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  Paul McCartney at American Airlines Center, 10/13/14
  10/14/2014 By Jeff Gage
  Paul McCartney American Airlines Center, Dallas Monday, October 13, 2014 It's a funny thing, seeing one of the Beatles. On the one hand, it's not as rare of an opportunity as you might...

• DC9 At Night: Previews

  The Best Concerts in Dallas This Week, 10/13-10/19
  10/13/2014 By H. Drew Blackburn
  It's Monday and time to get back into the swing of things, but dearest DC9 reader, the swing of things for you is music. We've got a few shows we think would bode well with you this week....

• DC9 At Night: Previews

  The Best Concerts in Dallas This Week, 9/29 - 10/05
  09/29/2014 By H. Drew Blackburn
  If you're looking for something to do other than the State Fair, you've come to the right place. (If you're looking for some deep-fried food stuffed inside some other deep-fried food, then...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at American Airlines Center, 9/26/14
  09/29/2014 By Kelly Dearmore
  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers American Airlines Center, Dallas Friday, September 26, 2014 When the iconic opening riff to "Mary Jane's Last Dance" soared through the American Airlines...

• The Mixmaster: Comedy

  Aziz Ansari Brought a Relatable Force of Funny to Dallas Saturday Night
  09/15/2014 By The Mixmaster
  By Sarah Wyatt Aziz Ansari is a man built for an arena act, a master of crowd control. The night's opening act was a Michael Jackson impersonator with his own backing applause soundtrack....

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  Aziz
  09/11/2014 By Danny Gallagher
  Comedian Doug Stanhope once told us in an interview that "there's nothing fucking worse" than performing at huge theaters because they ruin the intimacy of a room or a comedy club....

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Aerosmith at American Airlines Center, 8/22/14
  08/25/2014 By Eva Raggio
  Aerosmith With Slash Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Friday, August 22, 2014 When Aerosmith hit the stage at American Airlines Center on Friday night, Steven Tyler appeared dressed in a...

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  Gala of the Royal Horses
  08/21/2014 By Danny Gallagher
  Horses haven't had the best PR when it comes to maintaining status as an effective mode of transportation. We have so many infinitely better ways of getting from Point A to Point B: cars,...

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  Aerosmith
  08/21/2014 By Darryl Smyers
  Despite the recent heart issues afflicting drummer Joey Kramer that caused the cancellation of a recent show in California, the seemingly ageless Aerosmith make their way back to Dallas this...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Cirque du Soleil's THE IMMORTAL at American Airlines Center, 7/25/14
  07/28/2014 By Jaime-Paul Falcon
  THE IMMORTAL Cirque du Soleil American Airlines Center, Dallas Friday, July 25, 2014 Inside the American Airline Center a child of maybe five years stands next to the Cirque Du Soleil merch...

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  Emphasis on Mindless
  07/24/2014 By Travis Box
  Sunday, WWE Live brings the SummerSlam Heatwave Tour to Dallas' American Airlines Center (2500 Victory Ave.) thus providing a way to maintain cool adult status this weekend now that you're...

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  A Thriller Night
  07/24/2014 By Jamie Laughlin
  With the arrival of Cirque’s celebrated Michael Jackson: The Immortal Tour this Friday and Saturday night at American Airlines Center (2500 Victory Ave.), we’re invited to...

• DC9 At Night: Video Premiere

  The Fans of Lady Gaga at American Airlines Center (Video)
  07/22/2014 By Jeff Gage
  When we attended the Lady Gaga concert last week at American Airlines Center, we were left with one particularly strong impression from the night: that Mother Monster is close as ever with...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Lady Gaga at American Airlines Center, 7/17/14
  07/18/2014 By Jeff Gage
  Lady Gaga American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, July 17, 2014 Who is Lady Gaga? It's a question she may have asked herself in recent months. Certainly the popular narrative would have...

