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Post Malone sets Dallas date on upcoming tour - and pleads for fans to show up

Post Malone will play at Dos Equis Pavilion on August 5.

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UPDATE 5-18-2023: Post Malone will now play a second show at Dallas' Dos Equis Pavilion, on Sunday, August 6. According to a release, tickets for the newly added shows will be available starting with a Citi presale beginning 12 pm Thursday, May 18. General on-sale for all dates will begin 10 am Friday, May 19 at livenation.com.

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Rapper/singer Post Malone will continue his road warrior ways with the upcoming "If Y'all Weren’t Here, I’d Be Crying" Tour, which will make a stop at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on August 5.

The tour is in support of his forthcoming album, Austin, the fifth of his career. It will be released July 28, shortly before the Dallas concert.

The 24-city tour, starting in Noblesville, Indiana on July 8, gives Post Malone just a short break, as he's finishing up the European leg of his 22-23 "Twelve Carat Tour" on May 20. In fact, Dallas-Fort Worth fans just saw the Grapevine-raised superstar perform, as he played in both Dallas and Fort Worth in October 2022.

This time around, he'll only be stopping in two Texas cities; the Dallas concert will be followed by Houston on August 8. Austin fans will have to make do with having a whole album named for their city.

Austinis likely to be as popular as Post Malone's previous four albums, each of which reached the top 5 on the Billboard 200, with two - 2017's Beerbongs and Bentleys and 2019's Hollywood's Bleeding - going to No. 1. The first single from the new album, “Mourning,” will be released on Friday, May 19.

“I love y’all so very much and I’m so excited to get out and do some more shows for y’all," said Post Malone in a statement. "Help me put a baby through college and come on out. Some cool new production, new songs, and a very very handsome man up on stage. Sending love to you and yours.”

Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning on Wednesday, May 17 at 10 am until Thursday, May 18 at 11:59 pm through the Citi Entertainment program.

Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, May 19 at 10 am at livenation.com.

The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, access to the World Pong League VIP Lounge, exclusive VIP gift items, and more.

IF Y'ALL WEREN’T HERE, I’D BE CRYING 2023 TOUR DATES

Sat Jul 08 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Sun Jul 09 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
Tue Jul 11 – Detroit, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Wed Jul 12 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
Fri Jul 14 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sat Jul 15 – East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Mon Jul 17 – Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
Wed Jul 19 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Sat Jul 22 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Sun Jul 23 – Hartford, CT– XFINITY Theatre
Tue Jul 25 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Wed Jul 26 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Sat Jul 29 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Mon Jul 31 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Tue Aug 01 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Thu Aug 03 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
Sat Aug 05 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
Tue Aug 08 – Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Thu Aug 10 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
Sat Aug 12 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 13 – San Diego, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tue Aug 15 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre
Wed Aug 16 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sat Aug 19 – San Bernardino, CA – Glen Helen Amphitheater

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Movie Review

Atypical movie musical Emilia Pérez upends expectations at every turn

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Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez.

Musicals have been used as a medium to convey all sorts of different stories, from the Old West to cats to one of the Founding Fathers. But it takes a certain kind of imagination to think that the story of a cartel boss wanting to transition into being a woman as she quits the drug business is a prime candidate for an original movie musical, as is done in Emilia Pérez.

The person with that unusual thinking is French writer/director Jacques Audiard, who in addition to making the film a musical, decided to do it almost entirely in Spanish, a language he doesn’t even speak. Adding to all the other atypical aspects, the main character of the film is not the one after whom the film is named. Instead, it’s Rita Mora Castro (Zoe Saldaña), the lawyer hired by cartel boss Manitas Del Monte (Karla Sofía Gascón) to help her achieve her dream of becoming a woman.

Of course, that dream comes with consequences, most importantly how to separate the soon-to-be Emilia Pérez from her wife, Jessi (Selena Gomez), and her kids without arousing suspicion. The solution, as well as the “death” of Manitas, is elegant, but after a period of time Emilia finds herself longing for her kids again. Rita re-enters to set up the arrangements, setting in motion a series of events that are both predictable and unpredictable.

The musical sequences of the film are fascinating, mostly because they don’t adhere to the rules typically used in musical films. More often than not they pop up out of nowhere, with a character speaking normally and then deciding that the next line needs to be the start of a song. This allows Audiard to utilize all sorts of locations as the settings for the sequences, as well as the incorporation of unorthodox elements, such as the loading of guns as musical beats.

Even though ninety percent of the film is in Spanish with English subtitles, none of the feeling of the story is lost in translation. Several of the songs are certified bangers, with the repetition of phrases giving them a great rhythm even if you have to keep glancing down to understand what they’re singing. Each of the main three characters get a chance to shine even though none of the songs require the actors to belt them out.

Audiard does a subtle job of commenting on the experience of being a transgender woman in the position that Emilia finds herself. Her desire to live her life as she’s always wanted is in conflict with still wanting to see her kids, as she doesn’t want to reveal the person she used to be. Her personal life is also in conflict with a newfound urge to help families that were victimized by Manitas. The ever-changing story keeps both the characters and the audience on their toes.

Saldaña, whose time in the worlds of Star Trek, Marvel, and Avatar the past 15 years has been her biggest exposure, digs deep into this character, putting on a compelling performance. So too does Gascón, a Spanish transgender actor who embodies every aspect of her role in a manner only someone like her could. Gomez seems slightly miscast, but she has enough solid scenes to justify her presence in the film.

Emilia Pérez is a film that upends expectations at almost every turn. While it might have also worked as a non-musical, the music side of it supports the story in unconventional ways, drawing the audience deeper into a story that itself is out of the ordinary.

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Emilia Pérez is now streaming on Netflix.

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