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Amphitheatre located in Dallas, Texas

Coordinates: 32°46′31″N 96°45′23″W / 32.77528°Northward 96.75639°W / 32.77528; -96.75639

Dos Equis Pavilion
Construction
Archway to the venue (c.2012)

Former names	The Amphitheatre at Off-white Park (planning/construction) Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre (1988–98) Starplex Amphitheatre (1999) Smirnoff Music Centre (2000–08) Superpages.com Center (2008–11) Gexa Energy Pavilion (2011–xvi) Starplex Pavilion (2017–18)
Address	3839 S Fitzhugh Ave Dallas, TX 75201
Location	Fair Park
Owner	City of Dallas
Operator	Live Nation
Chapters	20,000
Broke ground	Baronial xviii, 1987
Opened	July 23, 1988
Construction price	$10 one thousand thousand ($23.nine one thousand thousand in 2021 dollars^[1])

The Dos Equis Pavilion (originally Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre) is an outdoor amphitheatre located in Off-white Park, Dallas, Texas.

Naming history [edit]

The venue opened as Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre on July 23, 1988,^[2] with a concert by Rod Stewart. The outdoor covered amphitheater featured seven,500 seats under a pavilion and 12,500 general access lawn seats.^[three] Afterwards Coca-Cola's naming rights expired in 1998, the venue was known just equally Starplex Amphitheatre.

In 2000, naming rights were sold to the Smirnoff vodka company, as a result of a corporate sponsorship agreement with Firm of Dejection. The middle was and so called Smirnoff Music Centre and The Music Centre at Fair Park (for concerts featuring underage performers).^[4]

The name changed again in January 2008 to Superpages.com Center when naming rights were awarded to Superpages.com.^[5]

The name has changed several times since so: to Gexa Energy Pavilion in 2011,^[6] Starplex Pavilion in 2017.^[7] and Dos Equis Pavilion in April 2018.^[8]

Performers [edit]

Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre opened the weekend of July 23–24, 1988 with Rod Stewart on Fri nighttime, followed the next evening with a double beak of Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses. Bob Dylan, Hall & Oates, Air-conditioning/DC, Steve Winwood, Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis, Def Leppard, Willie Nelson and Bruce Hornsby all played the Starplex merely in the first calendar month. Before the season ended in October, Starplex hosted shows from Tangerine Dream, James Taylor, Eric Clapton, The Moody Blues, Chicago, Elton John, Robert Institute, and Santana. The fall Starplex concert schedule coincided with the Country Fair of Texas, too held in Fair Park each October.

Rod Stewart returned Apr 21, 1989 to kick off the second concert flavor at Starplex. The bookings at Starplex were eclectic and played heavily to classic-rock and nostalgia acts. Tom Little, Jimmy Buffett, Bon Jovi, Jackson Browne, Chris Isaak, Allman Brothers Ring, The Beach Boys, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Monkees, Little Feat, Don Henley, Jefferson Plane, Stevie Nicks, and Cher all played Starplex that summer and autumn. Chicago, Elton John, and Bob Dylan each returned. The promoters also experimented with jazz offerings similar Spyro Gyra and Miles Davis, and booked popular popular acts like Tiffany, New Kids On The Block, Milli Vanilli, and Paula Abdul.

Frank Sinatra opened the 1990 season at Starplex. New performers included Tears For Fears, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Joe Cocker, Steve Miller Band, The Black Crowes, Wilson Phillips, Richard Marx, Ziggy Marley, Linda Ronstadt, The Neville Brothers, Heart, Bonnie Raitt, Bad Company, Phil Collins, and Billy Idol. David Bowie brought his Sound + Vision Tour to Starplex for a special Independence Day show on July iv, 1990. Miles Davis, Chicago, Santana, Jimmy Buffett, The Moody Blues, James Taylor, The Beach Boys, and Steve Winwood all returned.

Coca-Cola Starplex in the 1990s [edit]

In the 1990s, the offerings at Starplex gradually reflected the irresolute landscape of music beingness played on the radio. The focus began to shift away from classic-stone and nostalgia acts similar Yes who played there in 1991, to more culling rock popularized past 94.5 The Edge in the Dallas market. Alternative artists similar Peter Murphy, The Church, Throwing Muses, New Order, The Replacements, The Cult, Shelleyan Orphan, The Cure, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Tracy Chapman, Depeche Style, The B-52'southward, Organized religion No More than, Alice In Chains, The The, Morrissey, Blind Melon, 10,000 Maniacs, Midnight Oil, Primal Scream, Meat Puppets, The Jayhawks, Sarah McLachlan, Live, The Cranberries, Radiohead, R.Eastward.Yard., Nine Inch Nails, Indigo Girls, Luscious Jackson, Los Lobos, Tori Amos, The Afghan Whigs, all played Starplex.

