Grand Prairie

Meltdown Festival Moves to LaGrave Field in Fort Worth

Meltdown Music Festival, the enormous EDM festival happening this Saturday, has just announced a venue switch, from QuickTrip Park in Grand Prairie to LaGrave Field in Fort Worth. In a release posted on the fest's web site, organizers cite fewer restrictions on sound and the opportunity to go later ... More >>

Preview: The Beach Boys at Verizon Theatre

Thursday, April 26, at Verizon Theatre

Grand Prairie ISD Would Like My DISD Student to Enroll There. Everyone Else Also Welcome.

​Saw this when I got home last night -- an invite to attend a Grand Prairie Independent School District open house  January 21 at the South Grand Prairie High School Coliseum. The postcard thinks that maybe my Dallas ISD-attending child would want to attend, say, the Garner Fine Arts Academy. ... More >>

South by So What?! 2012 Gets a Date

They are the youth gone wild: Asking Alexandria​So, let's see ... we've got Bro Fest, 35 Denton and actual SXSW all rallying around March. What's that? Another festival? OK! South by So What?!, that annual gathering of hardcore, punk and hardcore-punk bands has been scheduled for Saturday, M ... More >>

When the Lights Go On in the City

Tool Announces Dallas Tour Date at Verizon Theatre

​For those who missed Puscifer at the Majestic Theatre last week, never fear. You'll be able to get the most potent Maynard James Keenan fix possible on Friday, January 20, when his band Tool performs at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie.Those who've attended past Tool shows say it's quite a specta ... More >>

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil Talks His Band's Legacy, Plus Grunge's Revival and Future.

Kim Thayil​With the 20th anniversary edition of Nevermind being released earlier this year -- and with the subsequent buzz it churned -- it would seem we are on the brink of a full-blown grunge resurgence. But what is being somewhat overlooked in all the Nirvana hype is that the early '90s Seattle ... More >>

Handler? We Hardly Know Her

The Music Angle in Irving's Mayoral Race

The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward On Selling 70 Million Albums, Staying Together For 40 Years

​For four decades, The Moody Blues have served as the forefathers of the classical music and rock 'n' roll fusion. Beginning in 1967 with the release of the album Days of Future Past and the single "Nights in White Satin," The Moody Blues essentially ushered in a completely new musical genre. And, ... More >>

Listomania: 30 Songs That Make Us Hungry But Probably Shouldn't

​Ricky Martin will be performing at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie tomorrow night. And, yes, that kind of has our mouths watering. No, not because we have a thing for the recently outed Latin singer, but because, gluttons that we are, our stomachs have always growled when we hear his song "Shake ... More >>

In Anticipation of Record Store Day, A By-The-Numbers Look at Dallas-Area Record Stores

​Record Store Day -- you know, the day when everyone puts down their laptops, logs off of Amazon or iTunes (or, uh, MediaFire), and heads off to support their local brick-and-mortar record store -- is fast approaching. Just two days off now, even. In this week's paper, Daniel Hopkins purveys your ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Me

WireImage for CMTI once stood next to Chrissie Hyde at the Bronco Bowl. I was, like, 13. So I know how you feel, Faith Hill. Exhilarating, isn't it?​Those two women above, of course, are Faith Hill and Chrissie Hynde, the latter of whom was my first rock-and-roll crush. That was taken yesterday at ... More >>

Hart-y Laughs

Watch: Some Creepy Old Dude From Colorado Has A Weird Fascination With Selena Gomez

Now this is just weird: The above video is just one of many, many clips that Jay Herrod of Colorado has posted to YouTube, obsessing over Disney starlet and Grand Prairie's Own Selena Gomez.Welcome to the downside of celebrity, Selena! Seems somewhat reminiscent of the very creepy documentary I Thi ... More >>

More Super Bowl Weekend Shows Pop Up As Kid Rock, Jason Derulo, Others Announce Gigs

​Seems Maroon 5 isn't the only act coming to town during Super Bowl weekend, as the Big Game comes to North Texas on February 6. Unfortunately, though, as of now, they still appear as if they're the only ones throwing a free show for all to attend. A few more Super Bowl weekend concerts were annou ... More >>

Finally, Springer On Tour

Frisco's Building Its City on Rock & Roll

Six Flags Moving the Bossman to Dallas

WFMU​Actually, if I'm not mistaken, Six Flags's corporate offices in the DFW are in Grand Prairie on Avenue J East. But today -- which marks the amusement park's return to the New York Stock Exchange following Chapter 11 reorganization -- Six Flags announced that Al Weber Jr., its president and i ... More >>

Jersey Girl

Selena Gomez Becomes The Latest North Texan on The Kinda Impressive Lilith Fair Tour Lineup.

