Tonight in L.A.: The Who, Bob Dylan, Desert Daze, Badflower, El Ten Eleven, Gryffin, the Parlor Mob, the Aggrolites, Very Be Careful, Sabaton, Chris Brown, BABYMETAL, Rezz, Mini Ladd, Dodie, Taska Black, Tony Lucca, Sweet Tooth, Blessthefall, Dragonforce, Boy & Bear, Jason Hawk Harris

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The Who (Photo by Getting Images)

L.A. shows for Friday:

► U.K. upstarts The Who play the first of three shows at the Hollywood Bowl this month, with Liam Gallagher opening.
Bob Dylan & His Band hold forth at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine.
► The eighth annual Desert Daze festival kicks off at Moreno Beach at Lake Perris, featuring the Flaming Lips, Animal Collective, Stereolab, Mdou Moctar, W.I.T.C.H., Witch, Metz, Al Lover, Connan Mockasin, Wand and many more. [Here are your set times and a playlist.]
Gryffin mixes it up at the Shrine Expo Hall, joined by Jonas Blue and Bunt.
► L.A. rock bands Badflower and Weathers team up for a night at the El Rey Theatre, with Dead Poet Society.
► It’s 10/11 and what better day to see El Ten Eleven, marking their 15th anniversary with a show at the Moroccan Lounge.
► And New Jersey’s the Parlor Mob visits the Bootleg Theater in support of their album “Dark Hour,” with Dan Luke and the Raid supporting.

Also:

ROQ the Ocean with the Aggrolites and Jackie Mendez at Pacific City, Huntington Beach
Sabaton and Hammerfall at the Wiltern
Chris Brown and Torey Lanez at the Staples Center
Rezz, Peekaboo and BlackGummy at the Greek Theatre
BABYMETAL at the Forum
Mini Ladd and BigJigglyPanda at the Novo
Dodie and Adam Melchor at the Hollywood Palladium
Kim Gordon at Amoeba (signing only)
Very Be Careful and Cosmic Botanica at the Hi Hat
Wyldewood Green, Dr. Savage and the Shrunken Heads and Sound Reasons at Highland Park Bowl
Din, S. Product and Foie Gras at Zebulon
Lasers Lasers Birmingham, Smith Allen and Cave Flowers at the Love Song
MoonFuzz, the Cozzmos, Alex Andre and Girl Hazel at the Smell
The Slashes, Ward, Hexa and Girlfiend at the Redwood Bar
Andrew Bayer at Exchange
Rival Sons at the Grammy Museum
Sweet Tooth and Band of Gringos at the Peppermint Club
New New Girlfriend and May Devun at the Study
Sid Gold with Joe McGinty and Matt Bennett at Gold-Diggers
Tony Lucca, Ernie Halter and Lost Puppy at the Hotel Café
Munro the Band, Bonnie Dymond and Corey Kilgannon at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Nebulous Blue, Stephanie Meyers, the Big Net and the Valents at the Mint
Pigeon Hole, Sam Binga, OAKK and more at Catch One
Blessthefall at 1720
Brohug and KUURO at Avalon
George Fitzgerald at Sound Nightclub
Sebastian Bach and Kobra & the Lotus at the Whisky a Go Go
Taska Black and Rome in Silver at the Roxy
¡Mayday! and Broadway B at the Viper Room
Genr8r at the Del Monte Speakeasy
North Mississippi Allstars at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Balto at Pappy & Harriet’s
Corrosion of Conformity, the Skull, Mothership and Witch Mountain at the Glass House
Altin Gun at Fingerprints Music (7 p.m.)
Emotional Oranges at the Yost Theater
Bad Cop Bad Cop, Barstool Preachers, Bella Novela and Upper Downer at Alex’s Bar
Dragonforce, Dance with the Dead and Starkill at the Observatory
Boy & Bear and Stu Larsen at the Constellation Room
Jake Hitt at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Banda Machos and Chuy Navarro y Su Band 4×4 at the House of Blues Anaheim
Morgan Mallory Three at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
CodeName: Rocky at Chain Reaction
Delain and Amorphis at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Jason Hawk Harris, Moonsville Collective and Tim Johnson at the Wayfarer
The Dan Band at Saint Rocke
Eli Pafumi at Genghis Cohen
Tommy Mora and Mister Wasco at Molly Malone’s
Barbara Morrison at the Catalina Club
Jacob Lutrell at the Black Rabbit Rose
Sophia Wells, Col. Mustard, Boone and Alexander Karavay at the Federal Bar
Scotty Mac Band at Copper Blues
Oingo Boingo Former Members at the Canyon Montclair
Carlos Rivera at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Poncho Sanchez at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Vanessa Williams at the Fred Kavli Theatre
The Los Angeles Philharmonic (Americas) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall