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Juggernaut rock band Nickelback adds Austin stop to 2023 tour

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Nickelback is back: Canadian-born rock juggernaut Nickelback is going on tour in summer 2023 to support their new album, Get Rollin'.

Called the "Get Rollin’ Tour," it'll hit 38 cities, launching on Monday, June 12 in Quebec City, QC at Videotron Centre, with special guests country rocker Brantley Gilbert and rising country artist Josh Ross.

It'll make three stops in Texas, including a new Austin stop as part of the tour's recently extended fall dates.

Saturday, July 22: Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas
Sunday, July 23: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Woodlands
Saturday, September 23: Moody Center in Austin

So sorry, San Antonio! Sounds like a road trip is on the offing. Comfort yourself with the band’s announcement video here.

Tickets for the new Austin date will be available starting with an artist presale on Friday, June 9 at 10 am. Additional presales will run throughout the weekend ahead of the general on-sale beginning Tuesday, June 13 at 10 am at livenation.com. A venue presale will run Monday, June 12 from 10 am - 10 pm, with code: RIVERSIDE at MoodyCenterATX.com.

Fans can also purchase VIP Packages, which may include premium tickets, invitation to the pre-show High Times VIP Lounge, specially designed Nickelback gift item, early entry into the venue & more. For more information, visit vipnation.com.

Nickelback's accomplishments are lengthy. The four-piece, comprised of Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake, and Daniel Adair, was named the most successful rock band of the decade by Billboard in 2009, globally celebrated for mega-hits such as “How You Remind Me,” “Photograph,” “Far Away,” and “Rockstar” which all held top spots on the Billboard 100.

"How You Remind Me" was named Billboard’s ‘Top Rock Song of the Decade," and was the #1 most played song on U.S. radio (any format) in the 2000s, according to Nielsen Soundscan, with over 1.2 million spins.

Get Rollin' was released on November 18, 2022, and is their first album in five years. A press release calls it "a thrilling soundscape of adventure, nostalgia, and emotional exploration."

It debuted at #2 across the Current Rock, Alternative, Hard Music, and Digital Album charts; landed on the ARIA Album Chart at No. 3; and in the Top 10 in the UK, Canada, Germany, Australia and Austria. And in a career first for the band, it debuted at No. 1 in Switzerland. Switzerland!

Wait, there's more Nickelback accolades: They’ve received nine Grammy nominations, three American Music Awards, a World Music Award, a People’s Choice Award, 12 JUNO Awards, seven MuchMusic Video Awards, and have been inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame (2007).

Extending their legacy yet further, Nickelback was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the JUNO Awards on March 13, 2023.

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Lit Crawled So You Could Run

Texas Book Festival's rowdy Lit Crawl has made a big change for 2024

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Book readings can seem dull, but the Lit Crawl always has something unconventional up its sleeve.

The Texas Book Festival is coming back to Austin again on November 16 and 17, bringing plenty of opportunities to browse books and hear from authors. But one free, annual event expands the opportunities for community engagement beyond the main festival — the Lit Crawl, now turning the page for its 13th year on Saturday.

This year things are different: attendees won't move from venue to venue (i.e. no more crawling), but the spirit is the same with nine different events and organizations coming together for programming under one roof. That central venue is Speakeasy (412 Congress Ave. D), a three-level nightclub about half a mile down the road from the main festival.

Since the venue is so large, there will still be a change of scenery for book-lovers who aren't ready to sit still. (They exist.)

On the ground floor there are readings from comedy and satire books, and then readings by noir writers. Simultaneously, on different sides of the ballroom, there's collaborative storytelling, advice from books, a trivia game show, and a Literary Death Match for selecting a favorite live reading.

Finally, on the rooftop, there are poetry readings, a showcase of Black women writers, and a celebration of banned books — or even books organizers expect to banned in the future.

Programming is organized by:

Haunt Happy Books
Literary Death Match
Austin Indie Book Festival
American Short Fiction
Texas Poetry Crush
Torch Literary Arts
Librotraficantes
Worded Funny
Noir at the Bar

All the events take place from 7-10 pm, so it's possible to hop between them, but difficult to make all of them. Thankfully, it won't cut into festival time: the events closer to the capitol are scheduled from 10 am to 4:15 pm. Guests must be at least 21 years old to attend the crawl, but the main festival is open to everyone. Both are free and accessible to the public.