22 August 31 - september 6, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Black Flag 7 P.M. THURSDAY, AUG. 31, THE ECHO LOUNGE & MUSIC HALL, 1323 N. STEMMONS FWY. $25+ LIVENATION.COM This Thursday night, you are invited to An Eve- ning with Black Flag. The hardcore legends and post-hardcore pioneers will be performing in the Design District without the support of an opening band. Instead, the band will be opening with a set that covers all of their second album and one of, if not the, first post-hardcore al- bums, My War. The 1984 album, inspired as much by early metal as it was by early punk, broke the mold of hardcore with its long songs and abrupt tempo changes. In the concert’s sec- ond set, Black Flag will be playing selections and fan favorites from across its entire, nearly 50-year catalog. The band is still composed of original guitarist Greg Ginn and singer Mike Val- lely, the former skater who has fronted the band for nearly a decade. Newcomers Harley Duggan and Charles Wiley will be filling in on bass and drums, respectively. DAVID FLETCHER Danzig 7 P.M. FRIDAY, SEPT. 1, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $35+ AT LIVENATION.COM Last Halloween, singer Glenn Danzig’s first band, Misfits, gave a historic performance at Dos Equis Pavilion. This year, Danzig is taking his name- sake out on the road for a 35th anniversary cele- bration. Danzig is actually the third band to be fronted by the singer. After Misfits disbanded in 1983, Danzig led the band Samhain, which saw so many lineup changes in its short existence that by 1988, it had fully formed into a new en- tity — Danzig. The band spent its first five years as a heavy metal band, but veered into industrial metal in its next five years before returning to pure metal. While the band has maintained a solid cult following for these 35 years, Danzig’s only charted single was the lead single off its debut album in 1988, “Mother.” Danzig will have opening support from extreme metal band Be- hemoth, Satanic doo-wop band Twin Temple and black metal band Midnight. DF Lionel Richie 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY, SEPT. 1, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $73+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM In 1982, Lionel Richie broke away from the Com- modores to pursue a solo career. Richie had written the Commodores’ biggest singles, “Easy,” “Sail On” and “Three Times a Lady,” and in 1981, he recorded his biggest single, “Endless Love,” a duet with Diana Ross. Richie’s songwrit- ing prowess extended immediately into his solo career, which saw his 1982 self-titled debut go platinum four times. His next album Can’t Slow Down, in 1983, stayed true to its title, selling over 20 million copies. All of this success created a collection of songs that have since become part of the great American songbook, which is why Richie is calling his current tour the Sing a Song All Night Long tour. To help the audience warm up its vocal chords, Richie has invited progres- sive soul band Earth, Wind & Fire to open up the show with hit songs like “Shining Star”and “Sep- tember.” DF Swans 7 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPT. 2, GRANADA THEATER, 3524 GREENVILLE AVE. $28 AT PREKINDLE.COM Formed in 1982 by singer, songwriter and multi- instrumentalist Michael Gira, experimental rock band Swans has spent over 40 years playing through every conceivable iteration of rock mu- sic, noise rock, post-punk, industrial, post-rock and neo-folk. Since its start, Swans has been a music collective with dozens of members pass- ing through its ranks — such as Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Prong’s Ted Parsons, Larry Mul- lins from The Stooges and Norman Westberg, who will serve as the band’s opening act this weekend on Greenville Avenue. Earlier this sum- mer, Swans released its 16th album, The Beggar, which sees the band experimenting with drone- based music. While critics agree that this is one of the weirder directions the band has taken, it is also one of the band’s most fully realized artistic efforts. DF Ghost 7:30 P.M. TUESDAY, SEPT. 5, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $35+ AT LIVENATION.COM Ghost is a Swedish heavy metal band known for Satanic songs and its inversion of Catholic imag- ery. Led by singer Tobias Forge (aka Papa Emer- itus) the band is composed of a saxophone player dubbed Papa Nihil and several anony- mous members calling themselves “A Group of Nameless Ghouls” who each represent one of the five elements. While this kind of overt Satan- ism has been met with plenty of antagonism from religious groups, Ghost gets even more in- ternet hate from metal music’s loudest and most annoying gatekeepers. To them we say, every- one gets to learn about metal somewhere and people are allowed to like what they like regard- less of what some judgmental dude in a black T- shirt with an illegible band name on it thinks. Ghost’s Re-Imperatour U.S.A. tour comes to Ir- ving on Tuesday with opening support from Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Am- arth. DF | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Mikel Galicia Lionel Richie performs Friday, Sept. 1, at American Airlines Center. Hottest Latin aduLt CLub in daLLas! 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