24 August 8 - 14, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents 10cc 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY, AUG. 9, MAJESTIC THEATRE, 1925 ELM ST. $19.95+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM British art-pop group 10cc made an indelible im- pression with its languorous 1975 single “I’m Not in Love,” thanks to its bewitching fusion of mood and melody. While that song has endured, the version of the band which recorded it has not. There have been multiple permutations of 10cc over the intervening decades, and the version which will come to Dallas as part of the band’s first U.S. tour in more than 30 years counts co- founder Graham Gouldman among its ranks, alongside Rick Fenn, Paul Burgess, Iain Hornal and Keith Hayman. Billed as the “Ultimate Hits Tour,” the set list will likely venture no further than 1995, the year of 10cc’s most recent studio album. And if the name of the evening’s opening act — Robin Taylor Zander — seems vaguely fa- miliar, it should: His father, for whom he’s named, is Cheap Trick front man Robin Zander. PRESTON JONES The Gaslight Anthem 7 P.M. SUNDAY, AUG. 11, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR ST. $53+ AT LIVENATION.COM After a few fits and starts, New Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem returned to full-time status in 2022. The Brian Fallon-led quartet has earned accolades from critics and admiration from its peers for its deft blend of folk and punk im- pulses, leavened with a live show that gets the blood pumping. Its sixth studio album (and first in almost a decade) History Books dropped late in 2023 and serves as the impetus for this cur- rent tour. No less than New Jersey’s favorite son, Bruce Springsteen, has blessed Fallon and his bandmates. After an initial meeting with Fallon in 2021, Springsteen contributed vocals to “His- tory Books,” and Fallon has described the rela- tionship in the press as “being friends with Batman.” Joyce Manor and Dirty Nil will provide support. PJ Def Leppard and Journey 6 P.M. MONDAY, AUG. 12, GLOBE LIFE FIELD, 734 STADIUM DRIVE. $105.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Collectively, to date, Def Leppard and Journey have sold more than 200 million records world- wide, which answers your question “How are ei- ther of these 1980s relics headlining a baseball stadium in the year of our Lord 2024?” One band’s brand of rock ‘n’ roll is a bit sleazier and glossier than the other, but each brings fistfuls of chart-topping anthems the folks piling into a baseball stadium in the dead of August will be only too happy to belt out at top volume. Lest you think this gig is coasting on nostalgic fumes, both groups also have relatively fresh material at hand: Def Leppard dropped Diamond Star Halos in 2022, the same year Journey offered up Freedom. Dallas’ own, the Steve Miller Band, will be on hand to kick things off. PJ Limp Bizkit 6:30 P.M. TUESDAY, AUG. 13, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 3839 S. FITZHUGH AVE.. $45.65+ AT LIVENATION.COM Limp Bizkit long ago mastered the art of beat- ing critics to the punch. An embodiment of trolling before such a concept existed, front man Fred Durst has built a surprising — and surprisingly durable — career out of leaning into the joke. Hence, Loserville 2024, the title of the band’s current jaunt across America. The Flor- ida-formed rap-rock band is now 15 years into its second stint (Durst and his bandmates ini- tially called it a day in 2006 after a dozen years), and released its sixth studio album, Still Sucks, in 2021. Regrettably, the band does have a few cuts which still slap: “Nookie,” “Rollin’” and “Take a Look Around” have aged better than Durst and company’s schtick. That said, we know better than to dissuade y’all from getting boozed up and losing your minds to 25-year- old hit singles on a hot summer’s night. With Bones, N8Noface, Corey Feldman and Riff Raff. PJ Sunny Day Real Estate 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14, THE ECHO LOUNGE & MUSIC HALL, 1323 N. STEMMONS FREEWAY. $53+ AT LIVENATION.COM On a long enough timeline, that which is influ- ential but initially ignored is afforded its mo- ment in the spotlight. So it is for Seattle-formed emo quintet Sunny Day Real Estate, which first blossomed in 1992 during the heady days of grunge, but broke up and reconstituted multi- ple times after its initial three-year run. Led by vocalist-guitarist Jeremy Enigk, the band also counted future Foo Fighters Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith among its ranks — Mendel has stayed put with Dave Grohl’s stadium- headlining behemoth, but Goldsmith is back in the fold, alongside Dan Hoerner, Greg Suran and Chris Jordan. The band, which hasn’t re- leased new music since 2000’s The Rising Tide, is touring behind the 30th anniversary of its lauded debut, Diary. At last, a linchpin of the emo movement is getting the flowers it’s long deserved. With Phantomelo. PJ Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Limp Bizkit plays at Dos Equis Pavilion on Aug. 13. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music
