25 March 7 - 13, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Fall Out Boy 6:30 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, DICKIES ARENA, 1911 MONTGOMERY ST. $95+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Fall Out Boy itself would tell you that its success story was highly unlikely. In its early years, Fall Out Boy could barely keep a band together, much less stick with a name. At one early show, bassist Pete Wentz introduced the band with some really long and forgotten emo name when a disgruntled fan yelled out in consternation, “Fuck that, no, you’re Fall Out Boy!” The band fi- nally settled on a lineup leading up to its first re- lease, Take This to Your Grave, in 2003, and that is the lineup playing today. From 2005 to 2008, the band released three hit albums before be- coming burnt out and taking a four-year hiatus. Fall Out Boy came back in 2013, but has been taking a much slower pace to music production. The group comes to town on the second leg of its tour supporting eighth album, So Much (for) Stardust. The band will have opening support from Jimmy Eat World, The Maine and Daisy Grenade. DAVID FLETCHER Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot! 8 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, MAJESTIC THEATRE, 1925 ELM ST. $39+ AT AXS.COM Brian Setzer has been devoted to the sounds of 1950s rockabilly since 1979 when he formed his first band, Stray Cats, in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. Though Setzer may be better remembered for helping to usher in the short-lived swing revival of the late ’90s with The Brian Setzer Orchestra’s cover of Louis Pri- ma’s “Jump, Jive an’ Wail,” the band still paid great homage to the sounds of rockabilly. Be- tween the Stray Cats and the Orchestra, Setzer has also recorded nearly a dozen solo albums of original music and covered rockabilly material. Late last summer, Setzer released his most re- cent album, The Devil Always Collects, which contains eight original songs in addition to two covers. Critics have praised the album for its pol- ished and modern take on the classic rockabilly sound. Blues artists Yates Mckendree opens for Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot Thursday night. DF Guster 7 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 8, GRANADA THEATER, 3524 GREENVILLE AVE. $75+ AT STUBHUB.COM Boston indie rock band Guster has been going strong in the underground music world for more than three decades now. Since its members met at freshmen orientation at Tufts University in 1991, the band has been known for its unique in- strumentation, with each of its members playing multiple instruments. Adam Gardner and Ryan Miller share lead vocal duties and take turns playing guitar, bass guitar, keyboard and banjo, all with backup from the band’s most recent ac- quisition, guitarist Luke Reynolds. Every once in a while, Gardner or Miller will pick up a trumpet, harmonica, ukulele or keytar. Drummer Brian Rosenworcel also doubles as a trombone player for some songs. Guster returns to Dallas for its We Also Have Eras Tour with a show that will take the audience on a chronological journey through the band’s 30-year evolution, album by album, complete with theatrical sketches and costume changes. The show will end with a pre- view of the band’s ninth album, Ooh La La, which is set to be released on May 17. DF American Western Weekend 5:30 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 8, AND 3:30 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, GLOBE LIFE FIELD, 734 STADIUM DRIVE. $49+ AT AXS.COM This weekend, Globe Life Field will host the American Western Weekend. On Friday, be- tween The American Performance Horseman competitions, the audience will be treated to music by Pittsburgh-based rock band Ghost Hounds, as well as country singer-songwriter Alli Walker. Friday night’s events will culminate in a performance by country superstar Luke Bryan. Walker will play again on Saturday be- tween the American Rodeo events as will Red Dirt country singer Aaron Watson. After the awards ceremony, Grapevine’s own Post Malone will close the weekend out as only he can. While this may not be the kind of event you would ex- pect Malone to be headlining, it certainly fits the artist’s trajectory as he ventures further away from his cloud rap roots and into something that is truly genre-defying and relatable to many kinds of audiences. DF Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks 7 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, AT&T STADIUM, 1 AT&T WAY. $90+ AT SEATGEEK.COM In the world of double-headlining shows, it really doesn’t come much bigger than Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks. Joel and Nicks had planned to do this tour together last year, but it was postponed because of Nicks’ health issues. The Piano Man is the fourth-best-selling solo artist of all time, with a catalog of hits across the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s in addition to his latest single “Turn the Lights Back On,” which he performed live for the first time at this year’s Grammy Awards. Nicks rose to promi- nence in the music world after she and then-hus- band Lindsey Buckingham joined the British band Fleetwood Mac in 1975 to give the band more transatlantic appeal. Nicks began her solo career in 1981 with her debut album, Bella Donna, which immediately established her as an influen- tial artist outside of her already influential band. This will be her first time touring since 2012. DF Vera “Velma” Hernandez Post Malone returns March 9 for American Western Weekend at Globe Life Field. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Hottest Latin aduLt CLub in daLLas! Free Menudo all day sunday Happy Hour everyday 11aM-7PM hours: sun-thur 11aM-2aM // Fri-sat 11aM-4aM 11044 Harry Hines boulevard // (214) 206-3820 chicasbonitas.business.site
