Houston Concert Watch 5/18: NKOTB, Ace Frehley, and More

The Mixtape Tour brings New Kids on the Block, Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue, and Rick Astley to Toyota Center on Thursday for an '80s extravaganza.As announced a few days ago, Houston music lovers will have to wait until September to catch Lady Gaga’s Chromatica Ball tour at Minute Maid Park . In the meantime, there are a number of exciting shows this week to tide over Gaga followers - her “Little Monsters” - and other music fans until this fall.

The story goes that, in the late ‘80s when New Kids on the Block were beginning to hit their stride, Dusty Hill of ZZ Top ended up backstage at one of the youngsters’ shows. “So you’re the new kids on the block, huh?” Dusty was said to have asked. “Well, I guess that makes me the old fart down the street!” These days, the New Kids are themselves nearing old fart territory, with all but one member over 50. The years will melt away, however, when their Mixtape Tour hitsthis Thursday.

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley was most recently in Houston last fall, opening for Alice Cooper at the Smart Financial Centre. This time around, he will be the headliner atdowntown on Saturday. For those desiring an up-close and personal experience with the Spaceman, VIP packages are available.

. A press release notes that the back to the roots project was recorded strictly live, with no overdubs or studio trickery. According to Doe, producer Dave Way told the musicians as they began recording, “OK, bitches! This is for real!” The mercurial Glenn Danzig has worn a number of musical hats during his career, fronting horror-punk provocateurs The Misfits, releasing an album of Elvis covers, writing the elegiac ballad “Life Fades Away” for Roy Orbison, and leading his namesake band, Danzig. And even within that band, Danzig has cruised down a number of stylistic avenues, including heavy metal and industrial.

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