Many popular radio acts of the day headlined Starplex in the 1990s including Tina Turner, Michael Bolton, Harry Connick Jr., Celine Dion, Lyle Lovett, Seal, Gloria Estefan, Hootie & the Blowfish, Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, The Wallflowers, Spice Girls, Ameliorate Than Ezra, and Garbage.

Alternative music festivals [edit]

Lollapalooza [edit]

Starplex was the site of the Lollapalooza festival bout cofounded by Perry Farrell from 1991 to 1995. The alternative music juggernaut would return each year to Starplex until 1997, when sales declined and the festival'south tastemaking cache had faded. The various lineups included:

August 22–23, 1991: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Jane's Addiction, Fierce Femmes, Rollins Ring, Living Colour, and Butthole Surfers. The shows were notorious non only for record omnipresence for bands that were playing small clubs only a few months earlier, but also for the inclusion of gangsta rap pioneer Water ice-T and his rap-metal outfit Body Count.
September half-dozen, 1992: Pearl Jam, Rock Temple Pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Ministry, Lush, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Water ice Cube, and Body Count. Ticket sales were boosted both by the immense popularity of the headliners and by controversy surrounding Trunk Count'southward "Cop Killer," which was eventually removed from the group's debut album.
August 1, 1993: Sebadoh, Rage Against The Machine, Primus, Tool, Dinosaur Jr., Alice In Chains, and Arrested Evolution. The post-obit weekend, the knockoff MTV Culling Nation tour followed with a lineup including Spin Doctors, Soul Asylum, and Screaming Copse.
August 20–21, 1994: The Smashing Pumpkins, Greenish Day, L7, A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Stereolab, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Breeders, George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars, and The Flaming Lips. Ticket sales were strong for the 1994 festival despite the April death of Kurt Cobain, whose band Nirvana was originally ready to headline the festival.
August 10, 1995: Mike Watt, Versus, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Hole, Elastica, The Roots, Cypress Loma, Blonde Redhead and Beck.

In 1996 Lollapalooza was not presented at Starplex. On the date of the festival (July 25, 1996) Gloria Estefan had booked Starplex as part of a ii-night appointment. The event was held at Old Fort Dallas in Ferris, TX with a lineup that included Metallica, Soundgarden, Ramones, Rancid, Screaming Trees, Cheap Pull a fast one on, Steve Earle, Soul Coughing, Sponge, Melvins, and Jonny Polonsky.

Baronial 2, 1997: Devo, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Tool, James, Catchy and Snoop Dogg.
August 8, 2003: Thirty Seconds To Mars, Incubus, Audioslave, The Donnas, Queens of the Stone Historic period and Jane's Addiction

Edgefest [edit]

On April 19, 1992 94.five The Edge hosted their own alternative music festival with Edgefest 1992, a one-day festival which brought together The Charlatans, The Sugarcubes, Pearl Jam, and Dramarama. To ensure maximum omnipresence, general admission tickets to the festival were simply $9.45. On July 27, 1992 The Border presented the Edge Birthday Bash with a one-twenty-four hour period lineup including Peter Murphy, Material Issue, Rollins Band, The Soup Dragons and Cracker.

In subsequent years Starplex would often open each season with an Edgefest upshot instead of seeking a major name headliner.

