Today is the birthday of Charles Brown. He would be 104 today. Charles Brown grew up in Texas City, Texas, in a house full of hymns and classical records. He trained as a chemistry teacher before music pulled him away completely. He even taught school briefly in Baytown before Los Angeles called louder. But his […]
Geoff Tate, the original voice of Queensrÿche, brings his band Operation: Mindcrime to The Echo Lounge and Music Hall in the Dallas Design District on Sunday, September 13, a rescheduled date originally set for February. Tickets start at $50. Tate fronted Queensrÿche from 1981 through 2012, singing lead on the band’s landmark 1988 concept album […]
Kehlani brings her genre-blending R&B sound to The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on September 13, with tickets starting at $48. The Oakland-born singer first gained wide attention as a finalist on “America’s Got Talent” before building a solo career defined by candid, emotionally direct songwriting across R&B, hip-hop, and pop. Breakout mixtape […]
The Sex Pistols, one of the founding bands of British punk, bring their reunion tour to House of Blues Houston on September 13, with Frank Carter (of Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes) stepping in on vocals for this run of shows. Formed in London in 1975, the Sex Pistols became the defining face of the […]
Samantha Fish brings her fiery blues-rock guitar work to The Heights Theater in Houston on September 13, with doors at 7 PM and the show starting at 8 PM. The Kansas City-raised singer and guitarist has spent the past decade establishing herself as one of the most compelling voices in modern blues, mixing gritty slide […]
Birmingham bluegrass band The Mountain Grass Unit close out the Kessler Theater's September run.
J. Cole headlines Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Sunday, September 13, 2026, with tickets starting at $63. The Dreamville founder and nine-time Grammy nominee has built one of hip-hop's most respected catalogs, known for albums that go platinum without leaning on a single guest feature. Raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, after an itinerant […]
Jill Scott brings her “To Whom This May Concern Tour” to The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving on September 14, with tickets starting at $56. A defining voice of the neo-soul movement, the Philadelphia-born singer, poet, and actress broke through with her 2000 debut “Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1,” […]
Ethiopian-American vocalist Kelela brings her "new avatar live" show to Emo's in Austin on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 8:00 PM (doors typically an hour earlier). Tickets start at $27 for a night with one of experimental R&B's most acclaimed voices. Kelela built her reputation on a sound that fuses R&B songcraft with left-field, club-adjacent […]
R&B singer Kehlani brings The Kehlani World Tour to Dos Equis Pavilion at Fair Park in Dallas on Wednesday, September 16, with tickets starting at $35. Kehlani first broke through as a finalist on “America’s Got Talent” with the group PopLyfe before launching a solo R&B career defined by candid, genre-blending mixtapes and albums including […]
Pond bring their kaleidoscopic strain of Australian psych-rock to Mohawk in Austin on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, with doors at 7:00 PM. Tickets start at $52 for a night of shape-shifting, technicolor songwriting from one of Perth's most inventive exports. Formed in Perth, Western Australia, Pond share deep roots with Tame Impala — several members, […]
Shock-metal veterans W.A.S.P. bring their "1984 to Headless" tour to Emo's in Austin on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Tickets start at $47, with KK's Priest opening. Formed in Los Angeles in 1982, W.A.S.P. became one of the most notorious acts of the era's glam and shock-metal scene under frontman Blackie Lawless, known […]
