Pop Date Book

* Tickets go on sale Saturday for the June 6 show by Matchbox Twenty, above, at Wilshire-Ebell Theatre. . . . The B-52’s and the Go-Go’s bring back the ‘80s at the Greek Theatre on Aug. 3 and Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Aug. 4. Tickets go on sale Sunday. . . . Sunday is also the on-sale date for three other Greek Theatre shows: Collin Raye and Patty Loveless July 15, Brian Setzer Aug. 5 and the Gipsy Kings Aug. 19-20. . . . An acoustic set by Beck will highlight the second annual This Ain’t No Picnic on July 2 at Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine. The noon concert, which also features such alt-rock acts as Modest Mouse, Yo La Tengo and Built to Spill, goes on sale Saturday. . . . Badfinger plays a BRAIDS benefit, put on by the Elizabeth Glaser Breast Cancer Foundation and the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, at El Rey Theatre on June 14. . . . Coming to the Troubadour: Ignite June 4, On June 8, Neve June 27, the Casualties June 30 and the Damage Manual July 1.