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Houston's Hot Girl Megan Thee Stallion comes home for savage opening of downtown's newest music hall

Could Houston’s own Megan Thee Stallion be having a bigger 18 months? She is Popeyes newest brand ambassador with her new Hottie Sauce (a perfect name, indeed). In July, she landed the cover of the smoking-hot Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. In 2020, she was named to Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020.

And, she’s set to Texas Southern University on December 11, with a bachelor's degree in health administration.

Fans can celebrate Houston’s Hot Girl when she comes to open the hottest new entertainment venue in the city. Megan will perform at a hotly anticipated grand opening show at 713 Music Hall in the buzzy new Post Houston downtown destination on Friday, December 3.

Tickets — which will go insanely fast — go on sale at 10 am Monday, November 8 at 713MusicHall.com.

“It’s always special to come back home and perform in front of my OG hotties,” Megan noted in a statement. “I can’t wait to take the stage and celebrate the grand opening of 713 Music Hall — it’s going to be unforgettable!”

Given her blowout performances at the Grammys and more, yes, this indeed will be an unforgettable show.

As CultureMap previously reported, 713 Music Hall is a 5,000-seat venue boasting myriad tech-inspired innovations on tap. The building is designed with advanced architecture that will create a distinctive, one-of-a-kind experience for artists and fans by replicating the same intimate feel of a small club.

When it opens the venue will be downtown’s largest entertainment venue. Look for major shows in November, including Texas’ beloved crooner and 420 champion, Willie Nelson.

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One More for the Road

ZZ Top honors late drummer Frank Beard with Austin tribute concert

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ZZ Top will celebrate their late drummer, Frank Beard (middle, after a show in Canada), at one of his favorite venues.

Texas rock trio ZZ Top will play a tribute to their late drummer, Frank Beard, at their scheduled Austin tour stops at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on August 22 and 23. Beard died Monday, August 17, at 77.

The band announced Beard's death in a social media statement.

Lead vocalist and songwriter Billy Gibbons wrote, "Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas. His signature backbeat was key to keeping ZZ on top."

ZZ Top canceled performances in Salt Lake City and Colorado Springs following Beard's death. The Austin shows will be the band's first onstage again, offering a fitting time to celebrate the Texas great. A statement on the band's website calls the Austin City Limits stage "one of Frank’s favorite venues and in a city that had been something of a second home for him."

Beard was born near Tyler in Frankston, Texas, in 1949. He was raised in Irving, outside Dallas, and the band formed in Houston in 1969. The Austin Chronicle reported in 2013 that Beard was then splitting time between a house on Lake Travis, in Austin, and Houston. He died on his ranch in the Houston suburb of Richmond.

ZZ Top was known for its large performances and elaborate setup, none more so than the Worldwide Texas Tour, which included a Texas-shaped stage and a collection of live Texas animals.

In 1974, the band left its mark on Austin — for better or worse — at "ZZ Top’s First Annual Texas Sized Rompin’ Stompin’ Barndance & Bar B.Q." at the University of Texas. It was the first, but also the last, since around 80,000 of the band's "friends" trashed the venue, earned the disapproval of the famous Coach Royal, and were ostensibly responsible for the venue not hosting another rock show until 1995. ZZ Top's two encores had 20 years to ring out after the legendary, if infamous show.

ZZ Top will make their upcoming Austin appearances as part of The Big One! Tour on Saturday, August 22, at 8 pm and Sunday, August 23, at 7:30 pm. Tickets are still available for both shows at acllive.com.

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