• DC9 At Night: DC9 at Night

  How to Dress Like a Little Monster for Lady Gaga
  07/16/2014 By Carmina Tiscareno
  Mother Monster returns to Dallas this Thursday at American Airlines Center and this time she brings her artRAVE: The artPOP Ball along with her. Never mind the haters; seeing Lady Gaga in...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Queen + Adam Lambert at American Airlines Center, 7/10/14
  07/11/2014 By Eva Raggio
  Queen + Adam Lambert American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, July 10, 2014 English band Queen is like a solar system that lost its star. Late singer Freddie Mercury was an icon of...

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  Queen, Adam Lambert
  07/10/2014 By Jaime-Paul Falcon
  Let’s be very clear here: the last Queen show was performed 28 years ago at Knebworth House in England. It was the last show because that was the last time bad leader, vocalist and...

• DC9 At Night: Columns

  The 10 Worst Queen Songs
  07/10/2014 By Darryl Smyers
  Although Queen has remained hugely popular worldwide for over four decades, the band's albums have always proved rather spotty. As a matter of fact, it can be especially challenging to make...

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  The Princess Rules You
  03/27/2014 By Jennifer Davis-lamm
  In a perfect world, Disney on Ice would be some nefarious mobster plot to silence stupid Ariel and her anti-female-empowerment nonsense by sending her to Antarctica where she could warble to...

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  Dummy Up
  02/13/2014 By Katie Margolis
  Fans of comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and his rainbow of supposedly hilarious puppets will be thrilled to know that the Dallas native is bringing his Disorderly Conduct tour to the...

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  Get Raw
  12/12/2013 By Jason Yang
  This Sunday, World Wrestling Entertainment’s pay-per-view, TLC — also known as Tables, Ladders, and Chairs — will feature one of the most exciting lineups in the history of...

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  Avenged Sevenfold is One of The Best Bands in America: Show Review
  10/21/2013 By Darryl Smyers
  Often erroneously lumped into softer, newer corners of the heavy music world, California's Avenged Sevenfold are much more influenced by the old school metal of Judas Priest and Thin Lizzy...

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  The Final Countdown
  09/26/2013 By Jason Yang
  You can argue WWE’s golden age has faded with the departure of wrestlers like The Rock and The Undertaker. You can argue WWE’s golden age has returned thanks to personas like...

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  Step Right Up!
  08/01/2013 By Katie Heim
  Word on the street is Khaleesi is pissed because Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey took her dragons. The circus is coming to town and the theme of the show is, you guessed it, dragons. So...

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  Not Down For The Count Yet
  06/13/2013 By Jesse Hughey
  Boxing is alive, but it’s not well, as mixed martial arts replaces it as popular culture’s combat sport of choice — EA stalling new Fight Night video games to focus on...

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  Just Playing Through
  05/16/2013 By Audra Schroeder
  Playing with the idea that the urban landscape can be used for more than just commerce, Red Bull is transforming downtown Dallas’ Victory Park into a golf course for its latest event....

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  The Mavs Rule in Every Language
  03/21/2013 By Jennifer Medina
  We like our cultural events and entertainment best when they're free and fun, which is why we're huge fans of this weekend's Festival De Los Mavs. Now in its fifth year, the fest sprinkles...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Eric Clapton at American Airlines Center, 3/19/13: Review
  03/20/2013 By Christian McPhate
  Last night, Eric Clapton and Dallas-born guitarist Doyle Bramhall II set fire to their Stratocasters' fretboards. Their fingers slid across the neck, bending strings until they bled the...

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  A Net's Worth
  03/07/2013 By Jennifer Medina
  If you’re a women’s college basketball fan and you know that the Big 12 Conference is actually made up of 10 schools, then you’re already spending this weekend with the...

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  Ahem, Let's Rumble
  02/21/2013 By Matthew Lawson
  We men don’t get enough opportunities to wear tights, exclaim catch phrases or strike signature poses. Sure, we wear jockstraps and leggings sometimes, but outside of Robin Hood and...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Patti Labelle was Perfect and Bobby Brown was a Mess Last Night: Review and Photos
  02/15/2013 By Vanessa Quilantan
  It was a clear crisp Valentine's night in Dallas, Texas. As a matter of fact, it was one of the most gorgeous nights we've had in awhile. A slight cool breeze blew through Victory Plaza, and...

