Philly music this week, with New Edition and Boyz II Men, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, the Hives and star-to-be Sienna Spiro

This week in Philly music features New Edition and Boyz II Men in North Philly, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt in Lansdowne, the Hives at the Fillmore, Rainbow Kitten Surprise at the Met, and a young British rising star making her Philly debut.

Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt

The newly renovated Landsowne Theater, which had a soft opening with Chazz Palmintieri’s “A Bronx Tale” in August, gets its groove going with this show of two veteran songwriters. Lovett and Hiatt have toured together extensively, and are experts at adding subtle shadings to each other’s music. 7:30 p.m., Landsdowne Theater, 31 N. Landsdowne Ave., Lansdowne, thelansdownetheater.com

Saxsquatch

Does Bigfoot exist? He does in the form of North Carolina musician Dean Mitchell, who wears a hairy costume and mixes honking saxophone sounds and programmed EDM beats. 8 p.m. Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., ardmoremusichall.com

The New Pornographers

Canadian band the New Pornographers will release their new album The Former Site of on March 26. The A.C. Newman-led ensemble considered a name change after drummer Joseph Seiders was arrested on child pornography charges last year. The group severed ties with Seiders and rerecorded the album without him. Newman told Rolling Stone he made the difficult decision to keep the band name after Philly musician Zach Djanikian told him, “No! You can’t change your name. You worked too hard for that name.” Noon, World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St., xpn.org

Sienna Spiro

Is Sienna Spiro the new Adele? That’s how the 20-year-old British singer is being hyped. The powerhouse vocalist, whose name rhymes with “pyro,” has been called “the voice of a generation” by Sam Smith and is winning raves playing intimate U.S. venues this month. Her hit “Die on the Hill” displays the influence of old-school young Brits like Amy Winehouse and Duffy. 8 p.m., The Foundry at the Fillmore, 29 E. Allen St., thefillmorephilly.com

Making Time March Madness

This Friday night dance party features Nigerian-Austrian DJ-producer Salute, Making Time impresario Dave. P., and a celebration of the fifth anniversary of New York club music label Kindergarten Records. Warehouse on Watts, 923 N. Watts St., wowphilly.com

Mammoth

The band fronted by Wolfgang Van Halen is touring behind its third album, The End. Van Halen played bass in his late father Eddie’s band, but also handles guitar, keyboard, drums, and piano on Mammoth’s albums. 7 p.m., Tropicana Showroom, 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, caesars.com/tropicana

John Oates

Since splitting with Daryl Hall, John Oates is veering closer to roots music than blue-eyed soul. His latest is last year’s Oates, and he’s playing with The Good Road Band. 9 p.m., The Music Box at the Borgata, One Borgata Way, Atlantic City, borgata.mgmresorts.com

The Bret Tobias Set

Excellent song crafter, power-pop tunesmith, and former Bigger lovers leader, Bret Tobias’ band has a fine new EP called Tuneless Blues. The BTS tops a terrific all-Philly indie rock bill, with the No Good Crowd, and singer-producer Brian McTear’s thankfully revived Bitter Bitter Weeks. 7:30 p.m., Silk City Philly, 438 Spring Garden St., silkcityphilly.com

TAGABOW

Doug Dulgarian’s shoegaze-plus band They Are Gutting a Body of Water played three sold-out shows at the First Unitarian Church last fall, and now the band is back headlining a Ukie Club wedding celebration that’s open to the public. The show also features Raskol, the Damage, Big Nick, and DJ Sleep Walker. 7:30 p.m., Ukie Club, 847 N. Franklin St., 4333Collective.net

Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Jammy alt-rock Boone, N.C., band Rainbow Kitten Surprise are touring behind their 2025 album Bones, their second LP since singer-guitarist Ela Melo came out as a trans woman. California quintet Common People open. 8 p.m., Met Philly, 858 N. Broad St., https://www.themetphilly.com/

New Edition, Boyz II Men & Toni Braxton

The “New Edition Way” tour is topped by the Boston R&B vocal group who is newly nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe are all on board. The tour has historical resonance because Bivins, when he was part of the NE spinoff Bell Biv DeVoe, signed Boyz II Men after the Philly group auditioned for him backstage at the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1989. Toni Braxton, who was a consistent R&B hitmaker in the 1990s, is also on the bill. 7 p.m., Liacouras Center, 116 N. Broad St., LiacourasCenter.com

Lamb of God

The Virginia heavy metal band has a loyal Philadelphia following and recorded their 2005 live album Killadelphia here. They’re celebrating the their new Into Oblivion with more intimate-than-usual performances. 8 p.m., Theatre of Living Arts, 334 South St., tlaphilly.com

Los Straitjackets, Deke Dickerson & Creem Circus

Luchador mask-wearing, surf-rock band Los Straitjackets are frequently seen as opening act and backing band for Nick Lowe. Here, the Nashville-based band is topping a three-act “Rockin’ Dance Party” bill with “guitarchaeologist” Deke Dickerson and Philly glam-bam band Creem Circus. 7 p.m., Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, ardmoremusichall.com

‘Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It’

Paris Barclay’s first-rate documentary is about the spectacularly talented organist who played with Ray Charles, the Beatles, and Aretha Franklin, and scored freewheeling 1970s hits such as “Will It Go Round in Circles” and “Nothing From Nothing.” It’ a gripping story of a gifted musician with a gospel music background who suffered abuse as a touring child prodigy and lived an often tortured existence as a closeted gay man.

The Philly screening hosted by WURD-FM (96.1) will be followed by a panel with Barclay, producers Stephanie Allain and Jeanne Elfant Festa, Philly radio host and Black Music Month founder Dyana Williams, jazz pianist Orrin Evans, and Penn professor Guthrie Ramsey. 6:30 p.m., Barnes Foundation, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, billyprestonfilm.com

The Hives

The Swedish garage rock band fronted by excitable lead singer Howlin’ Pelle Almquist sound as energetic as ever as they voice their frustrations on the new The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives. 8 p.m., The Fillmore Philly. 29 E. Allen St., thefillmorephilly.com

Patterson Hood & John Moreland

Another double bill of A-list country and Americana-adjacent storytelling songwriters. The Drive-By Truckers’ Hood released his excellent and adventurous Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams solo album last year. Moreland, who made headlines with his feud with Zach Bryan, released his most recent album, Visitor, in 2024. 8 p.m. Ardmore Music Hall, 23 E.Lancaster Ave., ArdmoreMusicHall.com