25 OctOber 3 - 9, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Usher 8 P.M. THURSDAY, OCT. 3, FRIDAY, OCT. 4 AND SATURDAY, OCT. 5, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $129.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM For whatever reason, Usher Raymond is often left out of the conversation around Dallas-born musical talents. (Might be because Usher didn’t really stick around: He came of age in Tennessee and Georgia.) Still, the R&B superstar is a born Texan, so that makes his forthcoming three-night stand in Dallas something of a homecoming, particularly in a year which has also seen him thrill a global Super Bowl halftime audience — those roller-skates! — as well as releasing a new album, Coming Home, and taking home a life- time achievement award from BET. His current tour, titled “Past Present Future,” will undoubt- edly be the kind of mostly-backward-glancing arena gig sating fans from all phases of his multi- decade career — those in diapers during the ini- tial heyday of “Yeah!” are in college now, cripes — and doling out the ample amounts of soul, sweat and sex appeal which have made Usher the multimillion-selling, Grammy-laden superstar he is. PRESTON JONES Mickey Guyton 8 P.M. FRIDAY, OCT. 4, STRAUSS SQUARE AT AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 2389 FLORA ST. FREE, BUT RSVP REQUIRED AT ATTPAC.ORG Arlington-born Mickey Guyton is one of Nash- ville’s most fearsome talents, even if the country music genre has seemed, from the outside, to fight her ascent almost tooth and nail. (Guyton has spoken at length about not only the virulent racism with which she’s had to content, but also the country music establishment’s disdain for her pop-inflected approach.) Nevertheless, she persists, earning Grammy nominations, high- profile collaborations with fellow Texans LeAnn Rimes and Black Pumas, and landing gigs sing- ing at the White House or performing the na- tional anthem, as she memorably did in February 2022 at the Super Bowl. For this stop on her debut headlining tour, Guyton will pull from her just-released sophomore studio album, House on Fire. (This free gig is also part of the AT&T Performing Arts Center’s 15th anniversary concert series.) PJ Orville Peck 7 P.M. MONDAY, OCT. 7, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR. $68+ AT LIVENATION.COM Mystery masked singer-songwriter Orville Peck — who may or may not be Daniel Pitout; such deliberate enigmas may never be unraveled — has steadily grown into a genre-hopping super- star over the last decade. Having begun as an alt-country act, Peck’s reach has quickly ex- tended to multiple properties, including stints on RuPaul’s Drag Race and the music competi- tion series My Kind of Country. For his third stu- dio album, the recently released Stampede, Peck seemingly enlisted every A-list musical col- laborator in existence: Willie Nelson, Elton John, Beck, Alison Russell, Kylie Minogue, Margo Price and Nathaniel Rateliff are just a few of the fa- mous names on the track list, which is a mix of covers and originals. As he told Out magazine prior to its release, “[Stampede is] is definitely the most adventurous I’ve ever been in terms of genre.” With Nikki Lane. PJ Charli XCX and Troye Sivan present: Sweat 8 P.M. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $79.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Perhaps you’ve been slumbering under a rock somewhere, but we’re just days removed from this year’s “Brat Summer.” What, pray tell, is that particular season? Glad you asked. Depending upon which corner of the internet you frequent, it encompasses everything from being a party animal to ignoring the haters to feeling empow- ered to just ... vibes, man. At any rate, Charli XCX, a British pop star who first burst onto the scene over a decade ago with a cameo on Icona Pop’s still-slamming “I Don’t Care,” has found herself perched atop the 2024 zeitgeist with the release of her latest (and oh-so-distinctively- colored) studio album brat — the splashy arena tour was a given, babe. Adding fellow buzzed- about pop singer-songwriter Troye Sivan to the proceedings only ratchets up the anticipation that much further. With Shygirl. PJ The Heavy Heavy 8 P.M. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9, KESSLER THEATER, 1230 W. DAVIS. $26 AT PREKINDLE.COM British rock band The Heavy Heavy, anchored by musicians Will Turner and Georgie Fuller, con- jure a vibe that is pure psychedelic, Summer of Love-style bliss. That embrace of fuzzed out guitar, rolling organ and reverb-drenched vocals — found in ample supply throughout the group’s debut album, the just-released (and aptly titled) One of a Kind — feels familiar, even though it buzzes with a contemporary energy. “They’re songs that aren’t afraid to pack a lot into a short span, but all is tastefully judged, feeling instinc- tive rather than labored,” The Guardian ob- served in 2022. Much like fellow appreciators of the past Greta Van Fleet, Wolfmother or Black Country Communion, The Heavy Heavy’s blend of pop fizz and rock heft is an intoxicating blend: Lead single “Happiness” is the best song of 1968 first released in 2024 you’re likely to hear all year long. With Dylan LeBlanc. PJ Orville Peck gallops into Dallas’ House of Blues on Monday. Ben Prince | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Hottest Latin aduLt CLub in daLLas! 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