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Country superstar Tim McGraw returns to Dallas on new 2026 summer tour

Tim McGraw will play at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on September 11.

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Country music superstar Tim McGraw is going on the road once again in 2026, this time with The Pawn Shop Guitar Tour that will include a stop at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on Friday, September 11.

The 33-date tour, kicking off on July 9 in Bethel Woods, New York, will mostly go to outdoor amphitheaters across the U.S. and Canada, although McGraw's second Texas stop will be at Moody Center in Austin.

Virginia country band 49 Winchester will serve as opening act on most dates, with Timothy Wayne joining in both Dallas and Austin.

The tour will also include three special stadium concerts, where McGraw will be joined by special guests The Chicks and Lady A. (Unfortunately, the Dallas show isn't a stadium concert - disappointing for fans of The Chicks, who got their start in Dallas).

The tour is named after a new track from McGraw entitled “Pawn Shop Guitar,” which is set for release in March. McGraw's most recent album was Standing Room Only in 2023.

With more than 30 years in the music business, McGraw remains one of the most popular artists in the country genre. Only three of his 17 albums have failed to make the top two on Billboard's Country chart, with 13 of them going to No. 1.

Tickets for the tour will first be available via an artist presale starting on Wednesday, February 4 at 10 am through a premium version of his fan experience, McGrawONE+.

Those who download the new app will get a code to get first shot at tickets, content, and more.

A Citi presale will follow starting on Thursday, February 5, and additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, February 6 at 10 am at timmcgraw.com.

Tim McGraw - 2026 Summer Tour Dates

July 9, 2026 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
July 10, 2026 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
July 11, 2026 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium (with The Chicks and Lady A)
July 16, 2026 – Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre
July 17, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 18, 2026 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
July 23, 2026 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
July 24, 2026 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
July 25, 2026 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 30, 2026 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park (with The Chicks and Lady A)
July 31, 2026 – Syracuse, NY – Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview
August 1, 2026 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
August 6, 2026 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
August 7, 2026 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
August 8, 2026 – Daniel Island - Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium
August 13, 2026 – Birmingham, AL – Coca-Cola Amphitheater
August 14, 2026 – Charlotte, NC – Truliant Amphitheater (PNC Music Pavilion)
August 15, 2026 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
August 21, 2026 – Kansas City, MO – Morton Amphitheater
August 22, 2026 – East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 23, 2026 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Field (with The Chicks and Lady A)
August 27, 2026 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
August 28, 2026 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 29, 2026 – Grand Rapids, MI – Acrisure Amphitheater
September 10, 2026 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
September 11, 2026 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
September 12, 2026 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
September 17, 2026 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
September 18, 2026 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
September 19, 2026 – Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
September 24, 2026 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
September 25, 2026 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
September 26, 2026 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

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Dallas alt hip-hop group wins prestigious Tiny Desk Contest by NPR

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As winners of the Tiny Desk Contest, Cure for Paranoia will record their own Tiny Desk concert and go on tour.

Few live recording studios or musical web series have the cultural sway of NPR's Tiny Desk, and a Dallas band is poised to make an impactful debut: Cure For Paranoia, an alternative hip-hop project by rapper Cameron McCloud and producers Tomahawk Jonez and Jay Analo, has won the high-stakes annual Tiny Desk Contest for 2026.

They'll record their official Tiny Desk show "soon," the announcement by NPR says.

Winning the concert also means Cure for Paranoia is going on tour. The only Texas stop will be at Emo's Austin on June 24.

Tiny Desk is known for platforming both niche and majorly successful artists — NPR posted a new Foo Fighters set on YouTube on May 13 — for stripped-down sets that are literally played behind former All Things Considered director Bob Boilen's old desk. (Fun fact for Texans: Tiny Desk was created because folk artist Laura Gibson was disappointed with the sound at her South by Southwest show in Austin in 2008, and she wanted a redo.)

Most artists who appear on Tiny Desk more than 15 years later are already well-known, at least in their specific circles. But the Tiny Desk Contest, which launched in 2015, helps a growing group of newer, unsigned artists get their foot in the door. Contestants record one video of them performing a single song behind a desk, and a jury of radio staff and musicians chooses their favorite.

In their audition video, Cure for Paranoia gathered 11 musicians around a truly tiny desk and in front of downtown Dallas' iconic gigantic eyeball sculpture. They played the song "No Brainer," a frenetic track that starts with clever boasts and becomes a criticism of racism in the United States.

McCloud, a pre-school teacher, is known independently of Cure for Paranoia for rapping to his social media following about politics and current events. Some of those lyrics made it into "No Brainer." He says he started the group because he found that music was more helpful than medication for coping with bipolar depression and paranoid schizophrenia.

Alex Marrero, host of the Austin-based KUTX show Horizontes, was one of the judges this year. He was impressed with the visuals in Cure for Paranoia's audition.

“When this popped up, I immediately felt something different," he wrote in a blurb for the announcement. "It just jumped out. The visuals were super cool and creative, BUT I could still totally envision them bringing the heat behind the Desk.”

Madison McFerrin, jazz vocalist and daughter of the famous singer Bobby McFerrin, was one of the musical judges.

"Cure For Paranoia’s energy is infectious, fresh and distinctly theirs — exactly what you want in a Contest winner!" she wrote.

McCloud's post on Instagram announcing the group's win has only been up for three hours at the time of this article's publication, and it already has more than 8,000 likes. The YouTube audition has garnered 74,000 views.

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