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Def Leppard and Goo Goo Dolls team up for 2027 Houston tour stop

Def Leppard will co-headline a 2027 tour with Goo Goo Dolls, stopping at Dickies Arena on April 18.

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It will be a rockin' good time when Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Def Leppard and Goo Goo Dolls team up for a co-headlining tour in 2027, which will include a stop at the Toyota Center in Houston on Tuesday, June 1.

The two bands, along with special guests The Struts, will set out on a 45-city journey through the U.S. and Canada, starting on March 2 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

In addition to Houston, the tour will stop in Austin on April 13, Fort Worth on April 18, and San Antonio on May 29.

Def Leppard is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a band, having been founded in 1976 in Sheffield, England. The group released its debut album, On Through the Night, in 1980.

They went on to become one of the most successful bands of the '80s and '90s, scoring No. 1 albums with Hysteria and Adrenalize, and notching hits like "Pour Some Sugar on Me," "Love Bites," and "Let's Get Rocked."

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

Goo Goo Dolls started releasing albums in the late '80s, but didn't break out out until their 1995 album, A Boy Named Goo, which featured the hit song, "Name."

The group became iconic with hits like "Iris" and "Slide" off of the 1998 album, Dizzy Up the Girl, going on to release a string of top 10 albums.

Def Leppard's most recent release of new songs was Diamond Star Halos in 2022. Goo Goo Dolls put out its most recent album, Chaos in Bloom, the same year.

Tickets will be available starting with an Artist Fan Club presale beginning on Monday, October 12 at 10 am, followed by a Citi and Verizon presale for the U.S. dates on Monday, October 12 at 12 pm.

Additional presales will run ahead of the general on-sale, which begins on Friday, October 16 at 10 am at Livenation.com.

For every ticket sold, $1 will be donated to City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, helping advance groundbreaking research and innovative treatments for people facing cancer.

DEF LEPPARD + GOO GOO DOLLS 2027 TOUR

March 2, 2027: Allentown, PA - PPL Center
March 5, 2027: Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
March 7, 2027: Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
March 9, 2027: Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
March 11, 2027: Quebec City, QC - Centre Vidéotron
March 13, 2027: Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
March 17, 2027: Boston, MA - TD Garden
March 19, 2027: Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
March 21, 2027: Washington, DC - Capital One Arena
March 23, 2027: Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena
March 25, 2027: Chicago, IL - United Center
March 27, 2027: Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
March 29, 2027: Denver, CO - Ball Arena
March 31, 2027: Salt Lake City, UT - Delta Center
April 13, 2027: Austin, TX - Moody Center
April 16, 2027: North Little Rock, AR - Simmons Bank Arena
April 18, 2027: Fort Worth, TX - Dickies Arena
April 20, 2027: Mobile, AL - Regions Arena
April 22, 2027: Wichita, KS - INTRUST Bank Arena
April 24, 2027: Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena
April 26, 2027: Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center
April 29, 2027: Glendale, AZ - Desert Diamond Arena
May 1, 2027: Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
May 5, 2027: San Francisco, CA - Chase Center
May 7, 2027: Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
May 9, 2027: Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
May 11, 2027: Spokane, WA - Numerica Veterans Arena
May 14, 2027: Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
May 16, 2027: Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
May 29, 2027: San Antonio, TX - Frost Bank Center
June 1, 2027: Houston, TX - Toyota Center
June 3, 2027: Oklahoma City, OK - Paycom Center
June 5, 2027: Milwaukee, WI - Fiserv Forum
June 7, 2027: St. Louis, MO - Enterprise Center
June 9, 2027: Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
June 11, 2027: Savannah, GA - Enmarket Arena
June 13, 2027: Tampa, FL - Benchmark International Arena
June 17, 2027: Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena
June 19, 2027: Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
June 21, 2027: Cleveland, OH - Rocket Arena
June 23, 2027: New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
June 25, 2027: Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
June 27, 2027: Philadelphia, PA - Xfinity Mobile Arena
June 30, 2027: Charlotte, NC - Spectrum Center
July 2, 2027: Indianapolis, IN - Gainbridge Fieldhouse

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Movie Review

The Social Reckoning takes a swipe at Facebook in the modern era

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Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White in The Social Reckoning.

The 2010 film The Social Network — about the early years of Facebook after Mark Zuckerberg created the social media site — was a landmark movie in many ways. But given the time it was made — just four years after it went public beyond colleges — the impact Facebook had on society was minimal compared to what it is today (the film’s tagline references 500 million users on Facebook; there are now over 3 billion).

All of which is to say that there's plenty of fertile material for a follow-up film to explore, which writer/director Aaron Sorkin does quite well in The Social Reckoning. Zuckerberg (played this time by Jeremy Strong) is an important but supporting character in this story, which focuses on Wall Street Journal investigative reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White). Horwitz is in pursuit of anyone willing to spill dirt on the inner workings of Facebook, which leads him to Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), who works on the Civic Integrity team at the now-giant company.

While at first reluctant to disclose much, Haugen gradually gives Horwitz access to internal files that show that Facebook engaged in behind-the-scenes work to boost engagement on the site with little regard for how it would affect the well-being of its users. Their story, which takes place over the course of two years between 2019 and 2021, is intercut with scenes in which Zuckerberg is being prepped for testimony before Congress by Raya (Wunmi Mosaku), Charlie (Bill Burr), and others.

The key to Sorkin’s success in Hollywood has always been his fast-paced, overlapping dialogue, and there’s much of it to enjoy in this film. Most of the film is just people talking in rooms, so the script needs to have Sorkin’s signature style to keep the story compelling. He achieves that goal through lines that indicate the righteous indignation, quirks, and sense of humor of the characters, feelings that easily translate over to the audience.

Sorkin is clearly on one side in his storytelling, and it’s not the side that doesn’t seem to care that its users are being harmed by its product. Sorkin gilds the lily multiple times throughout the film in big and small ways, and your enjoyment of the movie may lie in your ability to roll with his choices instead of nitpicking details (like the fact that Zuckerberg didn’t testify before Congress in the crucial year depicted in the film).

Still, there’s the unshakeable feeling that the movie is too little, too late. Even though it’s set just five to seven years ago, the advances in technology and the division of the country in the years since make it feel like a completely different world. The Social Network had the advantage of showing things that most viewers didn’t know well. The basics of this film played out in headlines around the world, and the issues the characters debate in it seem positively quaint compared to what’s happening now.

White has been hit-and-miss as a movie actor, but he’s in his sweet spot in this film, rattling off lines with ease and making Horwitz alternately cocky and empathetic. Madison does well in her first film since winning an Oscar for Anora, playing on Haugen’s passion and eccentricities effectively. Strong plays Zuckerberg as literally stiff — his neck and body movements are almost mechanical — a choice that works for the most part.

The Social Reckoning is not as good as The Social Network, but it manages to be gripping in its own way. Through Sorkin’s writing, better directing than he has delivered in other films, and committed performances by all of the actors, it becomes a story worth telling, even if its ideas have become antiquated.

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The Social Reckoning opens in theaters on October 9.

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