After a very successful show in Grand Prairie the night before, we sat down with HIM frontman Ville Valo before the Houston show to talk about returning to touring after a long break, album sales, Helldone, and the possibility of a long awaited Latin American tour. A big thanks to Ville for taking the time once again and keeping up our long standing tradition of sitting down for a chat when he’s in town. It is always a pleasure.
Rock Allegiance Tour Barrels Through Texas
With the summer concert season coming to a close, a few tours were still headed down to the Lone Star State. The Rock Allegiance Tour hit Grand Prairie and Houston, Tx this past week it continued its twenty four city tour of North America. And though ticket sales have been a bit lower than most would have liked, that didn’t stop the bands from putting on a killer show or the fans that were there from showing their love.
Vans Warped Tour braves the Texas heat
It takes a dedicated fan to stand in the sun all day in 106-degree weather for a music festival. On Friday, August 2, approximately 18,000 of these hardcore fans converged on Gexa Energy Pavilion in Fair Park for the 2013 Vans Warped Tour. They braved the heat with good reason: with over 100 bands on nine stages, this is one of the biggest live music events to hit Dallas every year.
Heart, Jason Bonham
Heart performed with Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience at Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas, TX on August 15, 2013. Jason Bonham joined Heart onstage for an encore set of Led Zeppelin favorites.
Mayhem Fest 2013
Mayhem Fest wraps things up in the Texas heat
The first thing you notice about Mayhem Fest is the heat. August in Dallas, Texas is hard on any band playing an outside gig – and hard on the fans – but put three stages full of bands out at Gexa Energy Pavilion and start the whole thing at 1pm and you’ve got a seriously metal experience.
The Sword, Castle
The Sword kicks off tour with Castle and American Sharks
Austin, Texas locals The Sword launched their North American tour on Thursday, July 25, at the Granada Theater in Dallas. Joining them on tour are fellow Austin rockers American Sharks and San Francisco doom/thrash trio Castle.
Valient Thorr, Gypsyhawk, Ramming Speed
Blistering metal at Three Links
One word that doesn’t spring to mind when thinking of metal acts Valient Thorr, Gypsyhawk, and Ramming Speed is “mellow.” And yet, the show featuring these bands at Three Links in Deep Ellum on Thursday, June 27, started out as precisely that. Whether it was due to the oppressive heat outside, or the house music featuring such metal favorites as Michael Bublé, there was a distinctly mellow vibe while waiting for the show to start.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift Turns Dallas Red
What better way to spend a Saturday night than with a few friends at a great concert? How about spending it with 55,000 of them. That’s the number of people that filled Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on May 25, 2013 for Taylor Swift’s Red Tour.
Nerdlesque
Nerdlesque brings geeky sex appeal
A common theme of late, made very apparent during this year’s Super Bowl commercials, is the idea that even the nerd can attract the beautiful woman. This past Thursday, Feb. 21, Molly Macabre and several of her friends showed that sometimes, the nerd is the beautiful woman.
P!nk
Truth About Love Tour rocks Dallas
Friday night, February 22, 2013, was one hell of a way to kick off the weekend in Dallas, Tx. American Airlines Center was sold out and packed to the rafters as fans flocked in to see the first proper tour of the sensational P!nk. And they were not to be disappointed.