In 1993 The Edge temporarily dropped the Edgefest moniker and put together the Edge World Day Concert on Apr eighteen, 1993, featuring The Tragically Hip, Dinosaur Jr., Jellyfish, Belly, 808 Land and others. In subsequent years Edgefest continued with these lineups:

Apr 17, 1994: Violent Femmes, The Charlatans, Tripping Daisy, Possum Dixon, Crash Test Dummies, and Crowded Business firm. Crash Test Dummies also opened for Elvis Costello and the Attractions the following weekend at Starplex.
Apr 22, 1995: Veruca Salt, Sponge, Letters To Cleo, Blues Traveler, and Adam Ant
April 21, 1996: Modern English language, Lush, Poe, The Verve Pipe, and The Refreshments. On June 2, 1996, The Border presented some other Border Altogether Bash with Jewel, Cowboy Junkies, Jars Of Clay and Deep Blue Something.
April 20, 1997: Brook, Moby, Matchbox 20, INXS, Ben Folds V, Block, and Cowboy Mouth

In 1998 Edgefest was non presented at Starplex. On the date of the festival (May 17, 1998) Starplex was not booked for whatsoever event. The upshot was held at The Ballpark In Arlington with a lineup including Creed, Fuel, The Crystal Method, Everclear, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and God Lives Underwater.

Apr 24, 1999: Third Middle Bullheaded, Glimmer-182, Toadies, Local H, Collective Soul, and Goo Goo Dolls
Apr 29, 2000: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Everclear, Bowling For Soup, and 311
May 12, 2001 (after venue was renamed Smirnoff Music Middle): Weezer, Fuel, Lifehouse, The Polyphonic Spree, and The Cult
June 1, 2002: Nickelback, Papa Roach, Lit, Unwritten Law, Goldfinger and Chomsky (a smaller bill featuring Flickerstick and Bowling For Soup played an Edgefest "Pre-Political party" prove on May 31)
May 17, 2003: Evanescence, Good Charlotte, MxPx, The All-American Rejects, New Establish Glory and Maroon v (a smaller bill featuring Bluish Oct and Socialburn played an Edgefest "Pre-Political party" evidence on May 16)
August 7, 2004: Evanescence, Three Days Grace, Seether, Breaking Benjamin and Lit. This was the first Edgefest presented in tardily summer, and followed Ozzfest 2004 past merely 2 days.
April 24, 2005: Sum 41, Papa Roach, Jimmy Swallow Globe, and Baton Idol. The Edge also presented a Fall Homecoming event on October 23, 2005, with Xxx Seconds to Mars, Seether, Panic! At The Disco, Audioslave, and The All-American Rejects.

H.O.R.D.Eastward. Tour [edit]

In 1995 the jam band-inspired H.O.R.D.E. (Horizons Of Rock Developing Everywhere) tour visited Texas for the starting time time at Starplex.

August thirty, 1995: Wilco, Morphine, Blues Traveler, Ziggy Marley, and The Black Crowes

In 1996 the H.O.R.D.E. festival did not visit Starplex. On the date of the festival (July 19, 1996) Starplex was not booked for whatever event. The event was held at Texas Motorplex with a lineup that included Rusted Root, Lenny Kravitz, Leftover Salmon, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Dave Matthews Band and Blues Traveler.

In 1997 headliners Widespread Panic dropped out of the H.O.R.D.E. bout at the terminal minute and a planned Texas terminate was cancelled. Ii of the planned headliners (Beck and Ben Folds Five) had played Starplex at Edgefest already in May.

Baronial 23, 1998: Cowboy Oral fissure, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Barenaked Ladies, Fastball, Ben Harper and Blues Traveler

Lilith Fair [edit]

From 1997 to 1999 Sarah McLachlan brought Lilith Off-white, her all-female person culling stone, folk and country festival to Starplex.

Baronial iv, 1997: Suzanne Vega, Joan Osborne, Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Lisa Loeb, Jewel, Indigo Girls, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow, Tracy Chapman, Paula Cole, Fiona Apple tree, The Cardigans, and Mary Chapin Carpenter
August 1, 1998: Liz Phair, Lucinda Williams, Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Bonnie Raitt and Erykah Badu
July 21, 1999: Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, Dido, and Luscious Jackson

Hard rock and archetype rock artists [edit]

Throughout the 1990s hard stone and heavy metal artists connected to remain popular with Air-conditioning/DC, Judas Priest, Cinderella, Poisonous substance, Lita Ford, Scorpions, Tesla, Kix, Great White, Metallica, White Lion, Warrant, KISS, Aerosmith, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slaughter, Fifty.A. Guns, Skid Row, Guns N' Roses, Motörhead, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, Extreme, Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Pantera, Queensrÿche, Dokken, Danzig, Monster Magnet, and Dio all playing Starplex.

