21 March 6-12, 2025 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Cheap Trick 8 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, TEXAS TRUST CU THEATRE, 1001 PERFORMANCE PLACE, GRAND PRAIRIE. $39+ AT AXS.COM It’s somewhat mind-boggling that Cheap Trick is still out there steadily touring and recording 52 years after its formation. But then you remem- ber the sheer durability of that gleaming power- pop catalog: “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me” or “Dream Police.” In that sense, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, Robin Zander and Bun E. Carlos (the founding drummer who departed in 2010; Nielsen’s son Daxx took his place) were men slightly ahead of their time, marrying high- flying musicianship with slyly amusing conceits and lyrics. “I just like what I do,” Nielsen told USA Today in 2021. “We’re not the greatest but we’re not bad. We’re not superstars. We’re a lot of people’s fifth favorite band. They say, ‘I’ve got Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, the Beatles.’ But I don’t mind being fifth.” PRESTON JONES Foster the People 8 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR ST. $282+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Los Angeles pop-rock band Foster the People broke big more than a decade ago with the sin- ister, catchy “Pumped Up Kicks” (a tune, we’re delighted to report, which still very much slaps). While the band — Mark Foster and Isom Innis; Zane Carney, Micah Moffett and Aaron Steele fill out the group in concert — hasn’t quite achieved such heights since, which might be due to scarcity on the album front: In almost 15 years, Foster the People has mustered ex- actly four albums, including its latest, Paradise State of Mind, which dropped last year. Mind came after the band took something of an un- official break from 2021 to early 2024. “There’s so much life to be lived, and even externally if things feel really quiet, internally, for me it was a jungle,” Foster told Forbes in 2024. “There was just so much life happening inside as ev- erything on the outside was quiet.” Good Neighbours will open. PJ GloRilla 8 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, SOUTH SIDE BALLROOM, 1135 BOTHAM JEAN BLVD. $118+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Typically, when an artist adapts a stage name, it’s because the name they were born with isn’t sufficiently attention-getting. There’s an argu- ment to be made GloRilla didn’t necessarily need to abandon the name she was born with in Memphis, Tennessee: Gloria Hallelujah Woods. Still, the rapper felt a pivot was needed, so GloRilla it is — and it’s a name that’s been seemingly everywhere since her career com- menced six years ago. The 25-year-old broke out in 2022 on the strength of hit single “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” and quickly racked up features with a who’s-who of modern rap, pop and R&B: Ci- ara, Latto, Don Toliver and G Herbo were among those enlisting her services. All her high-profile guest spots, singles, mixtapes and EPs culmi- nated in the 2024 release of Glorious, her full- length debut, which debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Real Boston Richey and Queen Key will open. PJ Robert Earl Keen 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, BASS PERFORMANCE HALL, 525 COMMERCE ST., FORT WORTH. $66+ AT BASSHALL.COM Didn’t Robert Earl Keen kick up a substantial fuss, just three years ago, about retiring from touring? Yes, but thanks to a one-off 2023 Bass Hall gig, Keen had an epiphany, which led to him reconsidering his decision. “It went over so well that it was intoxicating for me,” Keen told Roll- ing Stone late last year about that fateful 2023 gig. “It was just the reminder that, ‘Oh, this is how we perform.’ Part of performing always in- cludes being creative. It’s not just writing a setlist and singing. It’s thinking about the audi- ence and the venue, and getting out there and working the room as best you can.” So, with a new record (Western Chill) to support, Keen is on the road again — his schedule is booked as far out as mid-June. PJ Band of Horses 9 P.M. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, TANNAHILL’S TAVERN AND MUSIC HALL, 122 E. EXCHANGE, SUITE 200, FORT WORTH. $45+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Seattle-formed rock band Band of Horses cruised past the two-decade mark last year. In that span, the only real constant in the quintet has been singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell, whose reedy, sweet tenor anchors gorgeous anthems such as “The Funeral” or “Laredo” from across the group’s catalog. Enduring for so long, amid pop music’s endless convulsions, is not lost on Bridwell. “If anything, I can look back and see where I can do a lot better,” he told LocalSpins.com last year. “I’m still hungry in that way, but at the same time, I’ve always felt like it could be yanked away from me at any second. So, I’ve never really taken it for granted. It feels like a dream still.” If the prospect of schlepping to Fort Worth is too much, Band of Horses will also gallop into the Echo Lounge & Music Hall on March 14. PJ Adam Rindy GloRilla’s birth name — Gloria Hallelujah Woods — is as fantastic as her stage name. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Hand built not bougHt. Franklins TaTToo and supply TWo loCaTions: 469-904-2665 • 4910 Columbia ave, dallas, TX 75214 903-710-2028 • 17581 old Jacksonville hwy, flint tx 75762 proFessional TaTToo supply For pros only Call for your appointment or design commissions today! GOT WEEKEND PLANS? NOW YOU DO! 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