Past her prime already?​Another month, another North Texan gets added to the kinda impressive Lilith Fair tour lineup...Yep: Today comes the news that Grand Prairie's own Dis-kid, Selena Gomez (who our sister paper down in Houston is already pegging as past her prime at just 17 years old), has bee ... More >>

Ren of Grand Prairie, Sadly Not Destined to be America's Next Top Model

That's all, Vokes.​When a reality show begins by focusing on a particular contestant, follows said contestant through show and pokes contestant with a big stick to see if said contestant will react, it's usually a fair bet she's leaving. She's out. Auffed. Adiosed. Knives will be sheathed; bags wi ... More >>

Last Night: Elvis Costello at Nokia Theatre

Elvis CostelloNokia Theatre, Grand PrairieSeptember 2, 2009 Better than: just about anything else on my plate on a Wednesday evening ​Pretty close to 8:15, the lights inside the Nokia Theatre went down and onto the stage strode legendary singer/songwriter Elvis Costello, along with his curre ... More >>

LehtMoJoe Commissioned To Remix Upcoming Röyksopp Single

Fans of LehtMoJoe's work.​Back in the spring, the latest single from Norwegian electronica duo, Röyksopp, "This Must Be It" started making rounds within the dance blog circuit, thanks in part to the plenty-adored act's clout, but also to the song's heavy, danceable sound.Well, today comes news th ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Foo Fighters -- "DOA (LehtMoJoe Remix)"

​We've brought up LehtMoJoe a few times now on DC9, mentioning Grand Prairie native Vincent Sliva's various remixes, and marveling at his production rate--and, specifically, how he planned to release a new remix ever week leading up to the release of his solo album, Spaghetti Western. Well, on Fri ... More >>

Locals Didn't Pony Up the Dough at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie This Season

​It would appear Norm Hitzges alone cannot keep Lone Star Park's numbers from suffering a dramatic decline in the midst of a recession. The 65-day spring meet wrapped in Grand Prairie yesterday, and track officials noted with great disappointment the drop in both attendance and wagering, on-site a ... More >>

Forever The Sickest Kids Collaborate With Selena Gomez... For A Remix? (Uh-Huh.)

Since Disney teen star Selena Gomez is apparently all about promoting local produce (seen her Borden milk commercials yet?), I guess we can return the favor and mention this: The Grand Prairie native has joined forces with her fellow Dallas suburbanites in Forever the Sickest Kids to record a remix ... More >>

Some Appealing Morning Items

See what I did there? "Appealing"? As in, the City of Dallas, still trying to get its hands on the Neches River water, is sending attorneys to New Orleans this week -- luckies. Specifically, the barristers will be setting up shop in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (there ya go), where, at 9 a.m, ... More >>

Step To This

McKinney: Now, The 14th-Best Small City in the Whole U.S.A. in Which to Live

A Fourth Of Fun

Lone Star Park offers serious fireworks

Lone Star 92.5 Is Out For Blood This Week

Tap, Tap, Tappin'

Riverdance says goodbye at Nokia

Ain't Life Grand? It Is, At Least According to Preservation Texas.

Dispatch from Dorkus Malorkus

Seal's the Deal

Frickin' Lasers

C'mon Gang!

We know you'll catch that villain

Oooo-weeee-oooo

Robert Froehner tickles the antennas

Before the Fourth

Options for pre-holiday festivities

Purple Reign

Barney takes the stage

The Great Caped One

Spare Us

Young bowlers go for the gold

Letters

Brave New Combo

D'oh! The Simpsons animate Dallas' favorite polka band

Red Planet Rocks

Muppets and Martians party hardy

Osama bin Bunny

House Bill 433 tackles terrorism?

And they're off

Night & Day

April 8-14, 1999

Lost Tribe

Grand Prairie's Henry Clayton has proclaimed himself chief of the new 'nato Nation. Is he the head of Texas' largest Indian tribe-or an indian impostor?