Classic rock acts including Yes, Joe Walsh, The Doobie Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Mellencamp, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Dr. John, Glenn Frey, Sting, Leon Russell, Barry Manilow, Lenny Kravitz, Duran Duran, Tina Turner, Procol Harum, Jethro Tull, Neil Young, Traffic, Foreigner, America, Cheap Trick, Meat Loaf, Steely Dan, REO Speedwagon, Jeff Brook, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Rush, Blondie, Sammy Hagar, Fleetwood Mac, Boz Scaggs, Alan Parsons Live Project, John Fogerty, Journeying, Paul Simon, Eddie Money, Peter Frampton and Roger Waters fabricated appearances at Starplex in the 1990s.

Several prominent rock bands celebrated Independence Twenty-four hour period at Starplex in the 1990s including Boston (July four, 1995), a triple-neb of Blueish Öyster Cult, Kansas, and Styx (July 4, 1996), Steve Miller Band (July 4, 1997) and a triple-neb of Fifty.A. Guns, Warrant, and Slaughter (July four, 1998).

Metal, hardcore, and thrash music festivals [edit]

Ozzfest [edit]

The enduring popularity of hard rock, heavy metal and industrial metal was non lost on the promoters behind Ozzfest, the annual festival created as a harder-edged alternative to Lollapalooza and which featured Ozzy Osbourne and/or Blackness Sabbath as headliners.

June 1, 1997: Pantera, Powerman 5000, Type O Negative, Fright Factory, Ozzy Osbourne, and Black Sabbath. Just ten days later, the competing R.O.A.R. (Revelation of Culling Rhythms) tour also played Starplex with a lineup that included Sponge, Sevendust, Bloodhound Gang, and The Reverend Horton Heat on June 11.^[nine]
July 13, 1999: Rob Zombie, Slayer, System Of A Down, Slipknot, Primus, Godsmack, Fear Mill, Deftones, and Black Sabbath
August 18, 2000 (after venue was renamed Smirnoff Music Centre): Pitchshifter, Pantera, Incubus, Godsmack, Disturbed and Ozzy Osbourne. 2 weeks prior, the Tattoo The Earth festival had presented Slipknot, Sevendust, Slayer, Sepultura and Mudvayne on August 6.
July 5, 2001: Taproot, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Mudvayne, Hatebreed, Disturbed, Marilyn Manson and Black Sabbath. But a few days earlier the Big Freakin' Bargain festival was presented on June 30 with a lineup of Puddle Of Mudd, Rammstein, Tesla, Staind, Toadies and others.
September 8, 2002: Rob Zombie, System Of A Downwardly, Andrew W.G., P.O.D., Neurotica, Hatebreed, Tommy Lee and Ozzy Osbourne
June 29, 2003: Voivod, Nothingface, Korn, Disturbed, Marilyn Manson and Ozzy Osbourne
August 5, 2004: Slayer, Throwdown, Slipknot, Hatebreed, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath
August 25, 2005: Mastodon, Rob Zombie, Velvet Revolver, Drowning Pool and Black Sabbath

In 2006 Ozzfest was non presented in Dallas. On July xi, 2006, Ozzfest played Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Selma, TX with a lineup including System Of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed and Ozzy Osbourne.

August two, 2007: Lamb Of God, Static-X, Lordi, 3 Inches of Blood and Ozzy Osbourne

KEGL Freaker's Ball [edit]

October xiii, 1996: Ozzy Osbourne, Danzig, Sepultura, and Biohazard
Oct 30, 1999: Slipknot, Coal Chamber, Sevendust, Auto Head, and Megadeth
October 31, 2002: Korn, Disturbed, Blindside and TRUSTCompany
Oct 31, 2003: Sevendust, Staind, Jibe and Marilyn Manson
Oct 24, 2004: Velvet Revolver, Switchfoot, Breaking Benjamin, The Donnas and The Used

Country artists [edit]

Land music superstars were a regular feature at Starplex, with several artists booking return engagements throughout the 1990s. Willie Nelson, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Steve Earle, Hank Williams Jr., Clint Black, Alabama, Dolly Parton, Brooks & Dunn and Dwight Yoakam were among the many country acts to regularly appear at Starplex in the 1990s. More than recently, the Pavilion has welcomed acts like Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts, Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert and Chris Immature.

