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The Black Keys Rocked Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, But Tastefully

Dan Auerbach, an electric guitar slung around his neck, stood just to the side of center stage. “Let’s go back to Akron right now, down in the basement, and play some basement music,” he said to the...

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The 10 Best Concerts of the Week: Frankie Leonie, Remy Reilly, Allison Moorer...

This week is chock-full of badass shows to go to in North Texas. If you're planning to attend the Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase though, you might want to clear your schedule for Monday,...

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Rufus Wainwright, Even in Red Ruby Slippers, Isn’t Looking to Go Back

Time seemed more slippery than usual this past Friday night at the Majestic Theatre. Standing before a near-capacity audience, Rufus Wainwright, clad in a Western shirt, black jeans and glittering ruby...

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The 1975’s Grand Prairie Show Defied the Division Between Music Genres

Tom Waits once said: "This whole division between genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music. Like anything that is purely economic, it ignores the...

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Dickies Arena Was the Perfect Host for KISS FM’s Jingle Ball

iHeartRadio’s annual Jingle Ball (or 106.1 KISS FM’s Jingle Ball, as far as DFW is concerned) made its way through Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena on Tuesday night, and as tradition has it, half a dozen of...

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What You Missed at the DOMA Showcase

The Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase took place this Saturday night in Deep Ellum and even though we nominated the acts, they exceeded even our own expectations. Over 40 nominated bands played in...

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On Thursday, Megan Thee Stallion Took a Final Exam. On Friday, She Sold Out...

On Dec. 12, Megan Thee Stallion was given a Powerhouse Award at the 2019 Billboard Women in Music event at Los Angeles’s Hollywood Palladium. As Billboard reports, she arrived late because she had a...

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Cher Proved She Has Nothing to Prove on Thursday Night in Dallas

You may ask yourself: What does Cher have left to prove? The answer, of course, is nothing. With an Emmy, an Oscar, a Grammy, a three-year Las Vegas residency, 100 million records sold around the world...

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The 10 Best North Texas Concerts in 2019

In North Texas, a prime central touring spot, we get our abundant share of big-name visitors. This past year was no exception, with stops by Donald Trump and Beto O'Rourke (on the same day), and by...

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Bayleigh Cheek Is Starting 2020 Right with New Single ‘Release Me’

Since 2015, local musician Bayleigh Cheek has hopped from one North Texas venue to another with her candy apple-red Gretch electric guitar to accompany her haunting vocals. For a while, she would stand...

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Black Pumas Bring the Fun to the First of 3 Sold-Out Dallas Shows

Late in the evening, long after a packed Canton Hall had lost itself in a blissful fog of sinuous grooves, searing guitar licks and soulful vocals, Black Pumas’ Eric Burton made a confession. “I’m...

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Tool Overstayed Their Welcome at American Airlines Center on Wednesday Night

Over the span of a three-decade career, progressive metal juggernaut Tool has, from a commercial and artistic standpoint, become the envy of almost every contender in the genre. In a 13-year stretch,...

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Dwight Yoakam’s Friday Night Show at Bomb Factory Reinforced His Devotion to...

The most dangerous thing that can happen to an art form is for it to be treated gently — relevance calcified into reverence. There is no doubting Dwight Yoakam’s devotion to country music — his was a...

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Celine Dion’s Monday Night Show at AAC Gives Us a Break From All That’s Wrong...

From all outward appearances, Celine Dion is unmarred by time. Her eyes — beaming at the near-capacity audience from one of several enormous video screens — sparkle as ever. Her wide, white smile beams...

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Miranda Lambert’s Dallas Show Was a Satisfying Overview of Her Remarkable Career

“I’m so happy to be home right now, I can’t even stand it!” Miranda Lambert shouted on Saturday night. Whether in a Stockyards honky-tonk, an Arlington football stadium or a Dallas amphitheater, there...

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Yola Was Simply Flawless at The Kessler on Sunday Night

It took all of 40 seconds. The woman born Yolanda Quartey, standing before a sold-out Kessler Theater Sunday night, resplendent in her afro, clad in a black gown and performing under her musical...

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Dear Dallas: A Great Band Came to Town, You Missed It and They Felt It

Dallas, we have a problem. Portland’s genre-smashing, horn-driven intergalactic glam performance band Lovebomb Go-Go landed at Three Links in Deep Ellum on Wednesday in the middle of a cold, wet...

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Erykah Badu Celebrated Her Birthday with 4,300 of Her Closest Friends

This past Saturday night, Erykah Badu was scheduled to perform as part of her annual birthday celebration. And the legendary singer is usually so legendarily late, that she made a post on social media...

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The Eagles Reckoned With Their Legacy on Saturday Night in Dallas

What does it mean to reckon with your legacy? Does confronting a creative achievement — even if it’s the product of decades past, when you were someone else entirely — constitute a form of...

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Harry Connick Jr. Was Too Comfortable at the Winspear Stage on Sunday

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....

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