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Foo Fighters get ready to rock Houston with just-announced fall tour date

The Foo Fighters head to Houston in October.

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Rock fans, mark two dates on your calendar: Thursday, September 14 and Tuesday, October 10. The first date is when tickets for the Foo Fighters Houston tour stop officially go on sale; the second is the day the modern music gods rock 713 Music Hall downtown.

About those tickets: Heads up that a special pre-sale goes live at noon Tuesday, September 12 at Foofighters.com. Tickets then officially go on sale 10 am Thursday, September 14, also at Foofighters.com. Those who have a Citi credit card in their wallet can also jump on a pre-sale event running from noon Tuesday, September 12 through 10 pm Wednesday, September 13 via www.citientertainment.com.

This Houston show comes as Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters announced two new dates on September 12: Houston and a show in Santa Barbara, California later this month.

Foo Fighters' latest But Here We Are arrived on June 2, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, and topping Billboard’s Rock and Alternative Albums charts. But Here We Are is bittersweet as it marks the first album without beloved drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died in 2022. (Grohl recorded all the drum tracks on the album.)

The band made drummer Josh Freese an official fulltimer on May 21. The band is set to play the Austin City Limits festival on October 14.

Here are the remaining Foo Fighters 2023 tour dates.

September 15 - Chicago - RiotFest

September 17 — Asbury Park, NJ — See.Hear.Now

September 19 — Virginia Beach, CA — Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach **

September 21 — Louisville, KY — Louder Than Life

September 23 - Las Vegas - iHeart Music Festival

September 28 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl

October 1 – Dana Point, CA – Ohana Festival

October 3 — Phoenix — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater

October 5 — El Paso, TX — Don Haskins Center

October 7 - Austin - Austin City Limits

October 10 — Houston — 713 Music Hall

October 14 - Austin - Austin City Limits

* New dates in BOLD

** The Breeders support

*** Taipei Houston supports

teamwork makes the dream work

Arizona-based interactive venue opens in Houston with 24 challenges

Two players in the Cat Burglar room at Bam Kazam.

Photo courtesy of Bam Kazam

Physical and mental tasks are part of the fun at Bam Kazam.

Houston's live action arcade boom continues with the opening of Bam Kazam, a massive new challenge room facility located in the former Railway Heights Market space in Lazybrook/Timbergrove (8200 Washington). Opening this Saturday, September 12, it is the company's third location since starting in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2021 and the first one in Texas.

Catering to adults, the idea of Bam Kazam is to roleplay big budget cinematic adventures like solving puzzles in ancient tombs or being part of a heist. The facility contains 24 different levels across 25,000 square foot of space. Players are given up to two hours to complete rooms, with most rooms requiring between 1-5 minutes. Teamwork is key to succeeding.

“If you’ve ever watched an action movie and thought, ‘I could do that,’ well come find out,” Bam Kazam founder Victor Blake said in a statement. “Bring the friend who thinks they’re the brains and the one who thinks they’re the athlete. You’re going to need each other.”

Rooms in the Houston location include Rat Trap, where players navigate through a giant mousetrap to avoid an equally giant cat; a Cat Burglar scenario that involves rope walks to steal a priceless painting; and a ruined city full of logic puzzles inspired by the Indiana Jones franchise.

Tickets for Bam Kazam are $39 per player with a three-player minimum per team. Every possible room is available with a ticket, and players have unlimited tries per room to solve them. Tickets are half-off ($19.50) during opening weekend when purchased through the website.

Houston has been enjoying a boom in live-action themed gaming since the end of COVID. Sandbox VR opened earlier this year, following Activate debuting in the city in 2023 and the Department of Wonder in 2022.

Photo courtesy of Bam Kazam

Physical and mental tasks are part of the fun at Bam Kazam.

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