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Jim Harrington, pop music critic, Bay Area News Group, for his Wordpress profile. (Michael Malone/Bay Area News Group)

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Here’s a look at some of the top concert offerings happening in the Bay Area for the week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, highlighted by the return of one of pop music’s greatest icons.

Madonna

Local fans were starting to get worried that maybe Madonna wouldn’t bring her Madame X Tour to the Bay Area. Thankfully, she finally got around to adding San Francisco dates to the itinerary.

She performs a three-night stand, Nov. 2, 4 and 5, at the lovely Golden Gate Theatre. And what a treat it should be to see this first-tier pop music icon – who usually plays big sports arenas – put on a show in such a comparably intimate venue.

Details: 8:30 p.m.; $50-$507, www.ticketmaster.com

Twenty One Pilots

The alt-rock-rap duo, consisting of vocalist Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun, is out on the road in support of “Trench,” the follow-up to the 2015 worldwide blockbuster “Blurryface.”

Having headlined the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco in August, Twenty One Pilots now return to Northern California to perform Nov. 3 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

MisterWives are also on the bill.

Details: 8 p.m.; $34.50-$72.50, www.ticketmaster.com

Lucinda Williams

The incredible singer-songwriter-guitarist and her band Buick 6 celebrate the 20th anniversary of 1998’s splendid “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” on Nov. 2 at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Williams and company will be performing that Grammy-winning album in its entirety, plus other material.

Details: 8 p.m.; $45-$95, www.ticketmaster.com

Amendola vs. Blades vs. Skerik vs. Baptista vs. Parker

Drummer Scott Amendola, Hammond B-3 star Wil Blades, saxophonist Skerik, guitarist Jeff Parker and percussionist Cyro Baptista face off twice nightly, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, at SFJazz Center in San Francisco.

Details: 7 and 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 6 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3; $25-$30, www.sfjazz.org

Last Dinosaurs

The cool Australian indie-rock act visits the Fillmore in San Francisco on Nov. 2 in support of last year’s “Yumeno Garden.” Michigander and Born Ruffians are also on the bill.

Details: 8 p.m.; $22.50, www.livenation.com