Concerts

Days before taking the stage at SXSW, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Jon Pattie is busier than ever. Hot off of the premiere of his newest music video, “Won’t Be Young,” the Dallas native has a lot in store for his return to Austin, where he graduated from the University of Texas. Pattie…

Kacey Musgraves stepped onto the Bomb Factory stage Friday night, clad in a dress the color of a freshly uncapped highlighter. A roar ripped through the sold-out room like a tornado. Such a visceral reaction was inevitable, given Musgraves’ standing as a hometown-ish girl (this Dallas gig is as close…

There may not be a St. Patrick’s Day parade concert this year, but you can still feel lucky with the week’s concerts. Ice Cube is back this week with Paul Wall at South Side Ballroom; NSFWknd gives us a chance to check out some of the SXSW Music Festival’s top…

Festival season is upon us, and the draw of Austin’s South X Southwest is pulling on you hard. There’s a problem, though. Either you can’t make it to Austin, or you don’t have the money, or you think that the whole thing has just become too corporate, man. Well, don’t…

More than 300 students turned out for Pseudo Stereo Showcase, a concert organized by the University of Texas at Dallas’ radio department, Radio UTD. The sun was still out as the stage was being prepared for the night, and more people gathered at The Plinth, a common area at UTD…

We have known since the ’00s that the country/hip-hop musical hybrid was a failed experiment, yet for some reason, it keeps being executed tastelessly. Kid Rock, Martina McBride and T.I. did it in 2010 with “Care.” Carrie Underwood and Ludacris did it last year with “The Champion.” Brad Paisley and LL…

If The Killers show at The Bomb Factory is any sort of teaser, then we may see some more of the KAABOO artists book shows at area venues this May. That show and many more highlight this week’s concert announcements. Read ahead where some really interesting artists are being spotlighted…

If over the next few days anyone who sat inside the Majestic Theatre on Sunday night comes up to you and starts raving about the Jeff Tweedy concert — well, just bear this in mind. “I’ve been telling everyone at these shows — it might be the greatest show, but…

This week’s highlights include Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y, who are on a special one-month tour and stop through Dallas on Thursday night – 10 years after first collaborating on the 2009 mixtape How Fly. North Texas native and Grammy-nominated Kacey Musgraves plays The Bomb Factory on Friday night. And Denton’s Backyard…

A classic rock icon bids farewell, a funky guitarist makes a local appearance and a couple of outdoor amphitheater shows light up the summer schedule in this week’s concert announcements. All that and more are ahead. Classic British rock band The Psychedelic Furs are appearing at The Granada Theater on…

Although they had performed in Dallas three times the year before, there was something different about the March 3, 1994, Green Day concert at Trees in Deep Ellum. The Bay Area punk trio had just released Dookie on Reprise Records, its first major label release. The fans, zines and artists…

The inaugural KAABOO Texas festival, scheduled for Friday-Sunday, May 10-12 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, unveiled its daily artist lineup and announced that single-day passes will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. When the initial artist lineup dropped Jan. 17, people raised eyebrows and voiced skepticism, but the Del…

To his peers and fans, Hayes Carll fits right in Texas’ rich heritage of singer-songwriters. Like his predecessors Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Robert Earl Keen, Carll is visceral yet intellectual, with well-placed wit and humor to lighten the mood between songs that tackle the trouble on his mind…

The Pops Carter All-Star Band will honor the music of late Denton blues icon Tom “Pops” Carter with a free show Thursday at Dan’s Silverleaf. Show starts at 9 p.m. Before the show, the Denton Public Art Committee, Greater Denton Art Council and Denton community members will unveil a restored…

Grammy-nominated Houston rapper Travis Scott will headline the seventh annual JMBLYA Festival at Fair Park in Dallas on Friday, May 3 and at Circuit of the Americas in Austin on Saturday, May 4. Lil Wayne will join him. Opening acts include repeat JMBLYA offender Kevin Gates; Louisiana rapper with checkered legal…

Before superstar rapper Meek Mill walked onto the South Side Ballroom stage Friday night, the Philadelphia hero played a news clip in which he’s seen hopping out of an SUV and leaping into a helicopter owned by 76ers billionaire co-owner Michael Rubin — a dream come true for the 31-year-old…

On Saturday night, Erykah Badu showed up once again for what has become Dallas’ most important yearly musical tradition in recent years: her birthday concert at The Bomb Factory. While the sold-out show technically started at 8 p.m., some mom’s-night-out gals fell asleep on the fire exit steps as time…

Anniversary tours continue to resonate with artists who are hitting the road to celebrate their legacies. We’ve got several of them heading this way in the latest batch of concert announcements. All that and some more interesting upcoming performances are ahead. Snoop Dog is bringing his 25th anniversary jaunt to…

The last time Dallas saw Trippie Redd, the raging teenager was bouncing across the American Airlines Center’s stage opening for Travis Scott’s Astroworld Tour. The 19-year-old was in and out in less than 15 minutes and had his mic cut off in the process. He eventually dropped off the tour…

KISS are a tough nut to crack. Some people think KISS are washed-up shells of their former selves coasting along on their legacy with more pompousness than they are entitled to possess. Others consider KISS one of the greatest rock bands of all time, who completely changed the game and…

In the six years or so since breaking on the scene with her debut EP, A Sea of Split Peas, Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has seen her star continuously rise. With insightful lyrics centered on the frailties and anxieties of daily life, she fires off confessionals that resonate with folks…