Concert News

New Kids on the Block and surprise '80s friends stop in Dallas on '24 summer tour

New Kids on the Block will perform at Dos Equis Pavilion on July 14, 2024.

Photo by Austin Hargrave

Pop group New Kids on the Block will defy time again in 2024 with The Magic Summer Tour, which will include a stop at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on July 14.

They'll be joined on the tour by fellow '80s icons Paula Abdul (who joined them on the 2017 Total Package Tour) and DJ Jazzy Jeff.

The tour, a reimagining of the 1990 tour of the same name, will find the now over-50 "Kids" - Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, and Danny Wood - traveling to 46 cities in a little over two months.

In addition to Dallas, the band will perform in Austin on July 12 and The Woodlands on July 13.

With the tour, NKOTB promises to bring back their best moments and memories, performing their greatest hits, unexpected fan favorites, and surprises. The 1990 tour was notable for their collaboration with Harry Blackstone Jr. to stage magic and illusions within their performance.

New Kids on the Block has released seven albums in their career, with the most recent release being 2013's 10.

Tickets for the tour will be available starting with Fanclub and CITI presales beginning on Wednesday, November 1. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, November 3 at 10 am at LiveNation.com.

Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning on Wednesday, November 1 at 12 pm until Thursday, November 2 at 10 pm through the Citi Entertainment program.

NKOTB The Magic Summer 2024 Tour

June 14 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
June 15 Tinley Park, IL Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
June 18 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 19 Burgettstown, PA The Pavilion at Star Lake
June 21 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
June 22 Maryland Heights, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
June 23 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Amphitheater
June 25 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
June 26 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP
June 28 Denver, CO Ball Arena
June 29 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
July 1 Highland, CA Yaamava' Theater
July 2 Wheatland, CA Toyota Amphitheatre
July 3 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 5 Inglewood, CA Kia Forum
July 6 Palm Desert, CA Acrisure Arena
July 7 Chula Vista, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 9 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
July 10 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
July 12 Austin, TX Germania Insurance Amphitheater
July 13 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented by Huntsman
July 14 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
July 16 Franklin, TN FirstBank Amphitheater
July 17 Franklin, TN FirstBank Amphitheater
July 19 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 20 West Palm Beach, FL iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
July 21 Jacksonville, FL Daily’s Place
July 25 Charleston, SC Credit One Stadium
July 26 Alpharetta, GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
July 27 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
July 28 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park
August 1 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
August 2 Hartford, CT XFINITY Theatre
August 3 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
August 4 Wantagh, NY Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 8 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
August 9 Gilford, NH BankNH Pavilion
August 10 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center
August 11 Saratoga Springs, NY Broadview Stage at SPAC
August 15 Philadelphia, PA TD Pavilion at the Mann
August 16 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 17 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage
August 22 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater
August 23 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
August 24 Milwaukee, WI American Family Insurance Amphitheater
August 25 Noblesville, IN Ruoff Music Center

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Movie Review

Nordic film Fjord challenges cultural and linguistic biases

Photo courtesy of Neon

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In modern society, where fear of “the other” has made many people into insular creatures, it has become easy to get locked into one point of view. The new film Fjord will be a challenging one for many viewers, as it puts forth a situation that confronts narrow-minded thinking and forces even those who think they’re open-minded to re-evaluate their own biases.

Mihai (Sebastian Stan) and Lisbet (Renate Reinsve) are a married couple who have just moved back to Lisbet’s home country of Norway. They have five children, all of whom were born in Romania, Mihai’s home country. The family, which is part of an unspecified Evangelical Christian sect, runs into issues almost right away when their oldest daughter, Elia (Vanessa Ceban), shows up to school with bruises on her body.

A well-intentioned but perhaps overzealous Child Protective Services system gets put into motion, resulting in the children being removed from the home while Mihai and Lisbet are being investigated. The parents, while acknowledging some minor physical punishment, deny doing anything that would cause bruising, and the possible failings of the system mostly get ignored despite a lack of hard evidence.

Written and directed by Cristian Mungiu, the film is an infuriating watch due to its depiction of a system that seems to be oblivious to its own faults. But it’s also illuminating, as the cultural and linguistic divide that exists between the characters in the film could just as easily be applied to those viewing it. Misunderstandings arise as people switch between Norwegian, English, and Romanian, and interpretations of different words or phrases play a crucial role in how people and actions are perceived.

But the film is about much more than just language mix-ups. Mungiu is purposefully vague about Mihai and Lisbet’s religion, but it’s clear that it leans conservative. This puts them at odds with a liberal society in Norway, and more than one character voices their disapproval of the family’s beliefs. The film is framed in such a way, though, that it’s those who are seemingly most progressive who can’t get over their own prejudices, with Mihai and Lisbet rarely being able to object to how they’re being treated.

The cold and forbidding landscape adds to the drama of the film, especially when Mungiu includes side stories from Mihai and Lisbet’s neighbors about, for example, a rebellious neighbor daughter or their ailing father. While those elements don’t impact the plot much, they add complexity to the film as a whole and demonstrate that some characters are more than who they seem to be on the surface.

Stan, who’s had notable roles in recent years in A Different Man and The Apprentice, puts in another solid performance that is less showy. With a bald head and stoic-but-firm demeanor, he brings depth to a potentially unlikable character. Reinsve, coming off the success of Backrooms, is the emotional center of the film and demonstrates chemistry with Stan after co-starring in A Different Man. The supporting cast is all solid, especially the actors portraying lawyers, who bring to life a system that seems much different from that in the U.S.

Fjord does not play out like a typical American film would if it were depicting a similar situation, and by holding back where western storytellers wouldn’t, it allows viewers to make up their own minds on who is right or wrong. Many things go unspoken in the film, and the debate on what should happen with Mihai, Lisbet, and their family continues even after the film ends.

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Fjord is now playing in select theaters.

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