• DC9 At Night: Commentary

  The Four Best Patti Labelle Samples
  02/13/2013 By Vanessa Quilantan
  Those looking for a romantic and soulful Valentines date with their mate this year should look no further than American Airlines Center. Tomorrow, three out of six members of New Edition...

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  Trust Us, Don’t Bet on the Generals
  01/31/2013 By Allison Perkins
  A lot’s probably changed since you last saw the Harlem Globetrotters. For one thing, they’re not cartoons anymore. You’ll also never see them hanging with those halfwits...

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  A Less-Dark Knight
  12/13/2012 By Jennifer Medina
  For the parents who shied away from Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy for fear that it was a bit too, uh, dark for the youngsters, we have something for you and your...

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  Italy's Greatest Treasure
  11/29/2012 By Katie Womack
  On Friday, American Airlines Center hosts one of the world’s most powerful and recognizable voices. Blind Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist Andrea Bocelli brings his current...

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  The Dunk Tank
  11/15/2012 By Matthew Lawson
  This Wednesday Dallas Mavericks do basketball battle with the New York Knicks, the team that famously let Jeremy “Linsanity” Lin sign with the Houston Rockets in the offseason....

• The Mixmaster: Comedy

  The Five Best Comedy Shows in Dallas This Weekend, November 15-18
  11/15/2012 By Jane R. LeBlanc
  Every Thursday we highlight the best comedy of the coming weekend. Find more comedy events at dallasobserver.com/calendar. Jim Norton at the Addison Improv Heard every weekday morning on...

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  Preparation Triple H Is More Like It (He's Old)
  08/09/2012 By Jamie Laughlin
  For every eight-foot party table demolished through a sweaty collision and every figure-four leg lock gripped around a neck, we raise our hands to the heavens and thank the gods of wrestling...

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  Squirty Flower Alert!
  07/26/2012 By Jennifer Davis-lamm
  Of all the laws on the books in this great land of ours, one of the more patently hilarious is Public Law 91-443, enacted under the 91st Congress in 1970. We think about that time in the...

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  Now THAT's The Greatest Show on Earth
  07/26/2012 By Jamie Laughlin
  In a perfect world this would happen every day: You wake up, stretch, tug your shoes on and then get irrationally excited because you're about to throw hundreds of pies in other people's...

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  Now THAT's The Greatest Show on Earth
  07/26/2012 By Jamie Laughlin
  In a perfect world this would happen every day: You wake up, stretch, tug your shoes on and then get irrationally excited because you're about to throw hundreds of pies in other people's...

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  Be Like Mike
  06/21/2012 By Brentney Hamilton
  Tupac's hologram walks into a bar and drowns its sorrows, wishing its latest performance were half as "bad" as what Mike is putting to us. Hitting Dallas Tuesday and Wednesday, Cirque du...

• Music: Show Preview

  Love Train
  02/16/2012 By Audra Schroeder
  Old School KSOC-FM 94.5 has become my default radio station, which is how I've managed to memorize the ad for this show. With the passing of Don Cornelius a few weeks ago, this stellar...

• DC9 At Night: DFW Music News

  UPDATE: Red Hot Chili Peppers Reschedule Dallas Date For October
  01/11/2012 By Daniel Hopkins
  In the days leading up to Friday night's How The Edge Stole Christmas, KDGE 102.1-FM The Edge's annual holiday music festival at Grand Prairie's Verizon Theatre, the radio station talked up...

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  The Luck of the Puck
  09/22/2011 By Josh Lagunez
  The Dallas Stars saddle up for the new season with hopes of ending their three-year absence from the playoffs. Dallas hosts the Colorado Avalanche for their second match-up of the...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Last Night: Keith Urban at the American Airlines Center
  08/29/2011 By Jenny Block
  Keith Urban American Airlines Center August 28, 2011 Better than: Walking along the boardwalk, sipping sweet tea and holding hands. It was an evening of warm fuzzies last night at the...

