17 November 23 - 29, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Kirk Franklin 7 P.M. FRIDAY, NOV. 24, DICKIES ARENA, 1911 MONTGOMERY ST. $100+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM This Friday, Dickies Arena hosts the The Reunion Tour, featuring half a dozen of heavy-hitters from the world of gospel music. Tye Tribbett, The Clark Sisters, David & Tamela Mann and Israel Houghton will all be taking the stage that evening leading up to headliner and hometown hero Kirk Franklin. Franklin grew up in Fort Worth where he was raised by his aunt and attended the New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church. When Franklin was appointed minister of music, it caused quite the stir at Mt. Rose, mostly because Franklin was 11 years old at the time. If they would have known that the young man would go on to win 19 Grammy Awards and 22 Dove Awards over the course of his career, there probably wouldn’t have been so much of an uproar. Franklin released his seventh solo studio album, Father’s Day, this past October. DAVID FLETCHER Mammoth WVH 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY, NOV. 25, THE FACTORY IN DEEP ELLUM, 2713 CANTON ST. $27.50 AT AXS.COM Returning to North Texas for the second time this year after opening Metallica’s M72 World Tour, which brought Pantera home to Arlington, Wolfgang Van Halen and his band Mammoth WVH will play Deep Ellum with Nita Strauss on The Mammoth II Tour. The Mammoth name comes from one of the first names used by the band Van Halen, but it has been used by Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang since 2018. Mammoth WVH released its first single in 2020 and a first album the following year when the band had the opportunity to open for Guns N’ Roses on tour. Despite all the connections to the band Van Ha- len, Mammoth WVH sounds nothing like it, opt- ing for heavier riffs and alt-metal vocals. The band’s second album, Mammoth II, was released in August and was met with critics praising the album’s large sound as well as the variety of songs on the album. DF Cory Morrow 8 P.M. SATURDAY, NOV. 25, TANNAHILL’S TAVERN & MUSIC HALL, 122 E. EXCHANGE AVE. STE. 200. $30+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Born and raised in Houston, Cory Morrow is a Texas country singer-songwriter whose popu- larity has been steadily growing on alternative country radio stations such as KHYI 95.3 The Range. Morrow started playing guitar as a stu- dent at Memorial High School in Houston and developed his guitar prowess at Texas Tech Uni- versity. He moved to Austin to pursue music as a career in 1993 and has been building a following a of fans ever since in the red dirt music scene. Morrow has sold over 200,000 albums as a completely independent artist. In 2002, Mor- row’s Outside the Lines actually reached the No. 28 spot on Billboard’s Country Album chart. Morrow released his most recent solo album, Whiskey and Pride, in 2018, but in 2021, he put out a collaborative country album with fellow Texas country musician Pat Green. Singer-song- writer Case Hardin opens for Morrow Saturday night. DF Pussy Riot 7 P.M. SUNDAY, NOV. 26, TULIPS, 112 ST. LOUIS AVE. $30+ AT PREKINDLE.COM While Nadya Tolokonnikova has primarily been the face of the Russian performance art group in recent years, it is important to keep in mind that Pussy Riot always was and always will be a col- laborative, collective project that brings to- gether music, art and performance. With that being said, Pussy Riot (without Tolokonnikova) will be putting on an activist multimedia experi- ence on Sunday at Tulips in Fort Worth with members Masha Alyokhina, Diana Burkot, Olga Borisova, Alina Petrova, Vasily Bogatov and Al- exander Cheparukhin. With the exception of Borisova, Each of these members has been a part of the collective for over a decade. Alyokh- ina and Burkot were a part of the performance at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in 2011 that led to the imprisonment of three of its members. Alyokhina was arrested along with Tolokonnikova, but Burkot escaped arrest. This will undoubtedly be an incredible audio-visual experience. DF 106.1 KISS FM’s Jingle Ball 7:30 P.M. TUESDAY, NOV. 28, DICKIES ARENA, 1911 MONTGOMERY ST. $23+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM For as long as we can remember, every single year, 106.1 KISS FM has always pulled out all the stops when it comes to its annual Jingle Ball con- cert, and this year is no different. Mixing together pop stars from today and yesteryear, this year’s Jingle Ball is sure to help burn some leftover calo- ries from Thanksgiving and get you into the Holi- day spirit. Representing pop from the ‘90s will be reggae-fusion artist Shaggy, from the ‘00s comes pop rap artist Flo Rida, and from the ‘10s comes the boy band Big Time Rush. As for today’s art- ists, Jingle Ball will see performances from rapper DOECHII (who was just in town opening for Doja Cat), pop rock band LANY, R&B artist Paul Rus- sell, rapper Kaliii, K-pop group P1Harmony and K- pop artist AleXa. All of that will be leading up to the night’s headliner, Nashville singer and rapper, Jelly Roll, who just received the Grammy nomina- tion for Best New Artist. DF | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Carly May Gravley Pussy Riot’s multimedia experience takes place Nov. 2 at Tulips. since 1978! New Location! 7501 N. Stemmons Frwy • 214 696 8958 Hottest Latin aduLt CLub in daLLas! Free Menudo All Day Sunday Happy Hour Everyday 11AM-7PM hours: Sun-Thur 11AM-2AM // Fri-Sat 11AM-4AM 11044 Harry Hines Boulevard // (214) 206-3820 chicasbonitas.business.site Dream Jobs - Dream Talent Since 1998 FUN Sexy jobs are just more Scan Me
