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Icons Willie Nelson & Bob Dylan team on Outlaw tour hitting Dallas

Willie Nelson headlines the 10th annual Outlaw Music Festival on the road this summer.

Photo by Pamela Springsteen

The annual Outlaw Music Festival tour will celebrate its 10th anniversary in a big way, with two iconic co-headlining acts. The tour, which will spend summer 2025 crossing the U.S. will be headlined at every stop by music legends Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, who will be joined by a variety of other Americana artists.

The tour will make a stop at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on Saturday, July 5. Playing in Dallas will be Willie Nelson & Family, Dylan, The Avett Brothers, The Mavericks, and Tami Neilson.

The 34-city tour, the biggest one to date, will start on May 13 in Phoenix and end in Troy, Wisconsin on September 19. The only other Texas stop so far is Houston, when it stops at The Woodlands on July 6.

Throughout its 10 years, the Outlaw Music Festival has featured performances from Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Eric Church, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Luke Combs, Neil Young, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Sheryl Crow, and more.

Performers in other cities this year include Crow, Billy Strings, Lake Street Dive, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Wilco, Turnpike Troubadours, and more.

Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday, February 7, at 10 AM via OutlawMusicFestival.com and ticketmaster.com.

Citi card members will have access to presale tickets beginning on Tuesday, February 4 at 10 am until Thursday, February 6 at 10 pm through the Citi Entertainment program.

2025 OUTLAW MUSIC FESTIVAL TOUR DATES

May 13, 2025 - Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, Phoenix, AZ
May 15, 2025 - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA
May 16, 2025 - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
May 18, 2025 - Toyota Amphitheatre, Wheatland, CA
May 20, 2025 - Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater, Nampa, ID
May 22, 2025 - ONE Spokane Stadium, Spokane, WA
May 24, 2025 - Cascades Amphitheater, Ridgefield, WA
May 25, 2025 - The Gorge Amphitheatre, Quincy, WA
June 20, 2025 - Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI
June 21, 2025 - Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
June 22, 2025 - Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
June 25, 2025 - FirstBank Amphitheater, Franklin, TN
June 27, 2025 - Radians Amphitheater, Memphis, TN
June 28, 2025 - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, St. Louis, MO
June 29, 2025 - Thunder Ridge Nature's Arena Ridgedale, MO
July 5, 2025- Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas, TX
July 6, 2025 - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented By Huntsman, The Woodlands, TX
July 25, 2025 - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA
July 26, 2025 - PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC
July 27, 2025 - Coastal Credit Union Music Park, Raleigh, NC
July 29, 2025 - Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA
August 1, 2025 - Northwell at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
August 2, 2025 - Broadview Stage at SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY
August 3, 2025 - BankNH Pavilion, Gilford, NH
August 8, 2025 - Darien Lake Amphitheater, Buffalo, NY
August 9, 2025 - Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
August 10, 2025 - Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse, NY
September 5, 2025 - Maine Savings Amphitheater, Bangor, ME
September 6, 2025 - Xfinity Theatre, Hartford, CT
September 7, 2025 - Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA
September 12, 2025 - Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden, NJ
September 13, 2025 - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
September 14, 2025 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
September 19, 2025 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI

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Movie Review

The Invite delivers smart, sexy laughs with an all-star cast

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Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz, and Edward Norton in The Invite.

Once upon a time, well before scandal embroiled him, Woody Allen made great comedies aimed at adults. That type of film - which is different from the raunchy, R-rated comedies of the 21st century - has fallen out of favor in Hollywood, but as the new film The Invite proves, when done well it can be as funny as anything else out there.

Joe (Seth Rogen) and Angela (Olivia Wilde) are an unhappily married couple living in San Francisco. As we meet them, Joe has arrived home to Angela preparing for a visit from their upstairs neighbors, Hawk (Edward Norton) and Piña (Penélope Cruz), who have moved in relatively recently. Their impending arrival starts a new round of arguing between Joe and Angela, something they can barely contain once the other couple comes to their door.

What proceeds is a getting-to-know-you process that is mostly awkward as Joe and Angela continue sniping at each other while Hawk and Piña put in their two cents in a much calmer manner. A sticking point between the two couples - the loud sex Hawk and Piña have on an almost nightly basis - turns the film on its head with an unexpected invitation.

Directed by Wilde and written by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, the film is a fast-paced chamber piece that takes place almost entirely in Joe and Angela’s apartment. Wilde, the writers, and the actors speed the story along not with action but through almost non-stop dialogue that often has the characters overlapping each other’s lines. The rapidity of the speech fuels the humor of the situation and establishes the differing personalities of each person.

Sex is very much top of mind for each of the characters for most of the film, but the filmmakers approach the topic in such a way that it never feels salacious. Each of the characters is a rational adult who can talk about sex in a mature manner while also acknowledging their unique feelings on the matter. And it’s the discoveries each of them makes along the way that brings about the most comedy.

But, like any comedy for adults, the film also has a dramatic tilt to it, and Wilde edges the story back-and-forth between the two tones extremely well. Joe and Angela fighting is played for laughs at times, but the sadness of their relationship comes through loud and clear. Hawk and Piña are much more intimate with each other, but the funniness of their openness is juxtaposed with a depth that arises through their conversations.

In the 2020s, Rogen has managed to make the transition from goofy stoner to stoner with real acting chops. In a stacked cast, he is the one who sells every moment the best. That’s not to say that Wilde, Norton, and Cruz don’t measure up, though; each of them inhabits their respective roles magnificently. The four actors play off each other as if they had been working together for years.

While The Invite will likely play better to those who have experience with long term relationships, its insights - and occasional bawdiness - make it a comedy that can be appreciated universally. With four actors at the top of their games and a razor-sharp script made even better by some well-done improv, it proves that you don’t need to go low to get great laughs.

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The Invite is now playing in theaters.

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