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Heavy metal legends Metallica add Houston to massive world tour

Metallica will play at NRG Stadium next year.

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The legendary heavy metal rock band Metallica has extended their massive M72 world tour, including a stop at NRG Stadium in Houston on June 14, 2025.

The tour, which has played throughout 2023 and 2024, will now go into a third year, with the band playing 21 North American shows in April, May, and June.

Metallica, which has already played to over 3 million fans so far, will also return to Australia and New Zealand in 2025, but those dates have not yet been announced.

While the original tour had Metallica playing back-to-back nights in all cities, only a handful of cities will receive the same treatment in 2025. Unfortunately, Houston only gets one show.

Supporting acts on the 2025 North American leg will include Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Suicidal Tendencies, and Ice Nine Kills.

The tour, which features a in-the-round stage design that relocates the Metallica Snake Pit to center stage, is in support of the band's 2023 album, 72 Seasons, their first new release since 2017.

Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, September 24 at 10 am local time until Thursday, September 26 at 10 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 27 at 10 am. Fan club pre-sales begin on September 23 at 10 am.

A portion of proceeds from every ticket sold will go to the band’s All Within My Hands foundation, which aims to assist and enrich communities through career and technical education programs in the U.S., combating food insecurity, and donating to disaster relief efforts worldwide.

a beautiful mind

Houston Health Museum's new exhibit shines a light on dyslexia

Sarah Sudhoff created "The Reading Brain" in honor of her son.

Photo by Rose Tylinski

"The Reading Brain" replicates neuron activity in a dyslexic brian while reading

No, "The Reading Brain" isn't the title of a B-horror film from the 1960s. It's a brand new installation at the Houston Health Museum that explores dyslexia.

The piece was created by Houston-based artist Sarah Sudhoff, in partnership with Dr. Guinevere Eden, Director of the Center for the Study of Learning at Georgetown University. Hanging from the ceiling of the Health Museum, it uses light-up colored circles to represent the frontal lobe activity of a dyslexic person while reading. MRI scans of dyslexic brains formed the foundation of the light activity. Sudhoff's own son has dyslexia, and she had to adapt her homeschooling of him to account for his neurodivergence. As much as 20 percent of the American population is dyslexic.

"The Reading Brain" grew out of a similar exhibit at the DoSeum in San Antonio. "Beautiful Minds: Dyslexia and the Creative Advantage" challenged visitors to see dyslexia not as a learning disability but as simply a different way some human brains work. The exhibit featured videos, stories, and art work by dyslexic individuals that show how they succeed and create, as well as a selection of brain puzzles used to teach dyslexic people.

“Even though your brain works differently, it still lights up and is beautiful to watch, a wonderful machine you have. It just means you have to navigate and pivot a little differently,” Sudhoff said.

Sudhoff's innovative bridge between science and art is a permanent part of the Health Museum's MindWorks exhibit. Like "The Reading Brain," MindWorks maps out thinking processes through light and hands-on activities. The exhibit will close on January 5, meaning visitors have a very short time to see Sudhoff's piece.

The Health Museum is a hidden gem in Museum District located a block away from the Children's Museum. It houses a variety of exhibits about the human body, such as a giant plastic colon that kids love to run through. Since opening in 1969, the museum has helped Houstonians and visitors from around the world learn about the way the body works as well well as public health protocols. As the only Smithsonian Affiliate Museum in the Houston Museum District, it has a high educational pedigree despite it's colorful and often whimsical offerings.

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