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    Concert News

    Swedish rock band Ghost invites Houston to dance macabre on new tour

    Alex Bentley
    Oct 28, 2024 | 12:30 pm
    Swedish rock band Ghost

    Swedish rock band Ghost will play at Toyota Center on August 16, 2025.

    Photo by Ryan Chang

    Billed as a "theatrical rock band," Swedish group Ghost will embark on its biggest world tour to date in 2025, including a stop at the Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday, August 16, 2025.

    Starting on April 15 in the United Kingdom, Ghost will play more than 50 shows around the globe over the course of five months. In addition to Fort Worth, they will also play in Austin on August 14 and Fort Worth on August 15.

    Ghost are no strangers to North America; they also came to Dallas, Austin, and Houston in 2023 in support of their 2022 album, Impera.

    They released a feature-length concert film from that tour, Rite Here Rite Now, this past July, which was recorded during their shows in Los Angeles.

    Impera was the band's fifth album overall, a career that has seen them notch four No. 1 albums in their native Sweden. Impera was their highest-charting album in the U.S., coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.

    They've also been mainstays on the Mainstream Rock chart, with five of their songs going to No. 1, most recently "Call Me Little Sunshine" in 2022.

    Tickets for the U.S. dates will be available starting with a Citi presale beginning on Tuesday, October 29 at 10 am. The artist presale will begin two hours later at 12 pm.

    Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, November 1 at 10 am at ghost-official.com.

    GHOST WORLD TOUR 2025 DATES

    • Tue Apr 15 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
    • Wed Apr 16 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
    • Sat Apr 19 – London, UK – The O2
    • Sun Apr 20 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
    • Tue Apr 22 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis
    • Wed Apr 23 – Frankfurt, DE – Festhalle Frankfurt
    • Thu Apr 24 – Munich, DE – Olympiahalle
    • Sat Apr 26 – Lyon, FR – LDLC Arena
    • Sun Apr 27 – Toulouse, FR – Zénith Toulouse Métropole
    • Tue Apr 29 – Lisbon, PT – MEO Arena
    • Wed Apr 30 – Madrid, ES – Palacio Vistalegre
    • Sat May 3 – Zürich, CH – Hallenstadion Zürich
    • Sun May 4 – Milan, IT – Unipol Forum
    • Wed May 7 – Berlin, DE – Uber Arena
    • Thu May 8 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome
    • Sat May 10 – Lodz, PL – Atlas Arena
    • Sun May 11 – Prague, CZ – O2 Arena
    • Tue May 13 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena
    • Wed May 14 – Oberhausen, DE – Rudolf Weber-ARENA
    • Thu May 15 – Hannover, DE – ZAG Arena
    • Sat May 17 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena
    • Tue May 20 – Tampere, FI – Nokia Arena
    • Thu May 22 – Linköping, SE – Saab Arena
    • Fri May 23 – Sandviken, SE – Göransson Arena
    • Sat May 24 – Oslo, NO – Oslo Spektrum
    • Wed Jul 09 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
    • Fri Jul 11 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
    • Sat Jul 12 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
    • Sun Jul 13 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center
    • Tue Jul 15 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
    • Thu Jul 17 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
    • Fri Jul 18 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
    • Sat Jul 19 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
    • Mon Jul 21 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
    • Tue Jul 22 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
    • Thu Jul 24 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
    • Fri Jul 25 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
    • Sat Jul 26 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
    • Mon Jul 28 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
    • Tue Jul 29 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
    • Wed Jul 30 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
    • Fri Aug 01 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
    • Sat Aug 02 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
    • Sun Aug 03 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
    • Tue Aug 05 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
    • Thu Aug 07 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
    • Sat Aug 09 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
    • Sun Aug 10 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
    • Mon Aug 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
    • Thu Aug 14 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
    • Fri Aug 15 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
    • Sat Aug 16 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
    • Wed Sep 24 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes
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    Movie review

    Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd chase their dreams in music-heavy Power Ballad

    Alex Bentley
    Jun 8, 2026 | 10:30 am
    Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd in Power Ballad
    Photo by David Cleary for Lionsgate
    Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd in Power Ballad.

    Writer/director John Carney is one of the great purveyors of movies featuring music (as opposed to musicals) in the 21st century. Starting with Once in 2007 (which was turned into a Broadway musical several years later), he has made music-themed stories like Begin Again, Sing Street, Flora and Son, and now Power Ballad.

    Rick Power (Paul Rudd) is a former wannabe rock star who is now the lead singer of “Ireland’s #1 Wedding Band,” The Bride & Grooves. While they mostly play smaller weddings, a gig at a country estate leads to an encounter with Danny Wilson (Nick Jonas), a former boy band member struggling to make it as a solo artist. Rick and Danny wind up bonding in a booze- and pot-filled jam session, sharing various song ideas.

    After returning to Los Angeles and desperate for a hit, Danny steals one of Rick’s songs, which miraculously turns into the No. 1 “How to Write a Song (Without You).” Rick, initially overjoyed that something he wrote has become big, is crushed when he finds out Danny didn’t give him credit. His quest to find a way to prove his worth sends him into a spiral, upending the ordinary life he had built.

    Co-written by Peter McDonald, the film is a nice exploration of two men trying to hold on to their music dreams. Their individual circumstances could not be more different, but each of them knows the ups and downs of the business as well as the other, as well as the ineffable magic of creating that one great song. While the music scenes are hit-and-miss because of a reliance on lip synching, the scene featuring Rick and Danny trading ideas is electric with creativity.

    Oddly, though, the film could have used a bit less music and more of a focus on the two men’s personal lives. Rick wound up living in Ireland after falling in love with his future wife, Rachel (Marcella Plunkett), while on tour with his former American band. He spends a decent amount of time with her and his daughter, Aja (Beth Fallon), but his story needed a few more family scenes to drive the point home. Danny’s personal life is all but nonexistent, giving his arc less impact than it could have had.

    Instead of loved ones, Carney and McDonald try to give Rick and Danny more depth through friends and business associates. Rick’s bandmate Sandy (McDonald) is a ride-or-die kind of guy for him, but his presence is only good for a few humorous distractions. Danny’s manager Mac (Jack Reynor) is difficult to parse, as he goes to bat for Danny on multiple occasions, but also seems to keep him at arm’s length.

    It’s long been joked that Rudd never ages, and that youthfulness serves him well in this role, in which his character is supposed to be much younger than his actual age of 57. His energy and enthusiasm make his character appealing throughout, even when Rick starts to go off the deep end. Jonas is decent in his role, selling the music side well, but there might be a reason his character doesn’t have many scenes requiring him to show emotions.

    While Power Ballad has all the hallmarks of another great Carney music movie, it’s missing a few pieces that could have put it over the top. It’s still a fun film with an insanely catchy song at its center, but it’s not quite as memorable as most of the filmmaker’s previous efforts.

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    Power Ballad is now playing in theaters.

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