Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter are coming to Philly, as are a number of other great musicians

It’s been a groundbreaking year for young women in pop, from Olivia Rodrigo as the hottest ticket of the summer to Charli

This week, music in Philly is dominated by two more arena headliners arriving at the Wells Fargo Center within days of each other — Billie Eilish, who brings her “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour” to South Philly on Saturday, and Sabrina Carpenter, she’s there with her Short and sweet tour on Tuesday.

Eilish is the younger of the two — she’s now 22 — but a veteran when it comes to headlining the South Philly sports arena. She performed at Wells Fargo in 2022, and her scheduled March 2020 appearance there was the first show she had to cancel when the pandemic began.

This time she will be there to support you Hit me hard and soft, Their third full-length album with an anti-pop approach that subverts bubblegum expectations and is characterized by impressive musical expectations. As always, she will have her brother and musical co-conspirator Finneas O’Connell by her side. The opening act is Nat & Alex Wolf, who are known to Nickelodeon viewers for their teen pop band “Naked Brothers Band”.

But while Elish has been a Grammy-winning star for some time, the 25-year-old Carpenter, who grew up in Bucks County, only broke through this year with the runaway success of her frothy hits “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.” “. .”

Both songs come from the impressively crafted and tightly constructed album that gave their tour its name. Yes, it’s the same album that contains “Feather,” the song whose video shoot in a Brooklyn church played a role in the federal investigation into corruption allegations against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Away from these big stages, there are plenty of worthy shows taking place this week in the region’s more intimate spaces.

On Thursday, bassist, songwriter, bandleader and all-around powerhouse Meshell Ndegeocello performs behind her new album at World Cafe Live No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwinwhich draws inspiration from both the author of Next time the fire and philosopher, poet and civil rights activist Audre Lorde.

Also on Thursday, Alabama country-rock band Red Clay Strays, whose “Wondering Why” gained traction on TikTok last year, will be behind their new gig at the Fillmore Made by These Moments. And veteran alt-rock favorite Nada Surf is at Undergound Arts, with rising New Zealand trio Office Dog opening. And Hoots & Hellmouth, Hezekiah Jones and Andrew Lipke play a Philly triple bill at Ardmore Music Hall that’s a real showstopper We live on Advantage for Derek Dorsey.

On Friday Richard Thompson plays a Free at Noon with his entire band at World Cafe Live. Brooklyn-based Afrobeat band Kaleta & Super Yamba will perform at Arden Gild Hall. And Gomez’s Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball are at City Winery.

Lupe Fiasco is the hip-hop show of the week at Union Transfer on Saturday. Country harmonizers The Lone Bellow sing at World Cafe Live, also on Saturday, and jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman leads his group with singer Gabrielle Cavassa to the Zellerbach Theater in West Philly for a Penn Live Arts show.

The all-star band consisting of Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai and Danny Carey perform the music of 1980s British prog rock band King Crimson at the Keswick Theater in Glenside on Sunday. Brazilian rockers Sepultura are also headlining a four-piece metal gig at Franklin Music Hall on Sunday. That same evening, the Bacon Brothers play a hometown show at the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville.