Concert News

Get tickets to all the big summer concerts in Dallas for only $25

Including these guys who are baaaacckk.

Photo courtesy of Backstreet Boys

Cheap concert tickets are back: Live Nation has revived Concert Week, its now-annual ticket spree offering $25 all-in tickets to more than 3,700 shows across North America this year.

The week-long program celebrates one of the biggest years for live music and marks the kick-off to an epic summer concert season.

Concert Week gives all live music fans access to participating Live Nation events with a special $25 ticket offer, and that even includes taxes and fees, $25 flat, no questions asked.

This includes clubs, theaters, amphitheaters, arenas, and stadiums, including major acts across all genres: country, hip-hop, Latin, metal, pop, rock, who are we leaving out, no one.

Big names include Backstreet Boys, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Halsey, H.E.R., Imagine Dragons, John Legend, Machine Gun Kelly, Nelly, OneRepublic, Shawn Mendes, The Chicks, The Who, Wiz Khalifa & Logic, Wu-Tang Clan & Nas, and Zac Brown Band. The full list is below.

The $25 Concert Week tickets will go on sale Wednesday May 4 at 9 am at livenation.com/concertweek through Tuesday May 10, or while supplies last.

Presales are available for Citi card members since Citi is the official card of the Live Nation Concert Week. Citi card holders get access to tickets one day earlier, beginning Tuesday May 3 at 7 am. For complete presale details,, visit www.citientertainment.com.

(Rakuten members can purchase presale tickets starting Tuesday, May 3 at 11 am. Sign up for Rakuten by May 1st to receive a pre-sale access code via email.)

Participating artists celebrating Concert Week include pretty much every act that's coming through town but let's go ahead and list them, in alphabetical order no less, from A to Z, and yes there are at least two bands whose names begin with Z:

070 Shake, 24Kgoldn, 311, 5 Seconds of Summer, Aerosmith, AFI, AJR, Alanis Morissette, Alejandra Guzman, Alejandro Fernandez, Alice Cooper, Alice In Chains & Breaking Benjamin + Bush, Alicia Keys, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, Atmosphere with Iration
Backstreet Boys, BANKS, Barenaked Ladies, Bastille, Ben Platt, Ben Rector, Benny the Butcher, Bert Kreischer, Biffy Clyro, Big K.R.I.T., Big Time Rush, Bill Burr, Bill Maher, Bleachers, Bon Iver, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Bonnie Raitt, Boyz II Men, Brad Paisley, Brandi Carlile, Brian Regan, Brooks & Dunn
Caifanes, Celeste Barber, Camilo Septimo, CHEER Live, Chelsea Handler, Chet Faker, Chicago and Brian Wilson, Chris Rock, Chris Young, Clannad, Coheed and Cambria, COIN, Collective Soul, Courtney Barnett
Daniel Tosh, Darius Rucker, Dashboard Confessional, Dave Chappelle, David Gray, Death Cab for Cutie, Debbie Gibson, Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe, Deftones, Denzel Curry, Derek Hough, Devo, Dierks Bentley, Disturbed, Duran Duran
EarthGang, Elvis Costello, Enanitos Verdes, Encanto: The Sing Along Film Concert
Franz Ferdinand, Freddie Gibbs
Gabriel Iglesias, Garbage, George Lopez, Gera MX, Gloria Trevi, Goo Goo Dolls, Greensky Bluegrass, GriZ
H.E.R., HAIM, Halestorm & The Pretty Reckless, Halsey, Hank Williams Jr., Hombres G
Iliza Shlesinger, Illenium, Imagine Dragons, Incubus, Indigo Girls, Interpol & Spoon, Iration
Jack Johnson, Jack White, James Taylor, Jason Aldean, Jason Isbell, Jim Gaffigan, Jimmy Buffett, John Legend, John Mulaney, Jon Pardi, Jonas Brothers, Josh Groban, Judah & the Lion, jxdn
Kane Brown, Kany Garcia, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Kevin Hart, Kid Rock, King Princess, Kip Moore, KISS, Koffee, Korn & Evanescence, Kountry Wayne, Kraftwerk
Lady A, LANY, Lauv, Lee Brice, Leon Bridges, Lewis Black, Lord Huron, Los Angeles Azules, Luke Bryan, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mac DeMarco, Machine Gun Kelly, Maren Morris, Margaret Cho, Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin, Megadeth, Metric, Miranda Lambert & Little Big Town, Morrissey, Mother Mother
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nelly, New Found Glory, New Kids On The Block, Nick Cannon Presents: MTV Wild 'N Out Live, Nikki Glaser, Norah Jones
O.A.R., ODESZA, Omar Apollo, OneRepublic & NEEDTOBREATHE, Our Lady Peace
Parker McCollum, Patton Oswalt, Pet Shop Boys, Pitbull, Porter Robinson, Primus, Puddle of Mudd, Purity Ring
Randy Rainbow, Ray LaMontagne, Rebelution, Rels B, REO Speedwagon & Styx with Loverboy, Rex Orange County, Rise Against, Rob Zombie & Mudvayne, Rod Stewart, Roxy Music, RÜFÜS DU SOL, RuPaul's Drag Race, Russ
Sam Hunt, Sammy Hagar, Santana & Earth, Wind, & Fire, Sebastián Yatra, Shania Twain, Shawn Mendes, Sheryl Crow, Shinedown, Sigur Rós, Simple Plan, Slipknot, Spoon, Static-X , Steely Dan, Sting, SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA, Summer Walker, Switchfoot, Sylvan Esso
T-Pain, Tai Verdes, Tash Sultana, Tears For Fears, TECH N9NE, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tenacious D, Tesla, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Avett Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Black Crowes, The Black Keys, The Chainsmokers, The Chicks, The Doobie Brothers, The Head and The Heart, The Killers, The Marcus King Band, The Offspring, The Who, Third Eye Blind, Thomas Rhett, Tim McGraw, Tina Fey, Train
UB40
Vance Joy
Wanda Sykes, Willie Nelson, Wiz Khalifa & Logic, Wu-Tang Clan & Nas
Yola, Yungblud
Zac Brown Band, and ZZ Top

