TX, Chain Reaction, 1652 W. Lincoln Blvd., Anaheim. With Sum 41, the Benjamins. 7:30 p.m. $12.50. (714) 635-6067.

COSTA MESA

8pm

Pop Music

With no fewer than 55 hit singles and 40 albums, Dionne Warwick is the second-most charted female artist of the past 40 years, and the first female artist to win female pop and female R&B; Grammy awards. The legendary vocalist will lend her soulful talent to a Pacific Symphony Pops concert, featuring guest conductor Carl Topilow.

* Dionne Warwick and the Pacific Symphony Pops, Segerstrom Hall, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. 8 p.m. $23 to $72. Also Saturday, 8 p.m. (714) 755-5799.

SANTA ANA

8pm

Pop Music

Eric Burdon was always one of the most soulful of the British rockers inspired by American blues and R&B; performers. He’s at his best when he sticks closest to those roots and has delivered some powerhouse, blues-drenched shows in recent years. He brings his latest lineup of the New Animals with him for a show at the Galaxy.

* Eric Burdon & the New Animals, Galaxy Concert Theatre, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana. With Blanco Debris, Creature of Mercy. 8 p.m. $19.50 to $21.50. (714) 957-0600.