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Rockers Third Eye Blind will close out Summer Gods tour in The Woodlands

Third Eye Blind will bring their fourth Summer Gods Tour to Texas in summer '24.

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Rock band Third Eye Blind will become seasonal deities once again when they present the fourth edition of their Summer Gods Tour, which will include a stop at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on August 3.

Starting on June 8, the tour will visit 37 cities over the course of two months, culminating with a three-day swing through Texas: Dallas on August 1, Austin on August 2, and The Woodlands on August 3.

They'll be joined by special guests Yellowcard and A R I Z O N A on all dates.

Third Eye Blind has previously used the Summer Gods Tour title in 2017 when they were joined by Silversun Pickups, in 2019 when Jimmy Eat World joined them on the road, and in 2022 when Taking Back Sunday was their special guest.

The band is not touring in support of any specific material, as their last album was Our Bande Apart in 2021. They have released seven studio albums dating back to 1997, selling more than 12 million records over 26+ years.

They are, however, commemorating the 25th anniversary of one of their early hits, “Jumper,” by releasing the world’s first playable .999 silver-coated and .997 karat gold-coated records. These special discs are clearly aimed at superfans, as they cost $450 for the silver version and $800 for the gold version, with a pure gold version available for an unnamed price.

Tickets for the tour will be available for presale on Tuesday, January 9 with Citi, with additional presales throughout the week. The general on-sale will begin on Friday, January 12 at 10 am at ThirdEyeBlind.com.

Third Eye Blind Summer Gods Tour

June 8 Airway Heights, WA BECU Live at Northern Quest
June 9 Nampa, ID Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
June 13 Seattle, WA WAMU Theater
June 14 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater
June 15 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 20 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
June 21 Chula Vista, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 22 Las Vegas, NV Fontainebleau Las Vegas
June 25 West Valley City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
June 26 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 28 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
June 29 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - St. Louis
June 30 Franklin, TN FirstBank Amphitheater
July 2 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
July 3 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater
July 5 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
July 6 Noblesville, IN Ruoff Music Center
July 7 Clarkston, MI Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 9 Burgettstown, PA The Pavilion at Star Lake
July 11 Gilford, NH BankNH Pavilion
July 12 Camden, NJ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
July 13 Mansfield, MA Xfinity Center
July 14 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 16 Saratoga Springs, NY Broadview Stage at SPAC
July 18 Wantagh, NY Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
July 19 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 20 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
July 21 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
July 23 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
July 25 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds
July 26 Jacksonville, FL VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
July 27 Alpharetta, GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
July 28 Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
July 31 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP
August 1 Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
August 2 Austin, TX Germania Insurance Amphitheater
August 3 Houston, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman

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Houston chef slices into Gordon Ramsay-led cooking competition show

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Chef Trinidad "Machete" González is competing on Next Level Chef.

A Houston chef is showcasing his skills on Season 5 of Next Level Chef. Trinidad Gonzalez, better known locally as Chef Machete is one of the professional chefs who will compete in cooking challenges for the opportunity to win $250,000 and professional mentorship from celebrity chef judges Gordon Ramsay, Nyesha Arrington, and Richard Blais.

This Fox show has a unique conceit. Chef teams work together in three kitchen stacked on top of each other, like a strange multi-story culinary incubator where the top floor's kitchen is pristine, with state-of-the-art equipment, the bottom floor's kitchen is decrepit, and the middle floor is an average commercial kitchen. Other twists bring added challenges.

Locally known for his Bay Area taqueria Gordo Niños, Machete is a self-taught chef who serves fusion style tacos and burritos. Available with fillings such as chicken, pastor, and beef, the chef's "secret menu" of over-the-top items such as deep-fried burritos or the "Surf N Turf Killa-Dilla," a quesadilla stuffed with shrimp, carne asada, french fries, guacamole, two kinds of cheese, and Mexican ketchup — add the chef's signature "Lean Sauce" for another $1. He's also a multi-time winner of taco competition that's part of the University of St. Thomas's popular Two Saints and a Taco fundraiser.

Machete survived the first episode, which aired on January 29, making him eligible to be drafted onto a team led by one of the judges. A new episode, which debuts this Thursday, February 5, will feature two Texas-based "social media" chefs, Tim Laielli and Christian Alquiza.

Laielli, who is based in Dripping Springs, has 1.4 million followers on Instagram and 910,000 subscribers on YouTube. He doesn't have an obvious signature style that viewers can expect him to lean on in the competition. If anything, his strength may be his willingness to try new recipes, often using his daughters' requests and cuisines around the world as a springboard (whether complying or completely ignoring them) into dishes like Thai curry, homemade McGriddles, and a lot of steaks.

Over in Austin proper, Alquiza posts videos under the punny account name @illsqueezeya. He's also worked for the channel First We Feast, where he hosts Hot Kitchen, a snappy instructional show focusing on indulgent, dramatic foods like super-hot chicken and a 10,000-calorie cheat meal.

Alquiza's personal videos follow more of the standard food show format, with the chef speaking to the camera and offering step-by-step instructions to follow along with. Even though his image is mostly wrapped up with First We Feast, Next Level Chef considers him a social media chef.

The two Austin chefs have even collaborated before. Things seem to have gone well on the show, since all three Texas chefs posed for a picture at Beyond The Lines Tattoo in Austin, with a text overlay revealing that the chefs got inked up together.

Next Level Chef season 5 contestants at Beyond the Line Tattoo Looks like the chefs had a good time.Beyond the Lines Tattoo/Instagram

Viewers can watch Next Level Chef every Thursday on Fox or streaming the next day on Hulu.

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Eric Sandler contributed to this article.

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Chef Trinidad "Machete" González is competing on Next Level Chef.

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