Rock Concert

Fall Out Boy reaches for the stars with new tour with stop in Dallas

Fall Out Boy will play at Dos Equis Pavilion on June 28, 2023.

Photo by Pamela Littky

Rock band Fall Out Boy will bring their 2023 headlining tour, "So Much For (Tour) Dust," to Dallas with a stop at Dos Equis Pavilion on Wednesday, June 28.

The tour will travel to 29 cities across North America over the course of 46 days, starting with a big show on June 21 at Wrigley Field in their hometown of Chicago, one of several stadium shows on the tour.

In addition to the Dallas date, they will also play at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands outside of Houston on June 27.

The tour is in support of the band’s forthcoming new album, So Much (For) Stardust, set for release on March 24. They'll be joined by Bring Me The Horizon at both Texas shows.

So Much (For) Stardust is Fall Out Boy's eighth studio album since making their debut with 2003's Take This to Your Grave. The band broke out with their sophomore album, From Under the Cork Tree, and have since gone on to have four No. 1 albums, including their three previous releases.

Fall Out Boy last played in the Dallas-Fort Worth area as part of the Hella Mega Tour with Green Day and Weezer, which came to Globe Life Field in Arlington in July 2021.

Ticket pre-sales for the tour go on sale Thursday, February 2 beginning at 10 am. General tickets will be available for purchase beginning Friday, February 3 at 10 am. For all dates and details, go to falloutboy.com/tour.

Fall Out Boy – So Much For (Tour) Dust | 2023 North American Dates

Wednesday, June 21 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
Friday, June 23 Maryland Heights, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Saturday, June 24 Bonner Springs, KS Azura Amphitheater
Tuesday, June 27 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Wednesday, June 28 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
Friday, June 30 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Saturday, July 1 Chula Vista, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sunday, July 2 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium
Wednesday, July 5 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Friday, July 7 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Sunday, July 9≠ Englewood, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 11 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP
Thursday, July 13 Somerset, WI Somerset Amphitheater
Saturday, July 15 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Sunday, July 16 Noblesville, IN Ruoff Music Center
Tuesday, July 18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Wednesday, July 19 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
Friday, July 21 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
Saturday, July 22 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Monday, July 24 West Palm Beach, FL iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Tuesday, July 25 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Wednesday, July 26 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
Saturday, July 29 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre
Sunday, July 30 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
Tuesday, August 1 Forest Hills, NY Forest Hills Stadium
Wednesday, August 2 Boston, MA Fenway Park
Friday, August 4 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater
Saturday, August 5 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sunday, August 6 Camden, NJ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

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Movie Review

Lord of the Rings animated sequel is competent but not Oscar material

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Hèra (Gaia Wise) in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

The Peter Jackson-led Lord of the Rings movie trilogy in the early 21st century was such a smashing success that people have been trying to recreate that magic for a long time. First came the ill-conceived The Hobbittrilogy, which made lots of money despite mostly poor reviews. The recent Amazon TV series, The Rings of Power, has gotten generally good reviews, but doesn’t seem to hold a place in the wider pop culture consciousness.

And now comes The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an anime-style film that seems like an attempt at both reclaiming the world in animated form from the weird 1978 film, and a nostalgia play for fans of the original series. Set 200 years before the events in J.R.R. Tolkien’s books, it nonetheless takes place in two very familiar locations that are recreated to appear exactly like they looked in Jackson’s films.

The story centers around Hèra (voiced by Gaia Wise), the only daughter of King Helm (Brian Cox) of Rohan. An early conflict with Lord Freca (Shaun Dooley) leads Freca’s son, Wulf (Luca Pasqualino), to develop a deep grudge against Helm and his family. Wulf pursues that ill will for years, eventually driving his foes into a fortress in a valley to make a final stand against his aggression.

Based on information found in the appendices of Tolkien’s novels, this is the rare instance when choosing to use animation holds back the creativity of a film. Typically, animation allows filmmakers to do things that wouldn’t be possible in the real world, but director Kenji Kamiyama and his team seem beholden to the look of Jackson’s films. While the animation itself is great, it doesn’t offer the fluidity of live action, and so the action scenes are often stilted and flat.

The story itself is not very compelling, as a quartet of screenwriters have concocted a plot that relies on revenge and heroism tropes that allow the audience to predict almost everything that happens. There are a few surprises to be had, but as the conflict revolves around a strong-willed female and her unwillingness to be told whom to marry, it’s generally clear how the story will be resolved, with only the specific details left to be discovered.

It also would have been great if the film weren’t so dependent on nostalgia for the original films. The two main locations are ones that played a big part in set pieces from those films, and their usage here doesn’t measure up favorably. Eowyn (Miranda Otto) serves as narrator, and other characters/actors from the original trilogy also make appearances, leaving little room for this film to establish itself on its own terms.

The majesty of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, with its New Zealand vistas and incomparable visuals created by Wētā Workshop, set a high bar that none of the subsequent projects have been able to meet. The War of the Rohirrim is a competently-made film, but it doesn’t hold up to scrutiny with the Oscar-quality work of 20+ years prior.

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim opens in theaters on December 13.

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