Texas Girl

Miranda Lambert dishes on Lady Gaga & the need to out-rock Blake, showing Rodeostaying power

Miranda Lambert showed up plenty of Texas fire in her Houston Rodeo performance.
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Miranda Lambert made it clear to the crowd that she didn't want to be outdone byher husband Blake Shelton's Rodeo Houston performance.
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Pink guitar? That's a check for Miranda Lambert.
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Miranda Lambert knows how to put on a great Rodeo show. She should be thereevery year.
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Miranda Lambert rocked Reliant on Tuesday night.
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After four consecutive years, no one could argue that Miranda Lambert doesn't know how to give a great RodeoHouston performance.

"It's good to be home tonight, y'all!" Lambert told the crowd after starting off her set with "Fastest Girl in Town." In a white sun dress, black fringed leather vest, sparkly boots to rival Reba McEntire's and a pink guitar, Lambert owned the stage, whether rocking out on her guitar or skipping around her set with a candy red microphone.

"I wrote this song in a state of ticked off and as we all know hell hath no fury like a Texas woman scorned," said Lambert before breaking into "Baggage Claim."

Lambert has plenty of sassy hits, including "Kerosene," "Gunpowder and Lead" and "Only Prettier," and it was clear from her spirited take and over-the-top expressions that she enjoys performing them as much as the crowd loves hearing them.

Playing up her considerable charm, Lambert broke up the set with stories about her tattoos, sitting next to Lady Gaga at the Grammys and how she loves cold beer and chicken fried steak too much to ever be a typical music industry size zero.

"I wrote this song in a state of ticked off and as we all know hell hath no fury like a Texas woman scorned," said Lambert before breaking into "Baggage Claim."

For a high-energy show, Lambert's set also had some surprisingly poignant moments. "Over You," her latest single, was written about the death of her father-in-law, and Lambert told the crowd that she's suffered several losses recently. As she played "The House That Built Me" later in the set, she became visibly emotional, at one point appearing to wipe a tear from her eye.

Though Lambert mentioned husband Blake Shelton frequently (including admonishing the crowd to stand up because she didn't want to be outdone by his Houston Rodeo performance) he didn't join her onstage as some speculated he might.

Instead Miranda was joined by the other members of her country girl band, Pistol Annies, for a slightly unpolished but crowd-pleasing performance of their hit single "Hell on Heels."

With four albums now under her belt, Lambert is the kind of country star that can put together an hour-long set of hit single after hit single, closing out the show with "White Liar." Giving a stellar performance rather than just a standard-issue concert, Lambert seems to get better every year.

If RodeoHouston is looking for another annual act now that Brooks & Dunn have retired, they won't do much better than this Texas girl.

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Concert News

R&B singer Kehlani brings world tour to Houston this summer

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Kehlani is going on tour in support of her new self-titled album.

R&B singer Kehlani is hitting the road on the Kehlani World Tour: North America in late summer. She'll be making a stop in The Woodlands on September 13

The 33-stop tour starts in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 6 and ends in San Francisco, California, on October 3. It also stops in two other Texas cities: Austin on September 15 and Dallas on September 16. All three Texas dates will feature special guests Durand Bernarr, Isaia Huron, TheArti$t, and Waseel.

Kehlani is a two-time Grammy winner who is known for her highly choreographed tours. Her new album, Kehlani, debuted April 23, 2026, at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. A press release names this the biggest debut for a woman artist's R&B album this year. She also boasts 2x Platinum certification for "Folded," a single that came out nearly a year ago.

The new album is Kehlani's first since her 2024 mixtape, While We Wait 2.

Tickets will begin with an artist presale Wednesday, May 27, at 10 am. There will be additional presales throughout the week. The general on-sale begins Friday, May 29, at 10 am at kehlaniworldtour.com. A partnership with Plus1 sets aside $1 from each ticket for the Kehlani Fund by Live Nation.

Kehlani World Tour Dates:

Thu Aug 6 - Minneapolis, MN - The Armory
Fri Aug 7 - Milwaukee, WI - Landmark Credit Union Live *
Sun Aug 9 - Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Mon Aug 10 - Indianapolis, IN - Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
Thu Aug 13 - Detroit, MI - Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
Fri Aug 14 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
Sun Aug 16 - Toronto, ON - RBC Amphitheatre
Mon Aug 17 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Amphitheater
Wed Aug 19 - Boston, MA - MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Fri Aug 21 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center
Sun Aug 23 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
Wed Aug 26 - Camden, NJ - Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Thu Aug 27 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Sat Aug 29 - Richmond, VA - Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
Mon Aug 31 - Raleigh, NC - Coastal Credit Union Music Park
Tue Sep 1 - Charlotte, NC - Truliant Amphitheater
Thu Sep 3 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre
Fri Sep 4 - Birmingham, AL - Coca-Cola Amphitheater
Tue Sep 8 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Thu Sep 10 - West Palm Beach, FL - iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Fri Sep 11 - Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sun Sep 13 - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Supported by Huntsman
Tue Sep 15 - Austin, TX - Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Wed Sep 16 - Dallas, TX - Dos Equis Pavilion
Fri Sep 18 - Oklahoma City, OK - Zoo Amphitheatre
Sun Sep 20 - Albuquerque, NM - First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater
Mon Sep 21 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Wed Sep 23 - San Diego, CA - Viejas Arena
Thu Sep 24 - Inglewood, CA - Intuit Dome
Sat Sep 26 - Portland, OR - Theater of the Clouds
Sun Sep 27 - Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
Tue Sep 29 - Vancouver, BC - Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
Sat Oct 3 - San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre

*Without Durand Bernarr

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