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Movie Review

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is better than the first but not by much

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Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Blumhouse Productions first made their name with the Paranormal Activity series, establishing themselves as a leader in the horror genre thanks to their relatively cheap yet effective movies. In recent years, they’ve added on “soft” horror films likeM3GAN and Five Nights at Freddy’s to draw in a younger audience, with both films becoming so successful that each was quickly given a sequel.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 finds Mike (Josh Hutcherson) and his sister Abby (Piper Rubio) still recovering from the events of the first film, with Abby particularly missing her “friends.” Those friends just so happen to be the souls of murdered children who inhabit animatronic characters at the long-defunct Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, children who were abducted and killed by William Afton (Matthew Lillard).

A new threat emerges at another Freddy Fazbear’s location in the form of Charlotte, another murdered child who inhabits a creepy large marionette. Mike, distracted by a possible romance with Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail), fails to keep track of Abby, who makes her way to the old pizzeria and inadvertently unleashes Charlotte and her minions on the surrounding town.

Directed by Emma Tammi and written by Scott Cawthon (who also created the video game on which the series is based), the film tries to mix together goofy elements with intense scenes. One particular sequence, in which the security guard for Freddy Fazbear’s lets a group of ghost hunters onto the property, toes the line between soft and hard horror. That and a few others show the potential that the filmmakers had if they had stuck to their guns.

Unfortunately, more often than not they either soft-pedal things that would normally be horrific, or can’t figure out how to properly stage scenes. The sight of animatronic robots wreaking havoc is one that is simultaneously frightening and laughable, and the filmmakers never seem to find the right balance in tone. Every step in the direction of making a truly scary horror film is undercut by another in which the robots fail to live up to their promise.

It doesn’t help that Cawthon gives the cast some extremely wooden dialogue, lines that none of the actors can elevate. What may work in a video game format comes off as stilted when said by actors in a live-action film. The story also loses momentum quickly after the first half hour or so, with Cawthon seemingly content to just have characters move from place to place with no sense of connection between any of the scenes.

Hutcherson (The Hunger Games series), after being the true lead of the first film, is given very little to do in this film, and his effort is equal to his character’s arc. The same goes for Lail, whose character seems to be shoehorned into the story. Rubio is called upon to carry the load for a lot of the movie, and the teenager is not quite up to the task. A brief appearance by Skeet Ulrich seems to be a blatant appeal to Scream fans, but he and Lillard only underscore how limited this film is compared to that franchise.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is better than the first film, but not by much. The filmmakers do a decent job of making the new marionette character into a great villain, but they fail to capitalize on its inherent creepiness. Instead, they fall back on less effective elements, ensuring that the film will be forgettable for anyone other than hardcore Freddy fans.

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Five Nights at Freddy's 2 opens in theaters on December 5.

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