Cheap Concert Tickets

Dallas music fans get ready to line up for $25 tickets to summer concerts

Live Nation's Concert Week offers $25 tickets to see Jennifer Lopez and other artists.

Photo by Norman Jean Roy

National concert promoter Live Nation is throwing out a big discount for live-music fans in Dallas via Concert Week, its annual promotion offering cheap tickets to various shows in cities across the U.S. and Canada, including Dallas, Arlington, and Fort Worth.

Fans will be able to purchase tickets to big shows for $25, for one week onlybetween May 8-14, with the deal good for certain events throughout the summer and even later in the year.

In Dallas-Fort Worth, those shows will include Hootie & The Blowfish at Dos Equis Pavilion on May 30, Dierks Bentley at Dickies Arena on June 7, Jennifer Lopez at American Airlines Center on July 6, Green Day at Globe Life Field on September 11, and more.

The full list of participating events can be found at LiveNation.com/ConcertWeek. When fans find a show they like, they should look for the ticket type labeled “Concert Week Promotion,” add the ticket(s) to their cart, and proceed to checkout.

Concert Week tickets include all fees upfront in the $25 all-in cost; any taxes will be added at checkout as applicable to each city, state, and venue.

Tickets for Concert Week in the U.S. will be available starting with T-Mobile and Rakuten early access on Tuesday, May 7.

The general on-sale for Concert Week will begin on Wednesday, May 8 at 9 am CDT through Tuesday, May 14 at 11:59 pm, or while supplies last.

Live Nation will celebrate Concert Week throughout the month of May with other special offers, promotions, and giveaways, details of which can be found at LiveNation.com.

SOME OF THE 2024 PARTICIPATING SHOWS IN TEXAS

Houston

New Kids on the Block – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented By Huntsman – July 13
Koe Wetzel - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented By Huntsman – July 27
Maggie Rogers - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented By Huntsman – June 1
Five Finger Death Punch - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented By Huntsman – September 19
Kings of Leon – Toyota Center – August 16
Missy Elliot – Toyota Center – July 20
Conan Gray – Smart Financial Centre – October 23
Sarah McLachlan – Smart Financial Centre – July 6

Austin

21 Savage - Germania Insurance Amphitheater – May 14
Pixies - Germania Insurance Amphitheater - June 26
Jennifer Lopez - Moody Center – July 2
New Kids On The Block - Germania Insurance Amphitheater – July 12
Missy Elliott - Moody Center – July 18
Jewel and Melissa Etheridge - Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park – October 1
Breaking Benjamin and Staind - Germania Insurance Amphitheater – October 25
P!nk - Moody Center – November 3

San Antonio

Lionel Richie - Frost Bank Center – June 4
Jennifer Lopez - Frost Bank Center – July 5
Bush - Freeman Coliseum – September 4
Jelly Roll - Frost Bank Center – September 11
Cigarettes After Sex - Frost Bank Center – September 17
Korn - Frost Bank Center – October 21

Dallas/Fort Worth

Hootie & The Blowfish – Dos Equis Pavilion – May 30
Maggie Rogers - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – May 31
Dave Matthews Band – Dos Equis Pavilion – June 1
Dierks Bentley - Dickies Arena – June 7
Pixies & Modest Mouse - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – June 27
Sarah McLachlan - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – July 3
Jennifer Lopez – American Airlines Center - July 6
New Kids On The Block – Dos Equis Pavilion – July 14
Santana - Dickies Arena – August 15
Kings of Leon - Dickies Arena – August 17
Thirty Seconds To Mars – Dos Equis Pavilion – August 27
Dan + Shay – Dos Equis Pavilion – August 30
Green Day – Globe Life Field – September 11

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Movie Review

Daniel Craig searches for elusive new bond in audacious film Queer

Photo courtesy of A24

Drew Starkey and Daniel Craig in Queer.

As recently as the late 2010s, if a movie was made about an LGBTQ+ character, it was more than likely about their coming out experience. Romance, if it existed, was typically chaste, and actual sex was almost completely out of the question. Things have changed dramatically in the 2020s, to the point that a major movie star has no issue starring in a film called Queer.

Based on the 1985 novella by William S. Burroughs, the film features William Lee (Daniel Craig), whom everyone calls just Lee, a writer living in 1950s-era Mexico City who spends most of his time haunting local bars with friends like fellow writer Joe Guidry (Jason Schwartzman) and hitting on younger men. His early interactions in the film seem to indicate that Lee has a bad reputation within the local gay community, as multiple people avoid him or give him odd looks.

Lee senses an opportunity when he encounters a newcomer, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey). Despite some awkward interactions, the two of them start spending time together, although Lee has much more invested in the relationship than Eugene does. Their hit-and-miss bond continues until Lee, who’s starting to get into drugs in addition to the booze, convinces Eugene to accompany him on a trip to South America.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes (making their second straight film together after Challengers), early on the film seems to be mostly about the divide between an older person who’s grown comfortable in his ways and a younger person who’s living a relatively carefree life. The introduction of drugs into the plot changes things, though, with Lee searching out more ways to open his eyes to what the world has to offer.

Guadagnino and his team use some interesting visual storytelling techniques to introduce ideas that may not be present in the actual script. The most successful, demonstrated in multiple scenes, is the superimposition of movements by Lee over what’s actually taking place in the scene. The subtle overlay gives the audience insight into Lee’s true feelings, showing what he can’t or won’t say out loud.

Music also plays a big part in how the plot is perceived, with the use of anachronistic songs from Nirvana and Prince serving to heighten certain moments. The score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross is not as in-your-face as the one they did for Challengers, but it complements the film well, especially when the plot starts to get trippy in its final half hour.

Craig, who appears sweaty and disheveled for much of the film, is about as far from the suaveness of James Bond as you can get in this role. He takes multiple risks with his performance and almost all of them pay off. Starkey’s character is subdued by comparison, but still comes off well. Schwartzman and Lesley Manville are given showy roles, with both using altered appearances that make them nearly unrecognizable to deliver memorable performances.

Queer is not as accessible as Challengers was storytelling-wise, but the fact that it tells a story about gay men living their lives as they see fit with no interference or questions shows how far the film world has come in a short period of time. It also continues Guadagnino’s streak of making audacious films in a way that few other filmmakers are willing or able to approach.

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Queer is now playing in theaters.

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