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Pixies and Modest Mouse press rewind for 2024 tour with stop in Irving

Modest Mouse will be joined by Pixies for a co-headlining tour this summer.

Photo by Henry Cromett

Indie rock bands Pixies and Modest Mouse are getting together again for a 2024 co-headlining North American tour, including a stop at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving on Thursday, June 27.

The 23-city tour, which features special guest Cat Power, is a follow-up to a 20-date tour featuring all three bands in 2023. Starting on May 31 in Charleston, South Carolina, the one-month tour will also include a stop in Austin on June 26.

Pixies recently celebrated their 35th anniversary, having released their debut album, Surfer Rosa, in 1988. After breaking up in 1993, the band reunited in the early 2000s, but original bassist Kim Deal left again in 2013. Since then, they have released four more albums, most recently Doggerel in 2022.

Modest Mouse has been a band in flux for most of its career, with lead singer Isaac Brock the only remaining original member. They've remained popular throughout the changes, though, releasing seven albums in their career, most recently The Golden Casket in 2021.

Tickets will be available starting with Citi and artist presales beginning on Tuesday, January 23. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, January 26 at 10 am at ticketmaster.com.

PIXIES AND MODEST MOUSE 2024 TOUR DATES

Fri May 31 – Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery
Sat Jun 01 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Sun Jun 02 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
Tue Jun 04 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
Wed Jun 05 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
Fri Jun 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Sat Jun 08 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Sun Jun 09 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
Tue Jun 11 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
Wed Jun 12 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann
Fri Jun 14 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Sat Jun 15 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
Sun Jun 16 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Tue Jun 18 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
Wed Jun 19 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Thu Jun 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Surly Brewing Company
Sat Jun 22 – Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field
Sun Jun 23 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
Mon Jun 24 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
Wed Jun 26 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Thu Jun 27 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Fri Jun 28 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Sun Jun 30 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green

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Dinosaur Display

Rare dinosaur exhibition makes American debut at Perot Museum in Dallas

Photo courtesy of Naturalis Biodiversity Center

The March of the Triceratops exhibition will go display at the Perot Museum in Dallas in July 2027.

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science will become the first North American venue to host the international tour of The March of the Triceratops when it comes to Dallas in July 2027.

The immersive exhibition features five Triceratops fossil skeletons from the only known herd ever discovered, offering rare insight into how the enormous plant-eating dinosaurs may have lived 66-68 million years ago, according to a release from the Perot Museum.

The March of the Triceratops presents more than 1,200 bones and fossil fragments from five Triceratops horridus discovered together in a single rock layer near Newcastle, Wyoming from a late Cretaceous-aged rock unit called the Lance Formation.

The prehistoric herd and its Late Cretaceous environment are brought to life through soundscapes, animations, augmented reality, and life-size models.

Visitors will be able to see a true-to-size female Triceratops model and animatronic calf, explore interactive stations and touchscreens, and take part in hands-on fossil discovery experiences.

“The March of the Triceratops offers our community the rare opportunity to experience a truly landmark exhibition of some of the most complete Triceratops skeletons ever found,” said Dr. Linda Silver, Eugene McDermott Chief Executive Officer, Perot Museum, in a statement.

“Dinosaurs have the power to capture our imagination like nothing else, and seeing these remarkable specimens up close is the type of 'wow' moment that inspires awe. Complementing the outstanding scientific work and discoveries of our own paleontology team, we’re proud to make Dallas a dinosaur destination.”

The exhibition was developed by Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands and presented and toured in partnership with MUSEUMsPARTNER.

The fossils of the five Triceratops were discovered in 2013 and collected over six field seasons between 2015 and 2019 by a team of researchers, paleontologists, preparators, students, and volunteers from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

The touring exhibition combines years of fieldwork, advanced imaging, and precision-built structural design to recreate the prehistoric world.

It comes to Dallas following presentations at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, and the Auckland Museum, New Zealand.

The exact run dates of the exhibition at the Perot Museum have not yet been announced.

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Dinosaur Display

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