Queen + Adam Lambert American Airlines Center, Dallas Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 It’s been six years since TV pop idol Adam Lambert partnered with Queen as the band’s vocalist in the place of the legendary Freddie Mercury. But Friday night, longtime members Brian May and Roger Taylor performed as if the…
Two musical icons filled up American Airlines Center on Thursday night as Lionel Richie took the stage to a nearly packed house, with Mariah Carey opening. But only one brought the chops to back up the fame. Carey was as divalicious as her reputation promises, strutting tentatively around the stage…
I’ve seen James Taylor in concert three times, but it doesn’t matter. I’m still as excited as the first time I saw him — with the Dixie Chicks — in college. I’ve been communicating in Taylor lyrics all week. “Your way and my way seem to be one and the…
The time is here for stepping out of the comfort of your air-conditioned home and Netflix queue and into the wide world of roadshows. This week is jam-packed with names hotter than August temperatures. Lionel Richie’s rescheduled concert from earlier this summer kicks off a stretch of great shows, including…
Logic with Joey Bada$$ Allen Event Center, Allen July 22, 2017 When rapper Logic ended his set in Allen on Saturday with “Confess,” he noticed a fan keeping pace with the complex track, bar for bar. So he invited the fan onstage and introduced him to the crowd. The fan,…
Kendrick Lamar with Travis Scott and D.R.A.M. American Airlines Center, Dallas Friday, July 14, 2017 Rap’s in a good place in 2017, animated by a series of intensely fascinating figures. Young Thug is the moment’s experimentalist; the fiercely heady Vince Staples is rap’s chief fatalist; Kamaiyah and Princess Nokia are…
Only 10 sweltering Fridays stand between you and the start of fall. That’s some progress, at least. But until we get to pretend that it makes any difference in high temperatures around Texas, let’s hack through one of those weeks with some good music. Neil Diamond kicks things off with…
Tears for Fears and Hall & Oates with Allen Stone American Airlines Center, Dallas Tuesday, July 11, 2017 In June 2016, Tears for Fears announced it was working on a new album, its first since 2004’s Everybody Loves a Happy Ending. But at its packed show Tuesday night with Hall…
Not every concert lives up to its hype. A big name on a bill in an enormous venue doesn’t guarantee a great performance, just as a buzzy new band in a small room doesn’t always mean you’re in for a once-in-a-lifetime event. (Unless it’s Kendrick Lamar at Trees in 2012.)…
Dallas music is certainly one reason to brave the heat this week. Sprinkle a little cheese on your Tuesday with new-wave group Tears for Fears and pop-rock kings Hall & Oates as they join forces for a night of singalong magic at American Airlines Center. Catch experimental duo Pinkish Black…
Roger Waters American Airlines Center, Dallas Monday, July 3, 2017 At 73, Roger Waters is one of the last classic rock icons still touring and recording new music, and on Monday night, the Pink Floyd bassist and eventual frontman brought his Us & Them tour to the American Airlines Center…
This week marks another birthday for a country famous for its cookouts, fireworks and celebration of freedom in its simplest forms — from our right to purchase and consume three-liter bottles of wine in a single night to hitting snooze a dozen times before eating as many hot dogs…
Future with Torey Lanez, Zoey Dollaz, A$AP Ferg Starplex Pavilion, Dallas Saturday, June 24, 2017 When Future’s run from 2015-17 is discussed in history books, nights like Saturday — when Starplex hosted his Nobody Safe Tour — will be cited as proof of his supremacy in the rap world. Sure, there…
Iron Maiden with Ghost American Airlines Center, Dallas Friday, June 23, 2017 Iron Maiden’s visit to Dallas on Friday night was its first in five years. And the British six-piece showed during its two-hour performance at American Airlines Center that there is no real end in sight for a long…
Texas talent is on fire this week, y’all. Six out of 10 of our top picks of the week are artists who call the Lone Star State home. Sam Lao opens Lizzo’s show at Club Dada on Thursday night, and then there’s Maleveller’s reunion show at Double Wide and Buffalo Black’s…
Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull with CNCO American Airlines Center, Dallas Friday, June 16, 2017 Star power was anything but lacking Friday night as Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull performed the seventh show of their 2017 tour at American Airlines Center. At 8 p.m., after a quick set by Latin pop boy…
Metallica With Avenged Sevenfold AT&T Stadium, Arlington Friday, June 16, 2017 Thirty-one years ago, Metallica released its masterpiece, Master of Puppets. Not that you’ll see the group commemorate it with an anniversary tour: The Angeleno metal legends are on the road for their WorldWired Tour, promoting their latest album, Hardwired…to…
This week marks the start of summer, and with it come plenty of sunscreen and high electricity bills. Luckily, some shows this week take place in cool, air conditioned venues — which is not to say you won’t work up a sweat Wednesday night at The Bomb Factory when George Clinton…
Coming out of last week’s lull, things kick right back into gear this week. Isn’t that how it usually goes around here? In fact, it’s going to be pretty noisy, so earplugs may be a necessary part of the fun. From heavy metal to punk to glam rock, it’s going…
Sigur Rós The Bomb Factory, Dallas Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi opened his mouth in silent screams and bent his head nearly to the ground as he played his signature bowed guitar. The Icelandic post-rock trio played for a standing-room-only crowd in the Bomb Factory. The raw emotion…
It may be a slow time of year for big shows, but this week’s still guaranteed to get you movin’ and shakin’. Monday starts us off with some smooth jazz fusion from the Funky Knuckles, Sigur Ros takes over the Bomb Factory on Wednesday, and Dmitri Vegas and Like Mike…
Post Malone Free Press Summer Fest Eleanor Tinsley Park, Houston Saturday, June 3, 2017 If the show must go on, the star of Free Press Summer Fest last weekend was Post Malone. After severe weather delayed the show by nearly two hours Saturday, the Grapevine native took the stage in…