Soul, R&B, hip-hop and rap [edit]

Starplex hosted a number of R&B and soul superstars in the 1980s and 1990s including Earth, Wind & Fire, Sade, B.B. King, The Temptations, Al Jarreau, Wynton Marsalis, George Benson, Whitney Houston, Buddy Guy, Janet Jackson, Anita Baker, Rick James, and Boyz II Men. The venue was slow to comprehend hip-hop and rap acts except as part of festival bills: Tone Loc played Starplex on August 3, 1989, as part of the Club MTV package tour that as well included Milli Vanilli, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, and Paula Abdul. Gangsta rap, rap-rock and rap-metal acts including Ice-T, Ice Cube, Torso Count, Cypress Hill, and Snoop Dogg were booked at Starplex every bit function of the annual Lollapalooza tour which besides featured alternative stone bands.

Gradually hip-hop and rap acts began to go booked equally headliners outset with the groundbreaking Fugees show on July 26, 1996. The adjacent summer, on July 19, 1997, the House of Blues Smokin' Groovies tour brought together The Roots, Outkast, Cypress Hill, George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars, and Erykah Badu on a single neb.

Prince brought his Jam Of The Year tour to Starplex on Baronial nine, 1997. The singer, backed past an all-new New Power Generation band, played a fast and loose set that included James Brown, Madhouse and Joan Osborne covers amid hits similar "Little Red Corvette" and deep cuts similar "The Cross" and "Foreign Relationship."

Smirnoff Music Centre 2000–2008 [edit]

After the naming rights to Starplex were sold to Smirnoff vodka in mid-2000, the venue dropped the Starplex moniker and was renamed Smirnoff Music Middle. The venue was sometimes billed equally The Music Centre at Fair Park for all-ages shows which could non. for legal reasons, exist sponsored by a producer or distributor of alcoholic beverages.

Many of the biggest music acts of the 2000s played Smirnoff Music Centre in the 2000s including Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Mary J. Blige, Dashboard Confessional, Pink, No Dubiety, Kelly Clarkson, John Mayer, Counting Crows, 3 Doors Downwards, Linkin Park, Norah Jones, Oasis, Coldplay, Wu-Tang Clan and Colbie Caillat; indie heroes Queens Of The Rock Age, Bettie Serveert, The Smithereens, Weezer, Rilo Kiley and TV on the Radio; and state legends Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Shooter Jennings, Drive-By Truckers, Old 97'due south, and Blake Shelton. Brian Wilson, Deep Purple, Joe Satriani, David Lee Roth, ZZ Top, J.J. Cale, Dark Ranger, Peter Gabriel, Quiet Riot, Annie Lennox, Michael McDonald, Loverboy and Rick Springfield were amidst the classic-rock superstars making their debut at the venue in the 2000s.

Package tours remained popular with the Ability To The People tour bringing a quadruple bill of Poison, Slaughter, Dokken and Cinderella. The Up In Fume tour brought rappers Warren 1000, Water ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eminem together on August 7, 2000.

On June 16, 2001, the Summer Jam festival was held featuring rap stars Ludacris, Lil' Mo, Ja Dominion, Bow Wow and Ginuwine. The Extreme Steel effect on July 14, 2001, combined Slayer, Pantera, Static-X and other metal acts. The Back To School tour brought together Pool Of Mudd, Godsmack, and Deftones a week later. The Volunteers For America tour on October 20, 2001, featured a star-crusted lineup of Styx, Survivor, REO Speedwagon, Journey, Kansas and Eddie Money joining forces to raise funds for the victims of the ix/eleven terror attacks only one month later.^[ten]

On July 18, 2002, the Jeep World Exterior festival brought Tonic, Railroad train, O.A.R., Ziggy Marley and Sheryl Crow on July 18, 2002. The Sprite Liquid Mix bout included an eclectic bill of Hoobastank, Northward*E*R*D, 311 and Jay-Z. A double pecker of Incubus and Phantom Planet played an Independence Day show on July 4, 2002.

Large Freakin' Bargain returned May 8, 2003 with Systematic, Powerman 5000 and Godsmack. On August xiv, 2004, the Curiousa Festival brought Interpol, Mogwai, The Rapture and The Cure together on a single ticket. On July fifteen, 2005, the Sounds of the Clandestine festival assembled Lamb Of God, Throwdown, Clutch, High On Burn and Gwar. The Family Values tour brought Korn, Deftones, Flyleaf and Stone Sour together on August 5, 2006. On June xix, 2007, the Honda Civic Tour was presented with Autumn Out Boy, Paul Wall, Cobra Starship and others. On August two, 2007, the Projekt Revolution bout came to Smirnoff with Placebo, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, and Taking Back Lord's day. Family unit Values returned August 17, 2007 with Korn, Evanescence, Flyleaf and Neurosonic.

