Concert Reviews

Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Busta Rhymes Put Dallas in a New York State of Mind Monday Night

Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Busta Rhymes Put Dallas in a New York State of Mind Monday Night

This Weekend, Fontaines D.C. Was the Band To Know

This Weekend, Fontaines D.C. Was the Band To Know

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Roxy Music Played a Dream Reunion Concert in Dallas Friday Night

By Vincent Arrieta
Sep 24, 2022

The notion of seeing Roxy Music live in concert seemed like a complete fantasy at the dawn of 2022, one of those "Wouldn’t it be great if (pick a name) toured again?” music-specific daydreams.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers End Their World Stadium Tour With a Bang in Arlington

By Andrew Sherman
Sep 19, 2022

Red Hot Chili Peppers were firing on all cylinders at their Sunday night concert at Arlington's Globe Life Field, the final night of their World Stadium Tour.
Alan Jackson Brought Fans to Tears at His Last Big Concert in Dallas

By Preston Jones
Sep 18, 2022

Time and again, Alan Jackson has demonstrated a gift for the backward glance. The pull of memory, the golden glow of better days, the first blush of love — the singer-songwriter has shown his ability to evoke nostalgia without succumbing to sentimentality as far back as “I’d Love You All Over Again,”
Brendon Urie Showed DFW That He’s All the Panic! At the Disco You Need

By Chelsey Norris
Sep 12, 2022

Fans had “high hopes” as they piled into Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth on Sunday night to see Panic! At the Disco’s Viva Las Vengeance world tour
The Killers Made a Case For Themselves at Dickies Arena

By Carly May Gravley
Sep 12, 2022

In the nearly 20 years since they burst onto the scene with their debut album, Y2K post-punk revival staple Hot Fuss, The Killers have been strongly associated with flamboyant and gloriously messy new wave
10 Reasons You’ll Regret Not Going to the IDLES Show on Thursday

By Mike Brooks
Sep 2, 2022

Here's a parental advisory: If you are a fan of the British rock band IDLES and did not attend Thursday night’s show at the Factory in Deep Ellum, these photos may fill you with intense feelings of regret.
Duran Duran and CHIC Held Back the Rain and Brought the '80s Back to Fort Worth

By Vera "Velma" Hernandez
Aug 31, 2022

If you were to ask Nile Rodgers what CHIC was, he'd say, "R&B, funk, soul, jazz, blues, disco ... FUNK, SOUL, DISCO," and that's the heat the band brought to Fort Worth on Wednesday night.
Tripping Daisy's Surprise Show at the Kessler Was Tonic for the Soul

By Mike Brooks
Aug 29, 2022

Maybe you are lucky enough to have a close friend from back in the day. Life and circumstance dictate that you can’t get together very often, but when you do there are hugs and laughter, memories and maybe a few tears as well.
At 5 Foot 1, Lady Gaga Towered Over Globe Life Field

By Carly May Gravley
Aug 24, 2022

In many ways, The Chromatica Ball is a return to form for Lady Gaga. The pop star, who played Globe Life Field in Arlington Tuesday night, is the same pop culture tour de force who wore a meat dress to the 2009 VMAs
The Weeknd's Sold-Out Dallas Concert Was a Visual Masterpiece

By Kian Hervey
Aug 15, 2022

On Sunday night, fans packed AT&T Stadium in Arlington for The Weeknd’s sold-out North Texas stop on his After Hours Til Dawn tour.
Franz Ferdinand Brought the Fire At Their Thursday Night Show in Dallas

By Vera "Velma" Hernandez
Aug 5, 2022

On Thursday night, Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand kicked off their U.S tour in Dallas. Along with tour mates Vundabar from Boston, they turned The House of Blues into a dance hall.
Garth Brooks' Saturday Night Concert Was a Love Letter to North Texas

By David Fletcher
Jul 31, 2022

Back in 1985, an entertainment attorney from Dallas named Rod Phelps caught wind of a young country singer who’d been wowing audiences in Oklahoma honky-tonks, and he drove up to a Tulsa club to see what this Garth Brooks was about. Impressed by what he heard, Phelps produced Brooks' first...
Kendrick Lamar Was an Undisputed Legend at American Airlines on Saturday

By Malen Blackmon
Jul 25, 2022

Since he left Los Angeles for The Big Steppers Tour earlier this month, Kendrick Lamar has sold out one venue after another.
Fleet Foxes Soothed Our Bruised Souls at The Factory in Deep Ellum

By Preston Jones
Jul 2, 2022

As the not-quite-capacity audience milled about the Factory in Deep Ellum Friday night, the anticipatory hum of pre-concert excitement in the air
Kraftwerk Blew Our Minds on Tuesday Night in Dallas, Even Though We Knew They Would

By Elvis Anderson
Jun 29, 2022

It's hard to declare victors in art, but a Tuesday night concert at Fair Park was another win for Kraftwerk, the champion artists from Germany’s artistic epicenter of Düsseldorf.
We Got a True Glimpse Into Kathleen Edwards' Soul At Her Dallas Show on Wednesday

By Preston Jones
Jun 23, 2022

Vulnerability has its limits. Musicians, particularly those adept at excavating the stories of their own lives, can, over time, tire of chipping off another infinitesimal piece of themselves and sharing it,
Wu Tang's GZA Played Chess With Fans And Packed the House in Deep Ellum

By Vera "Velma" Hernandez
Jun 18, 2022

At 5 p.m. Friday, people lounged around The Weed Spot in Deep Ellum, waiting for their chance to meet GZA, aka "The Genius," one of the original founding members of Wu-Tang Clan.
Armed With Sibling Harmonies, the Cactus Blossoms Captivate at Sons of Hermann Hall

By Preston Jones
Jun 11, 2022

The wry joke in the Cactus Blossoms’ name becomes apparent the moment the singing starts. As it happened Friday.
Raul Malo Brought a Casual Brilliance to the Kessler Theater on Saturday

By Preston Jones
May 29, 2022

Perhaps it’s pointing out the glaringly obvious, but the energy at a Raul Malo concert is markedly different than that of a Mavericks concert.
Sigur Ros Brought Us Back to the Womb With a Comforting Show At the Winspear

By Preston Jones
May 26, 2022

Stepping inside the Winspear Opera House Wednesday night was like entering a womb. That sensation only intensified as Icelandic post-rock group Sigur Ros filtered onto the stage

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