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Country duo Dan + Shay will bring heartbreak to Dallas on upcoming tour

Dan + Shay will tour this spring and summer.

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Country act Dan + Shay are coming to Dallas: The duo has extended its 2024 The Heartbreak On The Map Tour, and will now include a stop at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on Friday, August 30.

Originally scheduled to run from February 29-April 13 and to hit only 19 cities, the tour has been extended through the summer, picking up on July 18 in Cincinnati, Ohio, then traveling to 30 more cities over two months, before ending on September 12 in Denver, Colorado.

Dallas is one of two new dates added in Texas, along with Houston on August 31.

Texas stops will now include:

Austin (March 7)
Fort Worth (March 8)
Dallas (August 30)
The Woodlands (August 31)

The tour is named after the third single, “Heartbreak On The Map,” from Dan + Shay's fifth album, Bigger Houses, which was released in September 2023.

They will also soon be returning to NBC's The Voice, this time as the first-ever coaching duo in the show’s history. They'll be joined on season 25 - which starts on February 26 - by Reba McEntire, John Legend, and Chance the Rapper.

Tickets for the tour will be available starting with presales beginning February 20 at 11 am, and a Dan + Shay presale at 12 pm. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on February 23 at 10 am.

The Heartbreak On The Map Tour dates

Thu, Feb 29: Greenville, SC - Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Fri, Mar 1: Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena
Sat, Mar 2: Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Thu, Mar 7: Austin, TX - Moody Center ATX
Fri, Mar 8: Fort Worth, TX - Dickies Arena
Sat, Mar 9: Oklahoma City, OK - Paycom Center
Thu, Mar 14: Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
Fri, Mar 15: Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
Sat, Mar 16: Knoxville, TN - Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
Wed, Mar 20: Savannah, GA - Enmarket Arena
Thu, Mar 21: Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
Fri, Mar 22: Chicago, IL - United Center
Thu, Apr 4: Milwaukee, WI - Fiserv Forum
Fri, Apr 5: Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
Sat, Apr 6: Omaha, NE - CHI Health Center Omaha
Sun, Apr 7: Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center
Thu, Apr 11: Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
Fri, Apr 12: Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
Sat, Apr 13: Boston, MA - TD Garden
Thu Jul 18: Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
Fri Jul 19: Noblesville, IN - Ruoff Music Center
Sat Jul 20: St. Louis, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Thu Jul 25: Toronto, ON - Budweiser Stage
Fri Jul 26: Syracuse, NY - Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview
Sat Jul 27: Gilford, NH - BankNH Pavilion
Thu Aug 01: Clarkston, MI - Pine Knob Music Theatre
Fri Aug 02: Burgettstown, PA - The Pavilion at Star Lake
Sat Aug 03: Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
Fri Aug 09: Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
Sat Aug 10: Wantagh, NY - Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Sun Aug 11: Bangor, ME - Maine Savings Amphitheater
Thu Aug 15: Charleston, SC - Credit One Stadium
Fri Aug 16: Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion
Sat Aug 17: Raleigh, NC - Coastal Credit Union Music Park
Thu Aug 22: West Palm Beach, FL - iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Fri Aug 23: Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sat Aug 24: Alpharetta, GA - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Thu Aug 29: Rogers, AR | Walmart AMP
Fri Aug 30: Dallas, TX | Dos Equis Pavilion
Sat Aug 31: Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Thu Sep 05: Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Fri Sep 06: Chula Vista, CA - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Thu Sep 12: Ridgefield, WA - RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Fri Sep 13: Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater
Sat Sep 14: Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sun Sep 15: Stateline, NV - Lake Tahoe Harveys Outdoor Arena
Thu Sep 19: Nampa, ID - Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
Fri Sep 20: West Valley City, UT - Utah First Credit Union Amphitheater
Sat Sep 21: Denver, CO - Fiddlers Green Amphitheater

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Movie Review

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie chases nostalgia for shiny but shallow sequel

Photo courtesy of Nintendo and Illumination

Yoshi, Mario, and Luigi in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

When The Super Mario Bros. Movie came out in 2023, it had two big things going for it. Audiences had little experience with a fully-animated video game adaptation, and certainly not from a property as revered as Super Mario Bros. And coming from Illumination Entertainment and featuring an all-star cast, the massive budget for the film was on the screen, showing how much effort the filmmakers put into at least the visuals.

Three years later comes the sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, passing over a massive number of Mario games to go straight to 2007’s Super Mario Galaxy, originally put out for Nintendo’s Wii system. This time, the returning Mario (Chris Pratt), Luigi (Charlie Day), Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy), and Toad (Keegan-Michael Key), now joined by Yoshi (Donald Glover), are sent on a mission to save Princess Rosalina (Brie Larson) from the evil clutches of Bowser Jr. (Benny Safdie), who’s trying to prove his worth to his dad, Bowser (Jack Black).

And that is about as much actual story there is to be found in a film that feels like a slog even at a brief 98 minutes. The filmmakers - directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, co-directors Pierre Leduc and Fabien Polack, and writer Matthew Fogel - have lots of fun inserting references from a bunch of different Mario games, but they pay little attention to giving the characters anything to do that makes sense.

Instead, small groups are shuttled around different points in the galaxy - sometimes using game mechanics, sometimes not - to accomplish minor goals that are forgotten almost as soon as they’re named. Nothing they do rises to the level of exciting or even interesting; everything is merely an excuse to showcase another part of Mario lore for the masses.

It’s impossible to call the filmmaking lazy, as the visuals remain top notch and it’s clear the entire crew put a lot of effort into making every scene as appealing as possible. But the film is certainly cynical, throwing out empty treats like Fox McCloud (Glen Powell) or Bowser Jr.’s magic paintbrush to give Nintendo mega-fans a rush of serotonin without attaching those elements to anything substantial.

I have long railed against using big-name actors in voiceover roles, arguing that few people know or care whose voice they’re hearing in animated films. Somehow, this film makes the idea worse, as the voices of people like Key, Glover and Safdie are changed so that you would never know it’s them, something that’s especially strange for Glover since Yoshi only says one word - “Yoshi.”

Even stranger is that, after making a joke in the first film about Mario not having an Italian accent, Pratt goes in and out of an accent in this film. At least he and Day feel like they’re having fun. Bowser is sidelined for a good amount of this film, giving Black not much to do overall. Taylor-Joy and Larson might as well be anonymous actors for all the impact they make on their roles.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is the worst kind of fan service, delivering a shiny product that might make some people feel good in the moment, but something that is forgotten the second they step out of the theater. If Nintendo is to continue adapting their properties, they’d do well to give their fans a film they want to see more than once.

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is now playing in theaters.

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