North Texas has seen plenty of blockbuster musical performances on stages large and small thus far in 2025 — St. Vincent, Kendrick Lamar, LCD Soundsystem, Paul Simon, Katy Perry and Post Malone, to name just a few — but the remaining months of the year promise just as many highlights to come, if not more. Here are a few forthcoming performances worthy of your attention and your hard-earned concert dollars.
September
Swell Season at Majestic Theatre (Sept. 12)
The folk-rock duo of singer-songwriters Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are nearly two decades removed from the startling, Oscar-winning success of their low-budget romantic drama Once and its attendant soundtrack. After an 11-year break, the pair reconnected in 2022, and earlier this year, released the aptly titled Forward, their first album in 16 years.
Nine Inch Nails at Dickies Arena (Sept. 13)
It’s more than a bit odd to consider Trent Reznor and his collaborator Atticus Ross — together they are Nine Inch Nails — as Oscar-winning, A-list movie soundtrackers, particularly given the abrasive brutalism of NIN’s early catalog (if anyone guessed the author of “Closer” would someday score films released by Disney, well …). The current “Peel It Back” tour is the band’s first substantial U.S. run of dates since 2018.
Royel Otis at Bomb Factory (Sept. 19)
Australian indie pop twosome Royel Otis (that’s Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic) has made a sizable impression in a brief time. Formed in 2019, the group doled out two albums in 2024 (Pratts & Pain) and 2025 (Hickey, which dropped in August). Each captures the band’s precise fusion of woozy, almost psychedelic rock with elements of pop and New Wave.
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More noteworthy September shows
Sept. 9: Bill Callahan at Sons of Hermann Hall; Swans at Granada Theater
Sept. 10: The Cowsills at Arlington Music Hall; The Hives at House of Blues
Sept. 11: Insane Clown Posse at Bomb Factory; Samia at the Echo Lounge & Music Hall; Marty Stuart at Longhorn Ballroom
Sept. 12: Luke Bryan at Dos Equis Pavilion; Polyphonic Spree at Granada Theater
Sept. 14: Buena Vista Orchestra at House of Blues
Sept. 16: Tom Odell at Echo Lounge & Music Hall; Tomorrow x Together at American Airlines Center
Sept. 17: Father John Misty at Bomb Factory; James Taylor at Dickies Arena; Lil Wayne at Dos Equis Pavilion; Yo La Tengo at Longhorn Ballroom
Sept. 18: Laufey at Dickies Arena; S.G. Goodman at Kessler Theater; Tate McRae at American Airlines Center
Sept. 19: Lainey Wilson at Dickies Arena; Lake Street Dive at Texas Trust CU Theatre; Old 97’s at Billy Bob’s Texas; Raphael Saadiq at Majestic Theatre; Toad the Wet Sprocket at Longhorn Ballroom
Sept. 20: Benson Boone at Dickies Arena; Magnolia & Johnson Electric Co. at Rubber Gloves; Mon Rovia at Kessler Theater
Sept. 21: Ben Folds at Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall; David Duchovny at Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Sept. 22: Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras at Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall
Sept. 23: Beach Fossils at Tulips
Sept. 24: Stereophonics at Granada Theater
Sept. 25: Addison Rae at South Side Ballroom; Bones Thugs-N-Harmony at Dos Equis Pavilion; Dandy Warhols at Longhorn Ballroom; Everclear at Legacy Hall; Haim at Bomb Factory; Red Clay Strays at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Sept. 26: Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Studio at the Bomb Factory; Freddie Gibbs & the Alchemist at South Side Ballroom; I’m With Her at Majestic Theatre; Kaitlin Butts and Wade Bowen at State Fair of Texas; The Struts at Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Sept. 27: Alabama Shakes at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory; Fat Daddy and TLC at State Fair of Texas; Jamey Johnson at Billy Bob’s Texas; Jimmie Vaughan at Longhorn Ballroom; The Rapture at the Studio at the Bomb Factory
Sept. 28: Beach Boys at Texas Trust CU Theatre; Charlie Wilson at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory; La Reunion Nortena and La Furia Del Bravo at State Fair of Texas
Sept. 30: Dua Lipa at American Airlines Center
October
Wet Leg at South Side Ballroom (Oct. 8)
British indie rock quintet Wet Leg is one of the rowdiest, punchiest bands to emerge from the Continent in some time — led by vocalist-guitarist Rhian Teasdale, the band’s self-titled debut kicked down the door three years ago. Now, they’re back with a much-anticipated follow-up, Moisturizer, which arrived in July.
LA LOM at Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall (Oct. 10)
Los Angeles instrumental trio LA LOM (short for the Los Angeles League of Musicians) fuses everything from cumbia and chicha to surf rock and soul to create an eclectic, timeless sound unlike any other band out there. Its self-titled debut was released just last year; show up to this one and expect to be utterly captivated.
Renee Rapp at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory (Oct. 23)
Actress Renee Rapp first turned heads five years ago on Broadway, as a cast member of Mean Girls, before pivoting to a pop music career in 2022. The North Carolina native handled the shift well, building up a passionate fanbase, which received a new album, Bite Me, earlier this year.
More noteworthy October shows
Oct. 1: Dua Lipa at American Airlines Center; Wolf Alice at House of Blues
Oct. 2: Ice Cube at Dickies Arena; Lukas Nelson at Majestic Theatre
Oct. 5: Jon Batiste at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Oct. 6: Joshua Ray Walker at State Fair of Texas
Oct. 7: Disclosure at South Side Ballroom; Garbage at Bomb Factory
Oct. 8: Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls at Texas Trust CU Theatre
Oct. 9: Djo at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory; Keith Urban at Dickies Arena; Paul Oakenfold at SILO Dallas; Rilo Kiley at Bomb Factory; Shaboozey at Billy Bob’s Texas; Village People at State Fair of Texas
Oct. 10-12: Megan Moroney at Texas Trust CU Theatre
Oct. 11: Lucius at Granada Theater; The Lumineers at Dickies Arena; Paul Wall at State Fair of Texas
Oct. 12: Cold War Kids at State Fair of Texas; The Rocket Summer at Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Oct. 13: Jade Bird at Deep Ellum Art Company; Judy Collins at Granada Theater; Kylie Morgan at State Fair of Texas
Oct. 15: Lyle Lovett at Majestic Theatre
Oct. 16: Turnstile at Panther Island Pavilion
Oct. 16-17: Minus the Bear at Granada Theater
Oct. 17: Yola at State Fair of Texas
Oct. 18: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Legacy Hall; Hoobastank and Hawthorne Heights at State Fair of Texas; John Legend at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Oct. 19: Ella Langley at Billy Bob’s Texas; Teethe at Rubber Gloves
Oct. 20: The Cult at Will Rogers Auditorium; Twenty One Pilots at Dos Equis Pavilion
Oct. 21: Noah Cyrus at House of Blues
Oct. 22: T-Pain at Dos Equis Pavilion
Oct. 24: Halsey at South Side Ballroom; Kaash Paige at Trees
Oct. 25: The Mars Volta at Bomb Factory
Oct. 27: Lord Huron at Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
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Source: https://kxt.org/2025/09/north-texas-fall-concert-preview-2025-a-list-arena-shows-killer-club-gigs/
