Concert Reviews

Chvrches Balanced Darkness and Light in a Sunday Night Stop At South Side Ballroom

Chvrches Balanced Darkness and Light in a Sunday Night Stop At South Side Ballroom

Tame Impala Ends 2021 US Tour With Time-Bending Sensory Overload at American Airlines Center

Tame Impala Ends 2021 US Tour With Time-Bending Sensory Overload at American Airlines Center

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Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin Reminded Us They Were Latin Pop OGs At a Joint Dallas Concert

By Alex Gonzalez
Nov 4, 2021

After multiple delays, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin finally brought their joint tour to American Airlines Center this past Wednesday.
The Rolling Stones Defied Age and the Weather at a Spectacular Dallas Show

By Eva Raggio
Nov 3, 2021

Why are The Rolling Stones still touring?The members of “the world’s greatest rock n’roll band'' are pushing 80 years old and a net worth close to a billion dollars.
The Hives Brought Rolling Stones Energy to the Granada on Monday

By David Fletcher
Nov 2, 2021

It was a smaller crowd the evening of All Saints Day at the Granada Theater. Fans filed in at an easy pace into the venue to the sounds of a garage-surf pre-show playlist.
The Ghouls Were Out at Ghostland Observatory's Saturday Show With Neon Indian

By Andrew Sherman
Nov 1, 2021

One of the best things about the world getting back to normal is seeing traditions make a comeback. On Saturday night, Ghostland Observatory renewed their tradition of playing one of the most outstanding laser dance shows for Halloween in North Texas.
Tuesday Night, IDLES Brought the Thunder and Fans Brought the Strength in Numbers

By David Fletcher
Oct 27, 2021

It was a dark and cloudy Tuesday night on Greenville Avenue with an ever-present threat of rain looming in the sky.
Billie Eilish, George Strait, Jon Batiste and the Best of Austin City Limits Week 2

By Rachel Parker
Oct 11, 2021

After a a first week that kicked off with Doja Cat, Machine Gun Kelly and Tyler, the Creator, the second week of Austin City Limit's started on Friday.
Modest Mouse and Future Islands Turned the Toyota Music Factory Into a Nostalgic Raver

By Vera "Velma" Hernandez
Oct 8, 2021

Modest Mouse's Thursday night show at Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory turned the Irving venue into a nostalgic rager.
TLC Brought a Backyard Boogie Vibe to Irving With Their CrazySexyCool Tour Stop

By Aria Bell
Oct 6, 2021

TLC has made being crazy, sexy, and cool look easy for nearly three decades.
St. Vincent, Megan Thee Stallion, Charley Crockett and the Best of Austin City Limits

By Rachel Parker
Oct 4, 2021

Austin City Limits got off to a rocky start on Friday. The festival's gates, which were supposed to open at noon, delayed fans' entry until 3 p.m. due to heavy rain the night before, creating a traffic jam on the streets and at the entrances.
Hall & Oates Held a Parade of Hits in Fort Worth's Dickies Arena

By Andrew Sherman
Sep 29, 2021

For kids of the 1970s and '80s, Hall & Oates was a band that was always playing in the background as we lived our lives, but never a band we focused on — we'd only become aware of them after we learned their songs had bad words.
Chicana Punk Band Fea Brought It on Tuesday Night, Sorry You Weren't There For It

By David Fletcher
Sep 22, 2021

It was the first night of fall in the corner of Bryan and Scripture, outside Killer’s Tacos in an otherwise quiet neighborhood just north of the University of North Texas' campus.
Kings of Leon Succeed With a Secular and Spiritual Synthesis Mixed With Arena Rock

By Preston Jones
Sep 19, 2021

After 22 years, Kings of Leon maintains a veil of inscrutability no amount of fame could ever fully pierce. Over the course of two hours and more than two dozen songs Friday night at Dos Equis Pavilion, the last dregs of a surprisingly mild summer ebbing away, it was possible...
Lil Baby and Lil Durk Cemented Their Star Power in Dallas

By Eric Diep
Sep 16, 2021

Lil Baby, who is going by his the nickname The Hero these days, wanted to do something special for Dallas. The day before his show, he notified his followers on Instagram that he'd arrived for The Back Outside Tour, blasting Rae Rae’s “Unconditional Love” in his car.
Pop-Punk Lived to See Another Day Thanks to New Found Glory

By Chelsey Norris
Sep 1, 2021

Modern-day pop-punk bands have undoubtedly had trouble reaching the level of commercial success that its OG groups — like blink-182, Fall Out Boy and Paramore — enjoyed through the early-to-mid-2000s.
Chris Stapleton's All-American Roadshow Brought Country's A-list to Globe Life Field

By Preston Jones
Aug 22, 2021

This past week in North Texas, the biggest bang for your musical buck could be found Saturday night at Arlington’s Globe Life Field: Chris Stapleton’s All-American Roadshow.
Despite His Grief, the Show Went on With Steve Earle's Dallas Concert

By Preston Jones
Aug 18, 2021

Sentimentality is simply not Steve Earle’s stock-in-trade.
Alanis Morissette and Garbage Took Millennials Back to Simpler Times in Dallas

By Eva Raggio
Aug 14, 2021

The internet loves to divide us, sometimes in ways that have nothing to do with politics.
Nearly 40,000 Fans Partied Like It Was 2019 for Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer

By Chelsey Norris
Jul 26, 2021

Dallas was the first stop for the rescheduled Hella Mega tour led by three of emo’s legendary acts, Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer, all in one show at the Rangers’ swanky new home base, Globe Life Field. Despite the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in North Texas, the virus...
The Bastards of Soul Were Back on Track With a Packed Fort Worth Show

By Mike Brooks
Jul 12, 2021

A year ago, the Bastards of Soul were a new band on a classic trajectory for success.
Harry Connick Jr. Was Too Comfortable at the Winspear Stage on Sunday

By Preston Jones
Mar 9, 2020

To hear Harry Connick Jr. tell it, he’s spent much of the last year rescuing Cole Porter from obscurity. “Most people not only don’t know much about him, but don’t know who he was,” Connick Jr. explained not long into his 110-minute performance before a near-capacity audience at Winspear Opera...

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