Sting (Musician)

The Five Worst British Import Bands

​ While we might have done some wonderful things for y'all with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Radiohead, we have also sent you some terrible crimes against music. And while none of this really compares to Canada foisting Avril Lavigne and Nickleback on you, it's still not great. I'm ... More >>

Hey, People Writing New Christmas Songs: Stoppit

I love Christmas. It's awesome. Baby magic-types being born, giant trees in your living room, socks full of socks brought to you by an old man stranger -- what's not to like? Welp, there's just this one thing: the thing that sucks about Christmas is that people keep writing songs about it. And jus ... More >>

RTB2, Nervous Curtains, Ice Eater at LaGrange

The Virgin Wolves: "Led Zeppelin Is The Greatest Rock Band Of All Time"

The Virgin Wolves recently took time out to discuss their backgrounds with the blues, their first shows, and The Song Remains the Same. Catch them Friday at Andy's Bar and Saturday at City Tavern. Which came first for you: hearing a blues pioneer play the blues, or a band interpreting the blues? C ... More >>

Aerosmith's Russ Irwin On The Real Housewives of New York City: "I Don't Hate It, Actually"

For the better part of two decades, Russ Irwin has been the touring keyboardist for Aerosmith, and besides not tiring of seeing Steven Tyler's ass over that time, he's also managed to carve out quite a career as a songwriter, producer and session musician. Along with Aerosmith, Irwin's played with ... More >>

The Cheap Bastard at Chaucer's, the Land of Sushi, Drawbridges and Hooters Rejects

Creepy business dudes drooling on servers count: 8 Bard count: 0 Chaucer's Sushi & Grill came up several times when I internetted "cheap sushi Dallas." So I checked out their website, and let me tell you, the Chaucer's website is more amazing than any website I have ever seen or will ever see. It i ... More >>

Marriage Proposals, $16 Margaritas and Other Things Seen and Overheard at Chris Botti's Verizon Theatre Show

​Let me make myself clear: I love Chris Botti's music. Not in an ironic or tongue-in-cheek way. Yes, Botti, the trumpet player who's played with everyone from Sting to Josh Groban to Steven Tyler. He's the kind of guy your parents love, along with Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. This admis ... More >>

Rhett Miller Benefits Cystic Fibrosis Research at The Granada & Other Weekend Shows

Rhett Miller​There are loads of great shows this weekend, but probably the most notable is the Cystic Fibrosis benefit concert at Granada Theater on Saturday night. For the fifth year in a row, Rhett Miller will be headlining, this time with the help of Sarah Jaffe and The O's. If helping people i ... More >>

A Mod Revival

Tonight, Tonight: The Wailers at the Granada, Camila at House of Blues and The Books at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

It's a weird and wonderful variety of shows happening in our area this evening. Fans of classic reggae and neo-classical avant-garde will be especially pleased...

My First Show: Trashcan Sinatras Recall Seeing The Smiths and The Clash For The First Time and Share Memories Of Their Own Debut, Too.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Trashcan Sinatras​If you were involved with a college radio station in the 1990s, or casually listened to "The Adventure Club" on K ... More >>

Staff Trax: Happy Birthday, The Walkmen, Stars, Sarah Jaffe, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and, uh, Rammstein?

​Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend dominate our coverage. Consider this a chance to get some more insight into our personal tastes. And a chan ... More >>

Show Announcements: Iron Maiden, Chicago, Doobie Brothers And Sting Coming To Dallas

Proof that Sting sucks.​Summer, that season when old farts get back in the tour bus to milk a few more million bucks out of nostalgic fans, is just around the corner, as evidenced by three big Superpages.com Center concert announcements this week. First, Iron Maiden will open its The Final Frontie ... More >>

Last Night: Mutemath at Palladium Ballroom

Mutemath, As Tall As LionsPalladium BallroomOctober 29, 2009Better than: Watching Spinal Tap's Experimental Jazz Odyssey... well, almost better.​It was clear that when Mutemath started its set that it would be playing new songs--lots of 'em. And it was clear that the band was going to have to work ... More >>

An Arresting Development as Police Drummer Finishes Concerto for D'Drum and the DSO

Stewart Copeland​Maybe you missed this when we posted it the first time around -- back in, um, June 2007, when the Police played the American Airlines Center. So, from March '79, here's the band performing (kind of) "The Yellow Rose of Texas" at the original Palladium. (Can't believe that link's s ... More >>

Shutter Stars

Botti Blows

The star trumpeter plays Fort Worth

The Police, Elvis Costello and the Impostors

Wednesday, May 21, at Superpages.com Center

Malt Shop Memories

Hear the sounds of doo-wop at Nokia

Last Night: Fiction Plane at House of Blues

The Other Red-Headed Annie

Lennox performs her brand of adult contemporary at McFarlin

Roux Note

Can this new seafood joint draw the jazz lovers?

Police Brutality

Three's really a crowd with these old bandmates

Just What You Needed

Blondie drives in with some New Cars

Déjà Vu

Broken hearts and bleeding lungs

Chris Botti

January 31

DMA Stings Audiences

New film series says Bring on the Night

Harlem Nights

Single sisters shouldn't settle?

A Little Respeto

How Maná won the war for its reputation--without even trying

All Grown Up

At 32, the USA Film Festival proves it can still play ball

Future Shock

Simon Wells tinkers with his great-grandpa's Time Machine

Jools Holland

Small World Big Band (Warner Music UK)

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Red Dawn

Moulin Rouge brings to light a deliciously garish Paris

Hit Parade

It's like VH1, only bigger and with less drama

Out & About

David Sanborn

Dave Matthews Band

Everyday (RCA)

Young guns

Julien Temple and The Sex Pistols set their record straight in The Filth and the Fury

Folk that

The Chieftains prove folk music can be popular -- as long as you record with Elvis Costello and The Rolling Stones

Pickin' a winner

CMH Records has given '80s faves a musical makeover, whether you like it or not

Atom and His Package

No monkeying around

Baboon finally gets free of its label and releases its best, most grown-up record yet

The new old sound

Branford Marsalis' latest disc is a Requiem by and for a heavyweight

The only one

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy spent years trying to prove he was better than everyone thought. Now, with Summer Teeth, nothing's ever gonna get in his way again.

Maybe he's doing it wrong

But a new boxed set proves you can't keep Randy Newman down

We apologize to The Powerful Brain of Sting!

Bad news

Death of Rockadelic co-owner leaves a scene in the lurch

Out Here

Give up LeFonque

Branford Marsalis does the 'unspeakable' once more

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