22 July 17 - 23, 2025 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Wavves 7 P.M. FRIDAY, JULY 18, RUBBER GLOVES REHEARSAL STUDIOS, 411 E. SYCAMORE, DENTON. $25+ AT SEETICKETS.US San Diego alt-rock foursome Waaves is bearing down on 20 years in the game, and showing no signs of slowing. Fronted by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams, the group is touring behind its seventh and just-released new album Spun (out on the band’s own Ghost Ramp label), which features production work from Travis Barker on the single “Goner.” “I had this song I had been sitting on, always revisited it and tried to record it a bunch of times but it was just never just right,” Williams said in a statement. “I was talk- ing to Travis about doing some songs together and when I opened up the vault to him, this one jumped out, so we laid it down and finally we got it right.” Beach Goons and Chokecherry will open. Preston Jones Parker McCollum 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY, JULY 19, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 3839 S. FITZHUGH. $59+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM By just about any metric imaginable, Austin na- tive Parker McCollum has been on one helluva run lately. The singer-songwriter is fresh from releasing an eponymous album (which features cameos from Lee Ann Womack and Aubrie Sell- ers), and gearing up to spend the summer tour- ing those songs, and others from his catalog, at super-sized concert spaces across the country. Through it all, McCollum has never strayed from staying true to himself, as he told Variety earlier this month: “I was never gonna go write pickup truck and beer songs. Those songs have never moved me or done anything for me. I don’t think I could get up on stage and sing them, and I was never gonna write ‘em.” With Steve Earle, Reck- less Kelly and Vincent Mason. PJ Low Cut Connie 8 P.M. SATURDAY, JULY 19, KESSLER THEATER, 1230 W. DAVIS. $31.79+ AT PREKINDLE.COM Low Cut Connie has found itself in the headlines often of late. Frontman Adam Weiner is firmly, defiantly pushing back against the encroaching fascism, racism and bigotry of the Trump ad- ministration — first embodied by very publicly cancelling a scheduled stop at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and then, last month, dropping a protest song titled “Livin’ in the USA.” While Low Cut Connie is touring be- hind 2023’s Art Dealers, Weiner doesn’t feel as though this moment in history affords the lux- ury of ignoring everything that’s aflame. “The best thing you can ever do is to write a song and put out a song that touches a nerve,” he told Salon.com in June. “And I don’t mean that in terms of its success. I mean that in terms of how it resonates with people.” J. Isaiah Evans and the Boss Tweed will kick off the evening with an opening set. PJ Rick Springfield 7 P.M. SUNDAY, JULY 20, MUSIC HALL AT FAIR PARK, 909 1ST AVE. $56+ AT LIVENATION.COM Nostalgia never really fades — it just shifts. The years race by, and what was once the white-hot center of the culture becomes a (usually) pleasant memory, revisited by those who con- tinue to hold it dear even after most others have moved on. Billing something as an “I Want My ‘80s” tour all but guarantees the do- pamine levels for the Gen X-ers in attendance will be approaching life-threatening levels. The ringleader of this curated trip into the rock and pop of yesteryear will be singer-songwriter Rick Springfield, a man who (at least, accord- ing to my friend Leigh) is one of the finest pur- veyors of rock music to have walked the earth in the last 50 years. To be sure, his hits (“Jes- sie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “Human Touch”) have aged very well, and the Austra- lian native is still a dogged road warrior at the age of 75. Perhaps those backward glances are more restorative than it seems. With Wang Chung, John Waite and Paul Young. PJ Jin 8 P.M. TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, JULY 22-23, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $101+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM The frenzy around K-pop behemoth BTS qui- eted a smidge when its seven members began their compulsory military service — in South Korea, all able-bodied men from ages 18-28 are required by law to complete 18-21 months of military service — but in June, the septet has officially fulfilled its duty. Jin finished his com- mitment first, wrapping up his stint in the ser- vice a year ago, so, of course, he’s knocked out a new solo EP (Echo, which dropped in May) and has launched a debut solo headlining tour to help tide BTS fans over until (surprise!) the group relaunches with new music and touring in 2026. A two-night stand in Dallas, the latest stop on his #RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR, will give fans a fresh chance to bathe him in adoring screams. PJ David Norbut | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Low Cut Connie frontman Adam Weiner released a song protesting the Trump administration earlier this year. 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