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Fun Houston band headlines 'Sad' national summer music festival

Houston trio Waterparks will headline the fest.

A popular, national summer music festival is headed to Houston with some home-grown talent leading the way.

Sad Summer Fest, now in its third year, heads to the Lawn at White Oak Music Hall on Wednesday, July 13. Houston trio Waterparks will headline along with UK act Neck Deep and alt band Mayday Parade. Sad Summer Fest also hits Dallas’ Gilley’s on Tuesday, July 12 as part of the 13-city trek.

Tickets for the fest are on sale now and can be found at the festival site.

Also hitting the stage are festival veterans State Champs, along with emerging bands Hot Mulligan, Hot Milk, The Summer Set, Magnolia Park, and LØLØ, among others.

Boasting a fan base that averages between the ages of 16 and 30, the music fest aims to reflect that demographic’s sensibilities by pushing environmental and social causes. Sad Summer Fest will partner with the nonprofit Reverb to implement sustainability efforts throughout the tour, as well as the organization Our Music My Body, which will help create a safe space for all attendees, per press materials.

Waterparks is making a splash these days. The Houston natives were recently named as direct support for My Chemical Romance on a handful of upcoming reunion shows this fall. The trio — Awsten Knight, Otto Wood, and Geoff Wigington — just released “Funeral Grey,” the first cut off a highly anticipated upcoming album, and is in the midst of a headlining European tour before heading back to their hometown for the Sad day.

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Drake buys Valentine's Day dinner for patrons at 2 Houston restaurants

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Drake may have had a couple bad weekends recently, but that didn’t stop him from blessing some lucky Houstonians this past Valentine’s Day weekend.

The Toronto rapper/singer-turned-Houston rancher surprised diners at both Juliet Steakhouse and Bungalow Downtown Dining on Valentine’s Day by treating the patrons to dinner. A video recently appeared on the Juliet’s Instagram stories showing two female employees approaching a dinner-party table full of ladies and letting them know that the Certified Lover Boy is hooking them up. Diners at Bungalow had a similar experience when members of Drake’s Angels told them the rapper was picking up their tabs.

Drake, who has hosted events at Juliet in the past, reached out to owner Jamie Allen to make it happen, according to a press release. In addition to the women in the video, other couples and singles in the eatery also got comped.

At Bungalow — part of Houston’s ALife Hospitality Group that also includes Kamp, FRNDS Restaurant & Lounge, and Stick Talk Cajun Hibachi — the total amounted to more than $10,000. The restaurant's marketing firm shared the moment on Instagram.

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This surprise comes on the heels of $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, the new album Drake released on Valentine’s Day. While most of the album consists of soulful bangers featuring him and fellow emo-R&B Canuck PARTYNEXTDOOR, he did address his neverending beef with LA rap god Kendrick Lamar on “Gimme a Hug.” The track has him doubling down on his party-boy lifestyle – “F— a rap beef, I’m tryna get the party lit,” he raps.

Earlier today, it was announced that Drake will be getting all lovey-dovey with London this summer. He’ll headline all three nights of the Wireless Festival, his first set of UK performances in six years, at Finsbury Park in London. He’ll be joined by PARTYNEXTDOOR, Summer Walker, Burna Boy, and Vybz Kartel.

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