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Rapper Ken Carson wreaks chaos on 2025 tour with stop in Houston

Rapper Ken Carson will perform at Fort Bend Epicenter on September 14.

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Rapper Ken Carson will go on his biggest tour to date, “The Lord of Chaos” arena tour, in 2025, including a stop at Fort Bend Epicenter in Rosenberg on Sunday, September 14.

The Atlanta-born Carson will be touring in support of the recently released More Chaos, the first No. 1 album of his career.

The 29-city tour will be a step up for Carson both in size of venues, taking place mostly in arenas and amphitheaters, and number of overall dates.

In addition to Houston, he will perform in Fort Bend on September 11 and Austin on September 13.

More Chaos is the fourth album of Carson's career, and continues his steady upward trajectory. His 2021 debut, Project X, failed to chart, but each successive album has gone higher than the last, culminating in this No. 1 debut.

Following his 2023 album, A Great Chaos, Carson earned a lot of exposure thanks to an opening spot on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ tour and a debut performance at Coachella in 2024.

An artist pre-sale begins on Wednesday, April 30 at 10 am at kencarson.xyz/tour. The general on-sale will start on Friday, May 2 at 10 am.

“THE LORD OF CHAOS” TOUR DATES

Tue Jul 29 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Fri Aug 1 Philadelphia, PA Liacouras Center
Sun Aug 03 Toronto, ON Coca-Cola Coliseum
Wed Aug 06 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Sat Aug 09 Baltimore, MD Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena
Tue Aug 12 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center
Wed Aug 13 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
Fri Aug 15 Indianapolis, IN Fishers Event Center
Sat Aug 16 Chicago, IL Credit Union 1 Arena
Sun Aug 17 Minneapolis, MN The Armory
Tue Aug 19 Independence, MO Cable Dahmer Arena
Fri Aug 22 Salt Lake City, UT The Plaza
Sun Aug 24 Vancouver, BC Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
Wed Aug 27 Seattle, WA WAMU Theater
Fri Aug 29 Portland, OR Theater of the Clouds
Sat Aug 30 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Wed Sep 03 San Diego, CA Gallagher Square at Petco Park
Fri Sep 05 Los Angeles, CA The Kia Forum
Sun Sep 07 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
Tue Sep 09 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Thu Sep 11 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena
Sat Sep 13 Austin, TX H-E-B Center at Cedar Park
Sun Sep 14 Houston, TX Fort Bend Epicenter
Tues Sep 16 Tampa, FL Yuengling Center
Wed Sep 17 Orlando, FL Orlando Amphitheater
Thu Sep 18 Miami, FL Factory Town
Sun Sep 21 Charlotte, NC Bojangles' Coliseum
Mon Sep 22 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Tue Sep 23 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena

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In Memoriam

Legendary Texas singer-songwriter Joe Ely dies at 78

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Joe Ely was a major figure in Texas' progressive country scene.

Joe Ely, the legendary songwriter, singer and storyteller whose career spanned more than five decades, has died from complications related to Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and pneumonia. He was 78.

In a statement posted to his Facebook page, Ely died at his home in Taos, New Mexico, with his wife, Sharon, and daughter, Marie, at his side.

Born February 9, 1947, in Amarillo, Texas, Ely was raised in Lubbock and became a central figure among a generation of influential West Texas musicians. He later settled in Austin, helping shape the city’s reputation as a hub for live music.

As with many local legends, it's hard to tease out what specifically made Ely's time in Austin so great; Austin treasures its live music staples, so being around and staying authentic from the early days is often the most important thing an artist can do.

Ely got his local start at One Knight Tavern, which later became Stubb's BBQ — the artist and the famous venue share a hometown of Lubbock. He alternated nights with emerging guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughn. He built his own recording studio in Dripping Springs, and kept close relationships with other Texas musicians. Later in his career, Ely brought fans into the live music experience, publishing excerpts from his journal and musings on the road in Bonfire of Roadmaps (2010), and was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame in 2022. Austin blues icon Marcia Ball was among Ely's friends who played the induction show.

"Joe Ely performed American roots music with the fervor of a true believer who knew music could transport souls," said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

In the 1970s, Ely signed with MCA Records, launching a career that included decades of recording and touring around the world. His work and performances left a lasting impact on the music scene and influenced a wide range of artists, including the Clash and Bruce Springsteen, according to Rolling Stone.

"His distinctive musical style could only have emerged from Texas, with its southwestern blend of honky-tonk, rock & roll, roadhouse blues, western swing, and conjunto. He began his career in the Flatlanders, with fellow Lubbock natives Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, and he would mix their songs with his through 50 years of critically acclaimed recordings. [...]"

Read the full story at KVUE.com. CultureMap has added two paragraphs of context about the Austin portion of Ely's career.

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