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

Shaun the Sheep gets PG-spooky in new movie for the Halloween season

Photo courtesy of Aardman / Sky UK LTD / StudioCanal 2026

Shaun the Sheep in Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.

Since his introduction over 30 years ago, the Aardman Animations character Shaun the Sheep has been almost as popular as the studio’s flagship characters, Wallace and Gromit. There is never a shortage of trouble Shaun can get into as he leads his flock and proves to be a thorn in the side of his farmer and Bitzer, the farmer’s loyal sheepdog.

His antics lead everyone down some slightly spooky roads in the new film, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. At first, things are only slightly awry as Shaun and the flock are growing a secret pumpkin patch to have their own jack-o-lanterns. But when the farmer accidentally destroys the pumpkin patch, Shaun tries to regrow it quickly with a Frankenstein-esque experiment.

However, disaster looms when Shaun uses an old bottle of Hair-Gro as the container for the serum he creates. Naturally, the balding farmer uses it on his head, and everyone soon discovers how truly successful it is, with pumpkins growing out of control and the farmer sprouting hair all over his body. Through a series of mishaps, the farmer becomes the titular beast, creating mayhem while Shaun and others try to stop him.

Directed by Steve Cox and Matthew Walker, and written by Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow, the film goes down just as easy as every other Aardman project has. They get the Halloween vibes started from the opening credits, with things like the sheep doing the “Thriller” dance, and continue the fun throughout, referencing everything from Psycho to Friday the 13th in a nice, PG way.

With no script — every character is mute save for reaction noises — the movie relies on sight gags for its humor, and the Aardman team is endlessly inventive in that respect. Sometimes it’s small things like a sheep using toilet paper rolls as binoculars, and sometimes it’s something like forcing the Bigfoot-like farmer to be shaped into a rectangle as he escapes through a window. But there’s a never-ending stream of such moments, so even if one doesn’t tickle your funny bone, chances are the next one will.

The biggest benefit of the characters not talking is that there’s no need for deep character development. The filmmakers do a great job of giving the basic traits of each character, and then use those attributes to color everyone’s actions for the rest of the film. Shaun is the troublemaker, the farmer is a bumbling fool, Bitzer is preternaturally smart, and the town’s vet is empathetic, and the combination of those characters and others makes for a highly entertaining blend.

Like all Aardman creations, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is a fun lark that doesn’t make its audience think too hard. With just enough references to keep viewers engaged but not so many as to be overbearing, the film puts its well-worn characters to good use once again, delivering a Halloween season story that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

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Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is now playing in theaters.

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