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Jingle Ball 2017 holiday concert returns to Dallas with Kesha and more

Jingle Ball is back.

Photo courtesy of Kesha

The Jingle Ball Tour, the annual holiday pop-music concert, is back in 2017, and Dallas will be the launch point, with a lineup that includes The Chainsmokers, Kesha, and Camilla Cabelo.

Two of the other cities on the tour feature Taylor Swift as a headliner. But when you have Kesha, who needs Taylor?

Officially called the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2017 Tour Presented by Capital One, the tour will stop in only a dozen cities. Even without Taylor, Dallas can feel good. It's the first stop on an itinerary that includes big cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Tampa, and Miami.

Tickets go on sale on October 16 at 12 pm, and will be available at iHeartRadio.com/JingleBall. Capital One cardholder get early access to tickets from October 11-14, or while supplies last. They're so optimistic! Those special early tickets will be available at iHeartRadio.com/CapitalOne.

At each city, one Capital One cardholder will also get an exclusive opportunity to announce an artist on stage.

The 2017 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour schedule is as follows:

November 28 — Dallas/American Airlines Center
The Chainsmokers, Charlie Puth, Kesha, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Camila Cabello, Julia Michaels, and Why Don’t We

November 30 — San Francisco/Sap Center, San Jose
Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, Charlie Puth, Camila Cabello, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Julia Michaels, and Why Don’t We

December 1 — Los Angeles/The Forum
Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, The Chainsmokers, Sam Smith, Demi Lovato, Logic, Kesha, Niall Horan, Halsey, Charlie Puth, and Liam Payne

KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2017 will video stream exclusively live on CWTV.com and The CW App and will air as a 90-minute special on The CW Network on December 14.

December 4 — Minneapolis/Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
Fall Out Boy, Kesha, Charlie Puth, Niall Horan, Camila Cabello, Liam Payne, Julia Michaels, and Why Don’t We

December 6 — Philadelphia/Wells Fargo Center
The Chainsmokers, Fall Out Boy, Kesha, Halsey, Logic, Niall Horan, Charlie Puth, Liam Payne, Julia Michaels, and Why Don’t We

December 8 — New York/Madison Square Garden
Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, The Chainsmokers, Sam Smith, Halsey, Fall Out Boy, Demi Lovato, Logic, Charlie Puth, Niall Horan, Camila Cabello, Liam Payne, Julia Michaels, and Why Don’t We

December 10 — Boston/TD Garden
Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Fifth Harmony, Halsey, Charlie Puth, Camila Cabello, and Why Don’t We

December 11 — Washington, D.C./Capital One Arena
Fall Out Boy, Kesha, Logic, Zedd, Charlie Puth, Camila Cabello, Liam Payne, Julia Michaels, and Why Don’t We

December 13 — Chicago/Allstate Arena
The Chainsmokers, Demi Lovato, Charlie Puth, Kesha, Camila Cabello, Liam Payne, Julia Michaels, and Why Don’t We

December 15 — Atlanta/Philips Arena
Demi Lovato, Logic, Zedd, Fifth Harmony, Nick Jonas, Charlie Puth, Camila Cabello, Liam Payne, Julia Michaels, and Why Don’t We

December 16 — Tampa/Amalie Arena
Zedd, Nick Jonas, Charlie Puth, Camila Cabello, Liam Payne, and Why Don’t We

December 17 — Miami/BB&T Center, Fort Lauderdale
Demi Lovato, Logic, Fifth Harmony, Nick Jonas, Charlie Puth, Camila Cabello, Liam Payne, Julia Michaels, and Why Don’t We

As always, 106.1 KISS FM's Jingle Ball in Dallas will work with the Kidd's Kids program of the Kraddick Foundation, whose mission is to provide hope and happiness by creating beautiful memories for families of children with life-altering or life-threatening conditions.

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Movie Review

Andrew Garfield leads peasant rebellion in medieval film The Uprising

Photo by Betina La Plante/Focus Features

Andrew Garfield in The Uprising.

Writer/director Paul Greengrass made his name with a cinéma vérité style of filmmaking that brought immediacy and depth to three Jason Bourne films, United 93, Captain Phillips, and more. In The Uprising, he uses those skills to tell the story of the so-called Peasants’ Revolt in 14th century England.

Greengrass wastes no time starting the main plot as Ploughman (Andrew Garfield) and his fellow villagers object to onerous taxes put on them by the country’s nobility, led by the young King Richard II (Woody Norman), to fund an ongoing war. Ploughman initiates a violent response over the tone-deaf — and unseemly — way the king’s guard go about their business, and the rebellion soon starts to spread across the countryside, with the citizens looking for a degree of autonomy.

The ever-expanding group makes their way toward London to try to make their case to the king himself. Meanwhile, the king’s top advisors, including Archbishop Sudbury (Stephen Dillane) and Treasurer Hales (Tom Hollander), try to usurp power from the inexperienced monarch even as the king’s mother (Katherine Waterston) tries to get him to be more assertive.

The history of the English monarchy is long and lurid, as Shakespeare detailed in multiple plays, including Richard II. Though the events in the film took place almost 650 years ago, it’s easy to see parallels between what the peasants were fighting for and modern-day politics. Greengrass’ storytelling intent is solid, and the righteous anger the citizens feel is initially relatable and palpable.

But the populism theme of the story soon gets bogged down in drudgery and minutiae that is difficult to understand, especially when the details are lost in the thick regional English accents. The leaders of the rebels — including John Ball (Jamie Bell), Wat Tyler (Cosmo Jarvis), and Alyce (Thomasin McKenzie) — are shown doing a lot of planning, but the strong feelings they have about their quest don’t come across well, leaving the audience as passive observers.

When there is action, Greengrass and his team employ a frenetic style that is not great for comprehension. While the gist of what is happening and what side is winning is legible, individual moments go by so quickly so as to be nearly meaningless. Save for Ploughman, any connection that has been made with various characters proves futile, as Greengrass doesn’t seem to have any time for emotion. Scenes that should feel thrilling or heartbreaking instead come off as empty.

Garfield is a two-time Oscar nominee who has done great work across multiple genres. He’s fine in this role, but whether it’s the story, the filmmaking, or something else, he’s not as captivating as usual. The same goes for other strong actors like Bell, McKenzie, Dillane, Hollander, and Waterston, who each seem to be giving their all to their performances but are somehow muted in the process.

Done right, The Uprising could have been a rip-roaring account of people standing up against their oppressors. What Greengrass has made, though, is a film that can’t translate its medieval story for a modern audience and concentrates too much on unexciting elements and too little on thrilling ones.

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The Uprising is now playing in theaters.

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