23 March 9-15, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents New Order 6:30 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, THE FACTORY IN DEEP ELLUM, 2713 CANTON ST. $84+ AT STUBHUB.COM There are few bands touring that have had as great an impact on the music world as New Order. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes of Joy Division, the progenitor of the post-punk, gothic rock and new wave genres, vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris formed New Order in 1980, building musical skyscrap- ers on the foundation Joy Division had laid. New Order’s first two albums, Movement and Power and Corruption & Lies, especially cap- tured the sound that would dominate the mu- sic we often associate with the ’80s with their heavy synths, electronic drums and melodic bass. Hook will not be on the current tour as he is off playing Joy Division songs some- where on his own, but Sumner, Morris and original keyboardist Gillian Gilbert will be there to make everything sound authentic. DJ Little Martin opens the show. David Fletcher Static-X 5:30 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR ST. $116.99+ AT LIVENATION.COM The last couple of times Static-X came through town the focus wasn’t really on the band. In 2019, Static-X toured in honor of the 20th anniversary of its breakthrough album, Wisconsin Death Trip. The band had also lost its original singer, Wayne Static, a few years prior and had replaced him with an enigmatic, robotic figure known only as Xer0. The next time the band came to town was in support of Rob Zombie and Mudvayne’s Freaks on Pa- rade Tour. This year, however, the band is coming as headliners on the Rise of the Ma- chine Tour ahead of the release of Project: Re- generation Vol 2 due out later this year. Joinging Static-X in Dallas Friday night are Fear Factory, Mushroomhead, Raven Black, Society 1 and Dope. Dope singer Edsel Dope will have a double shift that night as he has been revealed to be the voice behind Xer0. DF SZA 6:30 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $425+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM St. Louis R&B singer SZA comes to North Texas on her SOS Tour with up-and-coming singer- songwriter Omar Apollo. SZA began her career as a recording artist in 2011 after being discov- ered by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) at an event one of its artists, Kendrick Lamar, was playing. TDE didn’t sign her right away though. Rather, SZA stayed in close contact with label President Terrence “Punch” Henderson, and af- ter releasing her first two EPs on her own, TDE asked her to join its artist roster and release her third with the label. And she did, along with her debut album Ctrl in 2017 and last December’s SOS. SOS shot to the top of the Billboard 200 chart after its release, breaking the record for the biggest streaming week ever for an R&B al- bum. The album’s most recent single, “Kill Bill,” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 charts. While record sales don’t always equate to good music, SZA’s SOS found itself in top spots on just about everyone’s year-end, best-of list, from Variety to Pitchfork. DF A Flock of Seagulls 7 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, THE ECHO LOUNGE & MUSIC HALL, 1323 N. STEMMONS FREEWAY. $17.50+ AT LIVENATION.COM 7 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, TANNAHILL’S TAVERN & MUSIC HALL, 122 E. EXCHANGE STE. 200. $17.25+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM You may deride new wave band A Flock of Seagulls for its all-too ’80s hairstylings in the band’s classic music video for the 1982 single, “I Ran (So Far Away).” You may also slight the band for scoring its only hit with the 1982 single, “I Ran (So Far Away).” Well, first of all, “I Ran (So Far Away)” is an indisputable banger that will definitely be the last song played Friday in Dal- las and Saturday in Fort Worth, but like all so- called one-hit wonders, the band is so, so much more than that song you heard on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Singer and keyboardist Mike Score has kept A Flock of Seagulls alive since 1979, though it has released music only sporadi- cally since the ’80s. In 2018, the band’s original lineup recorded 12 songs (11 from its first three albums and one new song) with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, and in 2021, the band kept the theme going, re-recording another set of songs with Slovenian Symphonic Film Or- chestra. Strangelove: The Depeche Mode Expe- rience support A Flock of Seagulls at both shows. DF Queensrÿche 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR ST. $15+ AT LIVENATION.COM Washington progressive metal band Queensrÿche returns to Dallas, headlining the Digital Noise Alliance Tour. For a band that has released 16 albums in the past four de- cades and carries with it a mountain of song- writing credibility, it is tragic that the band would have only had one single, the 1991 power ballad “Silent Lucidity”— a markedly different song than anything the band had re- leased before or since. However, unlike A Flock of Seagulls and thanks in large part to its devout fanbase, Queensrÿche was fortu- nate enough to not have one hit define its en- tire career. The band’s latest album Digital Noise Alliance was released last October, and to the delight of its fans, the album actually pushes the band’s sound forward at a point in its career when many bands become a tribute to themselves. Longtime solo artist and for- mer Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman opens for Queensrÿche after a set from San Francisco metal band Trauma. DF Vera “Velma” Hernandez | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Queensrÿche plays Saturday, March 11, at House of Blues. 10250 Shady Trail, Dallas 214-358-5511 VIP Party Wednesday march 15th FREE BBQ 11am - midnight $2 Beers & Well drinks 4-8pm
