Big Spring & Summer Lineups for Music Lovers Near East Texas- Make Your Plans Now!

I took a glance at the upcoming schedules for venues within a couple hours drive of East Texas.  Wow - what a selection of great shows already booked!  

Let's run 'em down by event date:

April:
20th-  Patti Labelle.  Tyler Cowan Center.

May:
4th-  The Weeknd.  Dallas American Airlines Center.
4th-  Kings Of Leon.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre.
6th-  Chris Brown.  Dallas American Airlines Center.
7th-  Anthony Hamilton.  Shreveport Auditorium.
21st-  Train.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre.
22nd-  John Legend.  Grand Prairie Verizon Theater.
23rd-  New Kids On The Block, with Boyz II Men & Paula Abdul.  Dallas American Airlines Center.
26th-  U2.  Arlington AT&T Stadium.
27th-  Patti Labelle.  Bossier City Horseshoe Casino. 
27th-  The Temptations.  Bossier City DiamondJacks Casino. 

June:
3rd-  Florida-Georgia Line, with Nelly.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre. 
16th-  Pitbull & Enrique Iglesias (co-headliners).  Dallas American Airlines Center.

July:
2nd-  The Outlaw Music Festival, with Sheryl Crow.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre. 
11th-  Hall & Oates, with Tears For Fears.  Dallas American Airlines Center. 
15th-  Third Eye Blind.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre.
18th-  Neil Diamond.  Dallas American Airlines Center. 
19th-  Shawn Mendes.  Dallas American Airlines Center. 
28th-  Vans Warped Tour, with American Authors.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre.
29th-  Nickelback.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre.
29th-  I Love The 90s, with TLC, Naughty By Nature, Blackstreet, Tone Loc, C+C Music Factory, & Snap!  Grand Prairie Verizon Theater.
29th-  Justin Bieber.  Arlington AT&T Stadium. 
30th-  Idina Menzel.  Grand Prairie Verizon Theater.

August:
3th-  Lionel Richie.  Dallas American Airlines Center.
5th-  John Mayer.  Dallas American Airlines Center. 
5th-  Frankie Beverly & Maze.  Grand Prairie Verizon Theater.
6th-  Incubus, with Jimmy Eat World.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre. 
18th-  Ed Sheeran.  Dallas American Airlines Center. 
22nd-  Don Henley.  Dallas American Airlines Center. 
24th-  Lost 80s Live, with Berlin, Naked Eyes, Wang Chung, Cutting Crew, Tommy Tutone, Spandau Ballet, & Information Society.  Grand Prairie Verizon Theater.
26th-  Lady Antebellum, with Kelsea Ballerini.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre. 

September: 
1st-  Dave Chapelle.  Irving Music Factory Pavilion.
4th-  Lifehouse, with Switchfoot.  Irving Music Factory Pavilion.
6th-  Goo Goo Dolls.  Irving Music Factory Pavilion.
11th-  OneRepublic, Fitz & The Tantrums.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre. 
17th-  Gavin DeGraw, with Needtobreathe.  Irving Music Factory Pavilion.
19th-  Steve Winwood.  Irving Music Factory Pavilion.  
22nd-  Depeche Mode.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre. 
22nd-  Sublime.  Irving Music Factory Pavilion.  
29th-  Smokey Robinson.  Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre. 

October:
1st-  Matchbox Twenty, with Counting Crows.  Irving Music Factory Pavilion.
7th-  Tim McGraw & Faith Hill.  Dallas American Airlines Center.
20th-  George Lopez.  Irving Music Factory Pavilion.
27th-  Bruno Mars.  Dallas American Airlines Center.

Check back as we'll update the calendar the further we get into the Spring/Summer concert season.  And please let us know if we missed a venue or particular show so we can add 'em to our list.