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Country singer Kacey Musgraves comes to Houston on milestone fall tour

Kacey Musgraves will play in Houston on a fall world tour.

Photo by Christine Sutton

Country singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves has laid out plans for the most extensive tour of her career: Called the Deeper Well World Tour, it will include a stop in Houston at the Toyota Center on Thursday, November 21.

The tour, which kicks with a two-week European leg in April and May, will start in North America on September 4 in State College, Pennsylvania. She will play 35 shows in 29 cities, with both Dallas and Austin getting two shows each on November 22 and 23 and November 26 and 27, respectively.

She'll be joined by Lord Huron and Nickel Creek at all three Texas stops.

The tour is in support of Musgraves' fifth studio album, Deeper Well, due out March 15. She has scheduled a slew of promotional appearances ahead of the release, including her third visit to Saturday Night Live on March 2, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 14, and NBC’s TODAY show on March 15.

All four of Musgraves' previous studio albums have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts, and the top 4 on the overall Billboard 200. Her third album, Golden Hour, earned her the distinction of being only the third artist to take home Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, Country Music Association Awards, and Academy of Country Music Awards.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets for the Deeper Well World Tour in select markets before the general public beginning on Tuesday, March 5 at 10 am local time through Thursday, March 7 at 10 pm local time.

Tickets go on sale to the general public at kaceymusgraves.com/tour on Friday, March 8 at 10 am local time.

Kacey Musgraves 2024 North American Tour Dates

Wednesday, September 4, 2024- State College, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
Friday, September 6, 2024- Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Saturday, September 7, 2024- Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Monday, September 9, 2024- Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Wednesday, September 11, 2024- Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
Thursday, September 12, 2024- Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
Sunday, September 15, 2024- Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Thursday, September 19, 2024- Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
Friday, September 20, 2024- Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Monday, September 23, 2024- Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
Tuesday, September 24, 2024- San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
Friday, September 27, 2024- Glendale, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena
Saturday, September 28, 2024- Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
Tuesday, October 1, 2024- San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego
Thursday, October 3, 2024- Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
Friday, October 4, 2024- Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
Wednesday, November 6, 2024- Laval, QC @ Place Bell
Thursday, November 7, 2024- Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Saturday, November 9, 2024- Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
Sunday, November 10, 2024- Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
Tuesday, November 12, 2024- Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
Wednesday, November 13, 2024- Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
Friday, November 15, 2024- Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Saturday, November 16, 2024- Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Thursday, November 21, 2024- Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Friday, November 22, 2024- Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Saturday, November 23, 2024- Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Tuesday, November 26, 2024- Austin, TX @ Moody Center
Wednesday, November 27, 2024- Austin, TX @ Moody Center
Friday, November 29, 2024- Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
Saturday, November 30, 2024- Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
Monday, December 2, 2024- Orlando, FL @ Kia Center
Thursday, December 5, 2024- Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
Friday, December 6, 2024- Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Saturday, December 7, 2024- Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

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Movie Review

Michelle Pfeiffer visits Houston in new Christmas movie Oh. What. Fun.

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Michelle Pfeiffer in Oh. What. Fun.

Of all the formulaic movie genres, Christmas/holiday movies are among the most predictable. No matter what the problem is that arises between family members, friends, or potential romantic partners, the stories in holiday movies are designed to give viewers a feel-good ending even if the majority of the movie makes you feel pretty bad.

That’s certainly the case in Oh. What. Fun., in which Michelle Pfeiffer plays Claire, an underappreciated mom living in Houston with her inattentive husband, Nick (Denis Leary). As the film begins, her three children are arriving back home for Christmas: The high-strung Channing (Felicity Jones) is married to the milquetoast Doug (Jason Schwartzman); the aloof Taylor (Chloë Grace Moretz) brings home yet another new girlfriend; and the perpetual child Sammy (Dominic Sessa) has just broken up with his girlfriend.

Each of the family members seems to be oblivious to everything Claire does for them, especially when it comes to what she really wants: For them to nominate her to win a trip to see a talk show in L.A. hosted by Zazzy Tims (Eva Longoria). When she accidentally gets left behind on a planned outing to see a show, Claire reaches her breaking point and — in a kind of Home Alone in reverse — she decides to drive across the country to get to the show herself.

Written and directed by Michael Showalter (The Idea of You), and co-written by Chandler Baker (who wrote the short story on which the film is based), the movie never establishes any kind of enjoyable rhythm. Each of the characters, including competitive neighbor Jeanne (Joan Chen), is assigned a character trait that becomes their entire personality, with none of them allowed to evolve into something deeper.

The filmmakers lean hard into the idea that Claire is a person who always puts her family first and receives very little in return, but the evidence presented in the story is sketchy at best. Every situation shown in the film is so superficial that tension barely exists, and the (over)reactions by Claire give her family members few opportunities to make up for their failings.

The most interesting part of the movie comes when Claire actually makes it to the Zazzy Sims show. Even though what happens there is just as unbelievable as anything else presented in the story, Showalter and Baker concoct a scene that allows Claire and others to fully express the central theme of the film, and for a few minutes the movie actually lives up to its title.

Pfeiffer, given her first leading role since 2020’s French Exit, is a somewhat manic presence, and her thick Texas accent and unnecessary voiceover don’t do her any favors. It seems weird to have such a strong supporting cast with almost nothing of substance to do, but almost all of them are wasted, including Danielle Brooks in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo. The lone exception is Longoria, who is a blast in the few scenes she gets.

Oh. What. Fun. is far from the first movie to try and fail at becoming a new holiday classic, but the pedigree of Showalter and the cast make this dismal viewing experience extra disappointing. Ironically, overworked and underappreciated moms deserve a much better story than the one this movie delivers.

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Oh. What. Fun. is now streaming on Prime Video.

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