The pop superstar will visit the Toyota Center on January 23, 2016, with appearances in San Antonio on January 21 and Dallas on January 24.
The Texas cities are part of 27 dates added to the second leg of her tour, in addition to 39 shows in the U.S. and Canada previously announced. The tour begins on August 31 in Vancouver and ends March 9, 2016 in Ft. Lauderdale.
On June 22, the pop and R&B icon released the first single, "No Sleeep," from her upcoming 11th studio album — her first in more than seven years — set to debut in the fall. The track entered the charts on the Top Ten on the Urban AC — currently at No. 8 — and Billboard Hot R&B Songs — currently No. 13.
During the now-49-year-old's lengthy career, Jackson has won six Grammy Awards, as well as a dozen American Music Awards, nine MTV Music Video Awards and 33 Billboard Music Awards — not to mention dozens of other accolades, along with one much-discussed faux pas — the infamous "Nipplegate" wardrobe malfunction incident with Justin Timberlake at the 2004 Super Bowl in Houston.
Ticket sales for dates on the second leg of Jackson's tour begin July 20. American Express Card Members and fans who pre-order Jackson's upcoming album on her website receive pre-sale access for premium seat tickets before the general public starting Tuesday, July 14, at 10 am through Sunday, July 19, at 10 pm.
Janet Jackson is bringing her Unbreakable World Tour to Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
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Janet Jackson is bringing her Unbreakable World Tour to Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
Music biopics never seem to go out of style, although they’re rarely very good because most of them tend to tell the same story. A musician/band gets discovered, rises to popularity, experiences trouble at their peak due to (insert sex/drugs/alcohol/ego), and either finds a measure of redemption once they’ve been sufficiently humbled or dies due to their lack of control.
Paradoxically, what few music biopics fail to do is properly showcase the music that made the person popular in the first place, a mistake that A Complete Unknown doesn’t repeat, becoming a smashing success in the process. The film follows Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) over a roughly four-year period from when he first arrived in New York City in 1961 to his then-revolutionary electric set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
Dylan seeks out well-known folk singers Pete Seeger (Edward Norton) and an ailing Woody Guthrie (Scoot McNairy) when he first arrives, with Seeger taking him under his wing. Dylan starts to establish himself in the local club scene with his unique songwriting voice, meeting fellow singer Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro), with whom he starts an on-and-off relationship. As his popularity grows, his reaction is antithetical to what’s expected, as he rarely engages with fans and focuses on his next song(s) instead of the ones for which he became known.
Directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line) and written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, the film may not be much of a revelation for Dylan superfans, but for casual fans or those who know nothing about him, it is one of the most effective music biopics in recent memory, if not ever. Not only does Mangold track the musical evolution of Dylan, but he gives the full context of the people who influenced him most, including Guthrie, Seeger, Baez, and more.
The film is not a musical in the traditional sense, but the amount of music in it makes it the next best thing. Rarely does more than a few minutes go by before someone is singing, either on stage, for someone close to them, or as part of the songwriting process. Whether you’re a folk music fan or not, the way the genre is showcased in the film will make you believe in its power and why it was so popular at that particular point in time.
Dylan is famous for his enigmatic personality, and Mangold does a great job of maintaining that elusiveness while still exploring what drove Dylan early in his career. His relationships with Baez and the fictional Sylvie Russo (Elle Fanning) give him some dimension, but why he continually went back-and-forth between them (or why they put up with him) is only lightly explored. The film keeps most of the drama focused on the music, and it’s this decision that makes it as compelling as it is.
Chalamet has been “The Next Big Thing” since his Oscar nomination for Call Me By Your Name, but the combination of the Duneseries, Wonka, and now this has firmly established him as the star he is. His Dylan impersonation (including singing) is subtle-yet-clear, and he has the cool factor that makes him completely believable in the role. The supporting cast is also off-the-charts good, with Norton and Barbaro making the best cases for awards notice.
While 2024 has had its fair share of great movies, A Complete Unknown — in this critic’s opinion — should now be the favorite to win Best Picture at next year’s Oscars. It bucks the trend of mediocre music biopics by giving moviegoers the transporting feeling of what it was like to experience Dylan’s meteoric rise, and why his early songs remain so indelible.
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A Complete Unknown opens in theaters on December 25.