Journey/Cheap Trick/Heart

It didn't get a cutesy title, but with former hitmakers Journey, Cheap Trick and Heart on the bill, this jaunt could have been dubbed the "Classic Rockers Refusing to Retire" tour.

Journey, which has gone through four lead singers since its founding in 1973, recently introduced Filipino singer-songwriter Arnel Pineda, 40, who took over for short-termer Jeff Scott Soto. Pineda was discovered via YouTube.com by Journey guitarist Neal Schon, who invited him to fly to the States to audition a year ago. His debut with the group, Revelation, hit No. 5 in the Billboard Top 200 album charts, proving the band still has a devoted fanbase. (Either that or a lot of Wal-Mart shoppers are looking for new music; the mega-retailer has sales exclusivity in North America.)

While Journey's show focuses heavily on the new record, Pinera also tackles Steve Perry biggies such as "Wheel in the Sky," "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Any Way You Want It." Cheap Trick will rock out in its original fun-four incarnation, while Heart sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson may offer up a few tracks from Ann Wilson's 2007 solo debut, Hope & Glory.

- Nicole Pensiero

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Journey, Cheap Trick and Heart, at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden. Tickets: $125, $85, $59.50, $39, $27.50, 4-Pack Lawn (Individual): $20.75. Phone: 856-365-1300 or http://livenationticket.com

Don Caballero

You know the phrase, "The blues had a baby and they called it rock-and-roll"? Well, when No Wave had its kid, the offspring got smart, grew quickly into math rock, and then turned into a real snot-nosed punk. And that's how Don Caballero was created - in Pittsburgh, by drummer Damon Che. Like the runaway progeny of Sonic Youth and its cousin Slint, Don Caballero makes noise into an algebraic game. The rhythms are precise. The melodies are dryly arranged and minimalist. The feedback is aggressive. But with each passing album the sound has gotten heavier. Then there's the new Punkgasm CD, a happily reckless effort that finds Don Caballero keeping its melodic sparseness intact but its arrangements more colorfully toned. They really do grow up so fast.

- A.D. Amorosi

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Don Caballero, Ponytail and An Albatross, at 8 tonight at Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave. Tickets: $10. Phone: 215-739-9684, www.johnnybrendas.com

Nico Muhly

For a 26-year-old, Nico Muhly possesses a frighteningly impressive resume. The Rhode Island native has a steady gig working with Phillip Glass as a keyboardist and conductor. He has collaborated with Bjork, Rufus Wainwright, Antony and other artful rockers. His compositions have been performed at Carnegie Hall and the Whitney Museum, and this spring, the New Yorker ran a glowing profile. For Mothertongue, his new collection, Muhly uses Glass-like repetition and staccato choral voices on the title suite. He also includes unsettling and fascinating deconstructions of 17th-century English texts and folk songs about sea monsters, drunkenness and sororicide that at times recall the conceptual collages of the Books. For tonight's intriguing performance, he will be joined by Doveman (Thomas Bartlett) and Sam Amidon, each of whom will lead the trio in his own set.

- Steve Klinge

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Nico Muhly with Doveman and Sam Amidon, at 7 tonight at the First Unitarian Church Sanctuary, 2125 Chestnut Street. Tickets: $20. Phone: 1-866-468-7619.