Concerts

The term “legend” gets thrown around a lot, but if anyone has earned it, it’s blues guitarist Buddy Guy.

Queensryche and Judas Priest got straight to the point when they hit the stage at Irving’s Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on Friday.

After two years in pandemic hell, North Texas finally gets to experience the aftermath of SXSW once again.

Timing is everything in pop music. Few modern A-list acts understand that axiom better than Dua Lipa.

Elton John began his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in September 2018 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The first leg of the tour saw two mesmerizing, sold-out shows at Dallas’ American Airlines Center two months later in December.

This week’s best concerts are all about nostalgia and activism. Your concert week kicks off with two of the biggest names in modern music gracing our local stages: Bob Dylan and Elton John.

Global pop icon Taylor Swift and country rocker Cody Canada may not have many things in common, musically speaking.

This past Saturday, if you weren’t at either The Factory or Ruins in Deep Ellum, you missed something beyond special: a whole rainbow of emotions – from lily-white, pure love to deep-red anger – all without the need for any kind of high-grade pharmaceutical.

The Majestic Theatre might just have been made for a performance by Nick Cave and his longtime collaborator Warren Ellis.

It’s a new month – Women’s History Month – and this week in North Texas there are several woman-centered events showcasing the incredible mix of female talent we are lucky to have

Acclaimed American rock band Wilco announced recently it would soon play some concerts to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its storied 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

So many things about Mitski ( born Mitski Miyawak) seem at odds with each other, but somehow she makes them all work.

After two years of being virtual-only due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 29th edition of SXSW returns in 2022 with a March 11-20 run.

The weekend ahead looks a little cold and rainy. Thankfully, there is plenty of warmth to be found inside the venues hosting this week’s best concerts.

Accompanying Mitski’s scheduled Dallas appearance at The Factory on Friday, Feb. 25, are Japanese ‘Neo Kawaii’ indie pop-rockers CHAI (pronounced like the tea).

Remember when music was just plain fun? That’s what the crowd got this weekend with the return of G. Love to Dallas: infectious grooves, snappy, happy lyrics with singalong choruses and booty-shaking beats.

On “Appletree,” a cut from her debut album Baduizm, Erykah Badu speaks some gospel: “I have some food in my bag for you. Not the edible food … perhaps some food for thought.”

When Lola Kirke began writing her sophomore album Lady For Sale, she was very much used to “no.” She wrote the album, out April 29, while she was “down in the dumps” after “falling in love at an inconvenient time.”

Elle King has been on the road plenty, with that raw country voice behind such barroom brawlers as “Ex’s and Oh’s” and the recent Academy of Country Music award nominee “Drunk (And I Don’t Want To Go Home)” with Miranda Lambert, but there’s something different about this tour.

When Tyler, the Creator first teased the release of his latest full-length album Call Me If You Get Lost, music critics everywhere asked the question, “Where does he go from IGOR?”

Thursday through Sunday of this week are packed with incredible concerts to check out. With each day, live music fans will have choices to make, but we’re here to make that decision-making process just a little bit easier.

Kacey Musgraves wasted little time stating the obvious. “Happy Valentine’s Day,” said the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter early in her 90-minute set Monday night.