• The Mixmaster: On The Scene

  Surprisingly, Tweens Still Dig the Circus
  08/08/2011 By Jenny Block
  "I remember when cotton candy was twenty-five cents," my dad said as I shelled out $12.00 for a bag at the AA Center for the circus, Barnum and Bailey's show, Barnum 200: Barnum's...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Last Night: Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj at the American Airlines Center
  07/13/2011 By Laura Mann
  Britney Spears, Nicki NinajAmerican Airlines CenterJuly 12, 2011Better than: most shows by folks who actually sing, dance and write their own music. Here's the thing about Britney: She's a...

• DC9 At Night: DFW Music News

  Dallas Fire-Rescue Determines Cause of Fire at Rihanna's American Airlines Center Show
  07/11/2011 By Pete Freedman
  Still no word from the folks either at the American Airlines Center or concert promotion conglomerate Live Nation about what, if any, accommodations will be made for the Rihanna fans upset...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Last Night: Rihanna, J.Cole, a Fire at American Airlines Center
  07/09/2011 By Shahryar Rizvi
  Rihanna, J. Cole, a goddamn fire American Airlines July 8 2011 Better than: The Voice. Wait, does The Voice have fire?Four spotlight displays and a rounded widescreen highlighted the...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Last Night: New Kids on The Block, Backstreet Boys and Jordin Sparks at the American Airlines Center
  06/27/2011 By Jenny Block
  New Kids on The Block, Backstreet Boys and Jordin SparksAmerican Airlines CenterJune 26, 2011Better than: leg warmers, boom boxes, and slow dancing in the gym.Last night at the American...

• Music: Columns

  Boy Bands Are Still Taking Things "Step by Step."
  06/23/2011 By Jenny Block
  Boy bands. If you're not a fan, you can blame it all on a capella barbershop quartets. Those groups were popular in the late 1800s and through the early 1900s, and they're really the ones...

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  Picture Show: Top 5 Fan Costume Photos From Lady Gaga at the American Airlines Center
  03/15/2011 By Nick Rallo
  Last year, the costumed Lady Gaga fans lined up in capes and holding "Gaga 4 President" signs.It was no different last night, when a steady line of fans wearing cigarette-flecked glasses...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Last Night: Lady Gaga at the American Airlines Center
  03/15/2011 By Catherine Downes
  Lady GagaAmerican Airlines CenterMarch 14, 2011Better than: missing out on the chance to see a pop icon like Gaga at her peak."I am certain that Jesus must love EVERYBODY," Gaga roared into...

• Music: Show Preview

  Lady Gaga, Semi Precious Weapons, Scissor Sisters
  03/10/2011 By Catherine Downes
  Lady Gaga played back-to-back sold-out shows last summer to hordes of enthused fans at the American Airlines Center, and after another massive year, she returns to the region this week,...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Last Night: Linkin Park at the American Airlines Center
  03/03/2011 By Darryl Smyers
  Linkin Park, Circa Survive and Paper TonguesMarch 2, 2011American Airlines Center Better than: an SMU frat party.? From across the state and even across state lines, more than 12,000 fans...

• Music: Show Preview

  Linkin Park
  02/24/2011 By Reed Fischer
  This past September, the effusively adored (and often reviled) Linkin Park released A Thousand Suns, a sprawling studio experiment that challenged the band's oft-constrained standards as...

• DC9 At Night: Interviews

  Q&A: Christian Rocker David Crowder On Being Like Jimmy Buffet, Collaborating With Ted Nugent and Openly Crying On An Airplane
  02/17/2011 By Kelly Dearmore
  Even well into the new millennium, the term "Christian Rock" is still a practical oxymoron to some folks. But, for the fans of modern Christian music who don't see it that way, Texarkana...

• DC9 At Night: Last Night

  Last Night: Ozzy Osbourne and Slash at the American Airlines Center
  01/21/2011 By Pete Freedman
  Ozzy Osbourne, SlashAmerican Airlines CenterJanuary 20, 2011Better than: a stirring competition of Rock Band.? The greatest trick the Prince of Darkness ever pulled was convincing the world...