Sitting on the Northeast corner of Hemphill and W. Berry St sits the shell of a once vibrant theater that saw it glory days through the 40’s and 50’s.
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Alice Cooper, Halestorm, Motionless in White @Toyota Music Pavilion 7.31.19
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Old black eyes, Mr. Alice Cooper, rolled through Irving on Wednesday night bring along with him Halestorm and Motion In White. The Toyota Pavillion was full packed with fans spanning several generations. It was a perfect summer night concert.
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Mastodon & Coheed and Cambria @ Toyota Music Factory 07.5.19
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Words by Matt Stubbs
Those loud noises coming from Irving, on the evening of July 3rd, wasn’t premature firework celebrations for ‘Merica. It was the muses of the Unheavenly Skye Tour. And the culprits of all the noise complaints made that night was Coheed and Cambria, Every Time I Die, and Mastodon. This guitar-driven shindig went down at the Toyota Music Factory.
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Bring Me The Horizon @ Southside Ballroom 02.08.19
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Bring Me The Horizon stopped by Southside Ballroom Friday night on their "First Love" tour, filling the mid-sized room with an arena-sized rock show. But the big question on everyone's mind was will the change into a more pop alternative sound across the last couple of albums keep Bring Me The Horizon from bringing the heavy that they are known for live? Would they even play any of their heavy material?
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Bret Michaels @ The Loud and Proud Pre-Race Show
Multi-platinum rocker Bret Michaels kicked the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 into high gear when he, along with his band, headlined the Loud & Proud Pre-Race Show Powered by Ashley HomeStores. Bret was the former lead singer of Poison and a staple of the 80’s LA Sunset scene, now he’s on the road with his “Party Starts Now” solo tour. He’s backed by the appropriately named Bret Michaels Band that includes Shawn Hugues on drums, former Cinderella bassist Eric Brittingham, and Jamie Laritz on guitar. The set consisted of Poison classics like “Talk Dirty To Me”, “Your Mama Don’t Dance”, “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn”, and “Nothin But A Good Time” as well as covers of “Sweet Home Alabama” and the Sublime classic “What I Got”.
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Goodbye Niles City
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Sitting just to the east and casting a shadow on the Stockyards sat a group of buildings in extreme decay, the heart of what was once Niles City. Comprised of a little over one half square mile in size, it once had 508 inhabitants and was labelled the "richest little city in Texas" due to the Fort Worth Stockyards Company, The Swift & Armour Packing Company, and the Stockyard Exchange. 1911 it was valued at $12 million. When the Swift & Armour Packing Company was operating at it's peak, 4,000 men and women were reporting for work. In 1923 Niles City was annexed and became a part of Fort Worth.
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