Luke Bryan: The country hunk headlines the first-ever concert at the new Vikings venue. (6:30 p.m., U.S. Bank Stadium, $37.50-$123, ticketmaster.com.)
Tribal Fever: 2 Queens, 1 Stage: Jamecia Bennett, who is an over-the-top performer in a good way, teams up with female impersonator Bebe Zahara, who won the first season of "RuPaul's Drag Race," for an extravaganza of music, fashion and theater (7 p.m. Fri., The Pour House, 10 S 5th St, Mpls. $20-$50, thepourhousempls.com.)
Weird Al Yankovic: Not sure how his parodies from 2014's "Mandatory Fun" will hold up (the sendups of "Blurred Lines" and "Happy" should still work), but he invariably appeals to the forever 11-year-old boy in all of us. (8 p.m. Fri., State Theatre, $48.50-$273.)
Ness Nite: The hazy, heady Minneapolis rapper was a finalist in this year's Are You Local? contest at age 20, and now she's issuing her hypnotic, slow-grooving debut EP, "Nite Time," with a fun support cast including Dizzy Fae and Metasota. (9 p.m. Fri., 7th Street Entry, $8-$10.)
Metallica: Metal's biggest band returns from hiatus Saturday at U.S. Bank Stadium, a site the quartet knows well after three Metrodome concerts. (6 p.m., Sat., U.S. Bank Stadium, sold out. The concert will stream live via Pandora.com.)
Wilco: After performing at the 2015 Basilica Block Party just days before issuing their surprise album "Star Wars," Jeff Tweedy and his Chicago sextet will finally give Minnesota fans a chance to hear those songs live — and maybe throw in tunes from "Wilco Schmilco," too, due Sept. 9. (6 p.m. Sat., Hall's Island, 29 Plymouth Av. NE., Mpls., $50, eTix.com.)
Ethan Iverson: Best known as the pianist for The Bad Plus, Ethan Iverson has also championed the legacies of jazz elders such as drummers Billy Hart and Tootie Heath via his high-profile participation in their ensembles, plus he writes some of the most incisive and invigorating music criticism around today via his blog, Do The M@th. But a solo Iverson gig is a treasured rarity, made more enticing by the giant Bosendorfer piano in the Dunsmore Room at Crooner's. Iverson will tackle his long-standing fixation with the obscure Hall Overton Piano Sonata, the Harlem stride piano classic "Carolina Shout" and other standards and originals. (7 p.m. Sat., Crooner's, Mpls.; $20, croonersloungemn.com.)
Har Mar Superstar: What could go down as the zoo's most fun gig of summer, Minnesota's own animalistic R&B/indie-pop singer Har Mar Superstar makes his debut there all too appropriately in support of a record named "Best Summer Ever." The electronically flavored collection — actually subtly downbeat in parts, but don't tell the nearby moose — has been brought to life on a transatlantic tour with help from a full band that includes a horn section, which also does great things with his 2013 old-soul album "Bye Bye 17." Their set last week at Eaux Claires earned a long, loud ovation. Andrew Broder's newly reformed experimental group Fog opens. (7:30 p.m. Sat., Minnesota Amphitheater, $34.)