Another '80s Comeback

Huey Lewis & the News to relive Sports heyday at Dallas concert

The AT&T Performing Arts Center has once again jumped on the '80s nostalgia train, bringing in Huey Lewis & the News to play at Annette Strauss Square on Thursday, June 13, as part of the group's 30th anniversary tour for their iconic album, Sports.

In the mid-1980s, there was no bigger band in the world than Huey Lewis & the News. Sports, which yielded such hit songs as "The Heart of Rock & Roll," "Heart & Soul," "I Want a New Drug" and "If This Is It," sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.

In 1985, they became even bigger after they wrote "The Power of Love" — which earned an Oscar nomination — and "Back in Time" for the Back to the Future soundtrack, launching them into true superstardom.

Their reign was short-lived, however. Although their follow-up album, Fore!, was well-received, subsequent albums were not. Consequently, the band has released only three albums of new music in the last 20 years, none of which have come close to the sales of albums released during their peak.

It's no surprise, then, that Huey Lewis & the News have returned to the material that made them stars. In addition to the tour, the band will release a special digitally remastered edition of the album on May 14, with live bonus tracks that were recorded — you guessed it — back in the '80s.

Meteor News

Best time to see the Draconid meteor shower in Dallas this week

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Meteor shower

A meteor shower will be visible from most of North America, including Dallas, during the week of October 6-10.

The Draconid meteor shower – also called the Giacobinids – is predicted to produce the most meteor activity on the night of October 7 and through the early hours of October 8. The peak is expected to occur at 12 am on Monday night/Tuesday morning.

But there will still be sightings on subsequent nights, stargazing experts say, with the overall duration of the shower extending from October 6-10.

According to EarthSky, a cool website devoted to all things starry, the Draconids will be visible right after it gets dark, rather than the more common early morning hours most meteor showers are visible.

The best time will be just after sunset, until around midnight. Viewers won't have to stay up until the crack of dawn.

Helping to make the meteor even more visible is a waxing moon, barely a crack — only 27 percent illuminated — which will cast less light and keep the sky darker overall.

EarthSky says that the meteors are radiating from two stars known as the Dragon’s Eyes, called Eltanin and Rastaban, found in the constellation Draco. Which is located in between the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper.

However, the meteor shower will be visible across the sky.

The shower is dubbed a "sleeper" in that it produces only a handful of meteors — 10 per hour. But they move slower, so the duration of each streak of light sometimes lasts longer — one to two seconds, rather than a rapid flash.

Meteor showers consist of debris left behind by comets and asteroids, which throw off bits of rock and ice as they orbit the sun. The Draconids are the result of Earth passing through this trail from the comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. The comet completes an orbit of the sun about every seven years, and according to CNN, the last time got this close to Earth was in September 2018.

The best way to see it is to find a place that's far from artificial light, then lie on your back and look up at the sky with a wide view. No special equipment is needed.

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