Concert News

Jonas Brothers bring 20-year anniversary tour to Houston in October

Jonas Brothers will play at Globe Life Field in Arlington on August 31.

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Pop trio Jonas Brothers will launch on a massive tour in 2025, called Jonas20: Living the Dream, which will include a stop at the Toyota Center in Houston on October 19.

Announced at JONASCON, a special one day event in New Jersey celebrating the band's 20th anniversary, the tour will travel to 43 cities over the course of three months, starting in East Rutherford, New Jersey on August 10.

In addition to Houston, the Jonas Brothers will play in Dallas on August 31, Austin on October 17, and San Antonio on October 18.

The tour will be a full-circle celebration of the band's 20-year journey from performing in malls to headlining the biggest stadiums in the world.

Each night will have dedicated sets from every chapter of Jonas, including Nick Jonas & the Administration, Nick Jonas’ solo career, Joe Jonas’ solo work, and DNCE, followed by the headlining performance from the Jonas Brothers.

The tour will start off with 10 straight concerts in football and baseball stadiums, including Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX, at which they'll be joined by special guest Marshmello. The Arlington concert will also feature the band Boys Like Girls.

The tour will transition to basketball arenas for the majority of the dates, with Boys Like Girls and The All-American Rejects serving as opening acts in select cities.

The group released their first single, "Mandy," in 2005 ahead of their 2006 self-titled debut album. They've released six albums in their career, most recently The Album in 2023. They hold the RodeoHouston attendance record thanks to a 2024 concert that drew 75,600 fans.

Although no new album has been announced, they recently released a new single, “Love Me To Heaven.”

Fans can sign up for the Artist Presale through Wednesday, March 26 at 9 am CT at livemu.sc/jonasbrothers. The Artist Presale will run on Thursday, March 27 from 10 am to 3 pm.

The general on-sale begins on Friday, March 28 at 10 AM at ticketmaster.com.

JONAS BROTHERS: “JONAS20: Living the Dream” TOUR DATES

Sun Aug 10 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
Tue Aug 12 – Washington, DC – Nationals Park
Thu Aug 14 – Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park
Sun Aug 17 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
Thu Aug 21 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
Sat Aug 23 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park
Tue Aug 26 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field
Thu Aug 28 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park
Sun Aug 31 – Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field
Sat Sep 06 – Los Angeles, CA – Dodger Stadium
Thu Sep 18 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Sat Sep 20 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
Mon Sep 22 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
Thu Sep 25 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
Fri Sep 26 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
Sun Sep 28 – Phoenix, AZ – PHX Arena
Sun Oct 02 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Fri Oct 04 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
Sun Oct 5 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
Tue Oct 07 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
Wed Oct 08 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
Fri Oct 10 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
Sun Oct 12 - Milwaukee, WI - Fiserv Forum
Tue Oct 14 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
Thu Oct 16 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
Fri Oct 17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
Sat Oct 18 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center
Sun Oct 19 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Wed Oct 22 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
Fri Oct 24 – Sunrise, FL – Amerant Bank Arena
Sun Oct 26 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center
Tue Oct 28 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Wed Oct 29 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
Sat Nov 01 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
Sun Nov 02 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Tue Nov 04 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
Wed Nov 05 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
Thu Nov 06 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
Sat Nov 08 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
Sun Nov 09 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center
Tue Nov 11 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena
Wed Nov 12 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
Fri Nov 14 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

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Movie Review

Heartfelt animal adventure Hoppers is another Pixar classic

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Mabel (Piper Kurda) and King George (Bobby Moynihan) in Hoppers.

For the first 15 years of their history, animation studio Pixar delivered one classic film after another, an astonishing streak that included their first 11 movies. Things got bumpy starting with Cars 2 in 2011, and even though the majority of their output has been good-to-great ever since, their releases are no longer considered slam dunks like they once were.

They’re back with an original film, Hoppers, trying to return to form by going back to the animal world. The film centers on Mabel (Piper Kurda), a 19-year-old environmentalist who’s trying to stop a new highway being built by Mayor Jerry (Jon Hamm) in the fictional city of Beaverton. Her activism has as much to do with helping displaced local animals as it does with being nostalgic for her youth, in which she spent years observing nature with her Grandma Tanaka (Karen Huie).

She finds an unlikely possible solution when she discovers that her college professors have created a system that allows them to transfer — or hop — their consciousness into animal-like robots. Hijacking a beaver robot, Mabel joins up with the local wildlife, including beaver King George (Bobby Moynihan) to try to convince them to help her execute her plan. But with the highway almost complete and Mayor Jerry willing to do anything to make it happen, Mabel might be too late.

Directed by Daniel Chong and written by Jesse Andrews from a story by Chong, the film cycles through a variety of genres in its 105-minute running time, including comedy, drama, thriller, and even a touch of Pixar-style horror. When Pixar has been at its best, it seamlessly goes back and forth between genres, trusting that audiences will go along with them for the ride, and Hoppers feels like a return to form in that respect.

Humor rules the day as Mabel adjusts to being part of the animal world while her professors desperately try to get her and their robot back. Mabel encounters not only wildly confusing things like “pond rules” (if a predator catches you, you don’t fight it), but also the existence of a hierarchy within the world that involves kings or queens from various animal classes like reptiles, birds, amphibians, fish, and insects. Her one-track mind and the way of the world she is invading clash in a variety of funny ways.

As the film goes along, Chong, Andrews, and the rest of the filmmaking team also find a way to burrow into the audience’s heart. There are many elements that threaten to tip into eye-rolling territory, but the filmmakers consistently pull back before that happens. The number of fun characters on both the human and animal side helps in that regard, as does the simple yet profound message they’re trying to convey.

Pixar has assembled one of the best voice casts in recent memory for this film, including such big names as Meryl Streep, Dave Franco, Melissa Villaseñor, Vanessa Bayer, and the late Isiah Whitlock, Jr. However, due to the sheer number of characters, only Kurda, Moynihan, and Hamm truly stand out. Still, they all fit together well and give the always-stellar animation even more life.

Since the pandemic, Pixar has only released one truly great film (Inside Out 2), but with Hoppers and the seemingly bulletproof Toy Story 5 coming within a few months of each other, they might go back-to-back on that front. Like the classic films from the studio, it has goofy, heartfelt, and exciting parts, mixing together for an enthralling time at the theater.

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Hoppers opens in theaters on March 6.

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