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Hip-hop legends Wu-Tang Clan coming to Houston on final tour

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Hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan will bring their touring days to an end with their final tour, Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber, which will include a stop in Houston at the Toyota Center on June 14.

Starting on June 5 in Baltimore, Maryland, the 27-date tour will travel around the U.S. and Canada through July 18. In addition to Houston, they will perform in Dallas on June 13 and Austin on June 15.

Wu-Tang Clan will be joined by hip-hop duo Run the Jewels on all dates.

The group, comprised of members RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa, officially released six albums between 1993 and 2014.

All six made the top 10 on Billboard's R&B chart, with one — appropriately, Wu-Tang Forever in 1997 — going to No. 1 on the overall Billboard 200.

The Wu Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour will celebrate the depth and breadth of the iconic group's catalogue. On the tour fans can expect to hear songs that have never been performed live, deep cuts, and, major hits.

The group has most recently been in the news over the saga of their seventh unreleased album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, which was sold to Martin Shkreli for a reported $2 million in 2015. Full details of the saga can be found here.

Amazon Music and Wu-Tang Clan are releasing an exclusive new live EP, which will be available exclusively at Amazon Music streaming and physically limited to 1500 vinyl units.

Tickets and VIP packages for the tour will go on sale at 10 am on February 28 via Ticketmaster.com. There will be no pre-sales for this tour. Fans may join the Wu queue online which will open 30 minutes before the on sale.

Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour dates

Fri, JUN 6 - CFG Bank Arena, Baltimore, MD
Sat, JUN 7 - Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
Tue, JUN 10 - Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
Wed, JUN 11 - State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA
Fri, JUN 13 - Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, TX
Sat, JUN 14 - Toyota Center, Houston, TX
Sun, JUN 15 - Moody Center, Austin, TX
Mon, JUN 16 - BOK Center, Tulsa, OK
Wed, JUN 18 - Footprint Center, Phoenix, AZ
Fri, JUN 20 - Toyota Arena, Ontario, CA
Sat, JUN 21 - Pechanga Arena, San Diego, CA
Sun, JUN 22 - Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Tue, JUN 24 - Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
Thu, JUN 26 - Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA
Sat, JUN 28 - Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
Mon, JUN 30 - Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada
Tue, JUL 1 - Moda Center, Portland, OR
Fri, JUL 4 - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village, CO
Mon, JUL 7 - United Center, Chicago, IL
Tue, JUL 8 - Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI
Wed, JUL 9 - Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
Fri, JUL 11 - TD Garden, Boston, MA
Sun, JUL 13 - Place Bell, Laval, Canada
Mon, JUL 14 - Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada
Wed, JUL 16 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Thu, JUL 17 - Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
Fri, JUL 18- Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA

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Waddle We Have Here

3 endangered penguin chicks just hatched at Galveston's Moody Gardens

A Humboldt penguin chick in an Easter Basket at Moody Gardens

Photo courtesy of Moody Gardens

Look what showed up in an Easter Basket!

Galveston's Moody Gardens announced this week that it has successfully hatched three Humboldt penguin chicks in the Aquarium Pyramid, the first time the facility has done so.

“This is our first ever time having Humboldt penguin chicks, so we’re very excited,” said Amy Jones, a biologist who works with the penguins and seals at Moody Gardens.

Two chicks were born to penguins Yolanda and Cusco, and another to Marcona and Ballesta, all between March 15 and 18. Aquarium staff has been monitoring the chicks and their parents, and all seem to be thriving.

Humboldt penguins are warm weather penguins that naturally inhabit the coasts of Peru and Chile. Moody Gardens introduced Humboldt penguins to its aquarium in 2017. A burrowing species, mating pairs lay and protect eggs in protected nests.

The new chicks will remain secluded in their nesting box for the time being until they develop their waterproof feathers. The parents are keeping them warm and fed. Sex will be determined via DNA testing at a later date, after which the chicks will be named and formally introduced to the public.

Achieving viable Humboldt penguins hatchings is a significant feat for a program that is less than 10 years old, according to Moody Gardens. The birds require strict diets and climate controlled habitats to thrive, and successfully housing a colony of 12 in an environment that makes them comfortable enough to breed is quite an achievement. Engagement and stimulation is key, and visitors to the aquarium can often see the penguins playing with bubbles and toys that simulate activity in the natural environment.

Successful hatchings are also a win in the fight against extinction. Humboldt penguins are classified as a vulnerable species, with only about 23,000 left worldwide. The birds are heavily impacted by El Niño events that disrupt the nutrient-rich Humboldt current that forms the base of the penguins' food pyramid. Driven by man-made climate change, these events are increasing in number and severity. Overfishing, pollution, habitat loss, and being caught in fishing nets also accounts for a decline in the population, according to press materials. Programs like the one at Moody Gardens help educate the public on the dangers the penguins face in the wild.

The real question is: when will visitors be allowed to see the babies? Staff continues to monitor the chicks with regular weigh-ins. The chicks will remain in the nesting boxes for at least several weeks until they are mature enough to start entering safe areas and, eventually, the main habitat. In the meantime, people can see videos on the Moody Gardens Instagram page.

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