Tonight in L.A.: U2, Spoon, Tony Bennett/Lady Gaga, Jack Garratt, Courtney Barnett, Jason Bonham, Dengue Fever, Kopecky, Rod Melancon

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Sunday’s shows:

Spoon [pictured] christens downtown’s new venue the Teragram Ballroom, with Sweet Spirit opening.
U2 does the fourth of five nights at the Forum.
► It’s Night 2 of Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga at the Hollywood Bowl.
► After L.A. shows earlier this year at Sayers Club and the Hotel Café, U.K. songwriter/producer Jack Garratt does the first of two nights at the Troubadour in support of his EP “Synesthesiac.”
Courtney Barnett rocks a second sold-out night at the Roxy Theatre, supported by Chastity Belt and Darren Hanlon. Earlier in the day, she appears at the Grammy Museum.
► At the Greek Theatre, it’s Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppeln Experience.
► And Dengue Fever plays the Grand Star Jazz Club as a benefit for Save Music in Chinatown.

Also:

Neutral Milk Hotel and the Minders at the Majestic Ventura Theater
Kopecky, Jef Joslin and Armors at Saint Rocke
Moonsville Collective, Rod Melancon, Leggy Peggy and Caitlin Canty at the Echo (Early Show)
Guantanamo Baywatch, the Memories, Texas Bob Juarez and Taffy at the Echo
Neil Hamburger, Natasha Leggero, Laura Kightlinger, JP Incorporated and Alex Edelman at the Satellite
Juan Talavera at El Cid
J Clark Webber at the Hotel Café
Simply Rose at the Mint (Early Show)
The London Souls and Jim From the Moon at the Mint
Skidan, One T and Nicole Water at the Viper Room
Fito Paez at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
JAWG at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Modern Time Machines at the Redwood
Kyle McNeill & the Stumble, Maesa and Holland Belle at the Virgil
A Bleeding Sky, Scotch Apostles, Mary’s Mischief and Doll Parts at Alex’s Bar
The Airborne Toxic Event at the Observatory (early show)
Mobb Deep at the Observatory
Sonny & the Sunsets at the Constellation Room
Xavier Rudd & the United Nations at the Coach House
Kenny Burrell Quintet at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Christopher Lockett, Julie & Aiyana and Gruv Fusion at Molly Malone’s
Ruslan at the Federal Bar
Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters and JD McPherson at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge

Photo by Tom Hines