Vans Warped Tour [edit]

Vans Warped Tour, with an emphasis on punk, pop-punk and ska artists and skater civilization, visited Smirnoff (and later Superpages.com Eye) annually starting in 2000.

August 4, 2000: NOFX, Save Ferris, MxPx, The Mghty Mighty Bosstones, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Less Than Jake and The Ataris
July 20, 2001: Sum 41, Rancid, The Vandals, Less Than Jake, Kool Keith, Good Charlotte, AFI and 311
June 28, 2002: Reel Big Fish, No Use For A Proper name, Thrice, NOFX, MxPx, Lagwagon, Good Charlotte, Bad Religion and The Used
July xix, 2003: The Used, Thrice, The Suicide Machines, Andrew W.Thousand., Rancid, Plain White T's, AFI, Dropkick Murphys, Simple Plan and Less Than Jake
June 26, 2004: New Found Glory, My Chemical Romance, Th, Ima Robot and Bad Faith
June 24, 2005: The Offspring, My Chemical Romance, MxPx, No Use for A Proper name, Dropkick Murphys, Avenged Sevenfold, and The All-American Rejects
July ane, 2006: NOFX, Paramore, Less Than Jake, Helmet, I Am Ghost and Silverstein
July fourteen, 2007: Paramore, New Constitute Glory, Coheed and Cambria, All Time Low and Bad Organized religion
July 3, 2008 (after venue was renamed Superpages.com Eye): Reel Big Fish, Relient K, Say Anything, Paramore, Confronting Me! and Katy Perry
July v, 2009: Less Than Jake, Underoath, Bad Faith, and A Twenty-four hours To Retrieve
July 3, 2010: Sum 41, Suicide Silence, Pierce The Veil, Alkaline Trio, and The All-American Rejects

Superpages.com Centre 2008–2010 [edit]

At the opening of the 2008 season the naming rights for Smirnoff Music Centre expired and the venue was renamed for Superpages.com, an online business directory based in Coppell, Texas. The British spelling of the word "Middle" was changed to the more common American "Center" at the same time. The Centre Of The City package tour with Mary J. Blige, The-Dream and Jay-Z was the first engagement at Superpages.com Heart on April 12, 2008. The Glow In The Night tour with Kanye West, Rihanna, Northward*E*R*D and Lupe Fiasco followed weeks after on May 1, 2008. The True Colors tour assembled Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett, The B-52's and others on a single nib June 22, 2008. 97.5 The Eagle presented a BFD festival on July 24, 2008, with Mötley Crüe, Papa Roach, Buckcherry and others. Mayhem Festival rolled into Superpages the next day with a bill including Disturbed, Slipknot, Underoath, Mastodon, Machine Caput and other Ozzfest alumni. The Hawkeye brought another BFD festival to Superpages August 8, 2009 with Mötley Crüe, Godsmack and Drowning Pool. Commotion Festival also returned Baronial fifteen, 2009 with Marilyn Manson, Cannibal Corpse, Slayer and others. Mayhem returned August 13, 2010 with Rob Zombie, Korn, Hatebreed, Lamb of God and others. Uproar Festival followed September 10, 2010 with Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold and others.

Avril Lavigne, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers, James Blunt, Brad Paisley, Chris Cornell, The Avett Brothers, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Lil Wayne, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Sublime, Jack Johnson, Owl Metropolis, and Kings Of Leon all made their debuts at Superpages.com during this period. The Police and Anthrax besides played Superpages.com for the first time, though Police frontman Sting had headlined both Starplex and Smirnoff Music Middle as a solo artist.

Gexa Energy Pavilion 2011 - 2016 [edit]

Lana Del Rey

Starplex Pavilion 2017 - 2018 [edit]

Dos Equis Pavilion 2018 - Nowadays [edit]

On April 21, 2018, the Foo Fighters played their first show in Dallas in over a decade at the Dos Equis Pavilion on their Concrete and Gilded Tour.^[11]

Gallery [edit]

Arlington alternative rock band Solice performing for Uproar Festival at Gexa Energy Pavilion

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