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How to see Gwen Stefani and other hot musicians for only $20 this summer

Gwen Stefani is one of the big musical acts you can see for just $20 at Gexa Energy Pavilion this summer.

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Gexa Energy Pavilion annually plays host to a slew of big summer concerts, and this year as a special treat — or perhaps to entice people to go out in the heat — Live Nation has announced a special Kickoff to Summer offer, giving fans access to select shows for just $20 per ticket.

While the deal won't include every concert coming to the Fair Park venue this summer — notable omissions include Weezer, Dixie Chicks, and Zac Brown Band — it does feature the vast majority of acts between May 13 and September 17, including Hall & Oates, Darius Rucker, Korn and Rob Zombie, the Avett Brothers, and Gwen Stefani.

That $20 is a flat fee, by the way; Live Nation doesn't hide fees in its purchases. But there is one catch: The promotion only runs for one week, so you'd better pay attention to the times. It starts at 2 am on Friday, May 13, and runs through 9:59 pm on Friday, May 20. Go here to purchase tickets and for more information on the offer.

Below are the Gexa Energy Pavilion shows featured in $20 Kickoff to Summer deal:

May 13: Daryl Hall and John Oates
May 20: Journey and the Doobie Brothers
May 21: Jason Aldean with Thomas Rhett
May 29: 97.1 The Eagle’s BFD 16 featuring Shinedown
June 17: Darius Rucker
June 18: The Avett Brothers
June 25: Slipknot with Marilyn Manson
June 28: G-Eazy and Logic with YG and Yo Gotti
July 7: Jim Gaffigan
July 16: The Art of Rap featuring Public Enemy, MC Lyte, and Ice-T
July 29: Blink-182
July 30: Rascal Flatts
August 4: Korn and Rob Zombie
August 6: 311 and Sublime with Rom
August 12: Disturbed with Breaking Benjamin
August 13: Gwen Stefani with Eve
August 18: Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and Cheap Trick
August 19: Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa
August 20: Dierks Bentley with Randy Houser
August 24: Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon, Tesla
August 27: Brad Paisley with Tyler Farr
September 7: Black Sabbath
September 17: 5 Seconds of Summer

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Driver sentenced in Texas crash that killed Chicks founder Laura Lynch

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Laura Lynch was a founding member of The Chicks.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting his reckless driving caused a head-on collision in rural West Texas that killed Laura Lynch, a founding member of the country music group now known as The Chicks, prosecutors said.

Domenick Chavez, 33, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with December 22, 2023, crash in Hudspeth County, according to a news release from El Paso County District James Montoya, who also oversees nearby Hudspeth County.

The release said Chavez was driving a truck westbound when he tried to pass four vehicles on a two-way undivided highway and collided head-on with Lynch's eastbound truck. Lynch, 65, of Dell City, was trapped in her vehicle and died. Prosecutors said Chavez was traveling between 106 mph (170 kph) and 114 mph (183 kph).

Prosecutors said alcohol wasn't a factor in the crash but that Chavez was driving on a suspended license, which had been revoked due to his failure to comply with DWI-related surcharges and penalties from convictions in 2014 and 2017.

Lynch, along with Robin Lynn Macy and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer, formed The Dixie Chicks in Dallas in the late 1980s. Lynch and Macy eventually left the band and Natalie Maines joined the sisters. The trio hit commercial fame with their breakthrough album Wide Open Spaces in 1998 and have won 13 Grammys. In 2020, the band changed its name to The Chicks.

In a social media post after Lynch's death, The Chicks said Lynch had “infectious energy and humor” and was “instrumental" in the band's early success.

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