Editing Dos Equis Pavilion

{{Short description|Amphitheatre located in Dallas, Texas}}
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{{Infobox venue
| name = Dos Equis Pavilion
| image = File:Gexa Energy Pavilion.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Entrance to the venue (c.2012)
| address =  3839 S Fitzhugh Ave<br>[[Dallas]], [[Texas|TX]] 75201
| location = [[Fair Park]]
| broke_ground = August 18, 1987
| opened = July 23, 1988
| owner = City of Dallas
| operator = [[Live Nation (events promoter)|Live Nation]]
| cost = $10 million<br>{{small|(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|10000000|1987}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})}}
| capacity = 20,000
| website = 
| former_names = The Amphitheatre at Fair Park {{small|(planning/construction)}}<br>Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre {{small|(1988–2014)}}<br>Starplex Amphitheatre {{small|(1999)}}<br>Smirnoff Music Centre {{small|(2000–08)}}<br>Superpages.com Center {{small|(2008–11)}}<br>Gexa Energy Pavilion {{small|(2011–16)}}<br>Starplex Pavilion {{small|(2017–18)}}
}}

The '''Dos Equis Pavilion''' (originally '''Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre''') is an outdoor [[amphitheatre]] located in [[Fair Park]], [[Dallas]], [[Texas]].

==Naming history==
The venue opened as Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre on July 23, 1988,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1988/december/outdoor-theater-from-hell/ |title=OUTDOOR THEATER FROM HELL! |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=December 1988 |website=[[D Magazine]] |access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> with a concert by [[Rod Stewart]]. The outdoor covered amphitheater featured 7,500 seats under a pavilion and 12,500 general admission lawn seats.<ref>{{cite magazine|publication-date=April 16, 1988|title=A New Star Is Rising|magazine=Billboard|volume=100|issue=16|location=New York City, New York|issn=0006-2510|access-date=February 11, 2018|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-04-16.pdf}}</ref> After [[Coca-Cola]]'s naming rights expired in 1998, the venue was known simply as Starplex Amphitheatre.

In 2000, naming rights were sold to the [[Smirnoff]] [[vodka]] company, as a result of a corporate sponsorship agreement with [[House of Blues]]. The center was then called Smirnoff Music Centre and The Music Centre at Fair Park (for concerts featuring underage performers).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/a-brief-look-at-the-naming-rights-history-of-gexa-energy-pavilion-recently-renamed-starplex-9051779 |title=A Brief Look at the Naming Rights History of Gexa Energy Pavilion, Recently Renamed Starplex |last1=Jamison |first1=Mollie |date=January 4, 2017 |website=[[Dallas Observer]] |publisher=[[Voice Media Group]] |access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref>

The name changed again in January 2008 to Superpages.com Center when naming rights were awarded to Superpages.com.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/013108dngllivenation.7414d5f9.html|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|publisher=[[A. H. Belo|A. H. Belo Corporation]]|date=January 30, 2008|access-date=February 14, 2008|last=Christensen|first=Thor|title=Smirnoff Music Centre is now SuperPages.com Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305024317/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/013108dngllivenation.7414d5f9.html |archive-date=March 5, 2008}}</ref>

The name has changed several times since then: to [[Gexa Energy]] Pavilion in 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/music/headlines/20110128-dallas-superpages.com-center-renamed-again.ece |title=Dallas' Superpages.com Center renamed again|last1=Tarradell |first1=Mario|work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |date=January 28, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204055146/http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/music/headlines/20110128-dallas-superpages.com-center-renamed-again.ece |archive-date=February 4, 2011}}</ref> Starplex Pavilion in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Tiney |last1=Ricciardi |first2=Robert |last2=Wilonsky |title=Amphitheater's name hits rewind |date=January 4, 2017|access-date=February 10, 2017|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|publisher=A. H. Belo Corporation |via=[[PressReader]]|url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-dallas-morning-news/20170104/281981787264154}}</ref> and [[Dos Equis]] Pavilion in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jagger |first=Juliette |url=https://celebrityaccess.com/2018/04/20/historic-dallas-amphitheater-to-be-renamed-dos-equis-pavilion/ |title=Historic Dallas Amphitheater To Be Renamed Dos Equis® Pavilion |publisher=CelebrityAccess |date=2018-04-20 |access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref>

== Performers ==
[[File:State Fair of Texas September 2019 09 (Dos Equis Pavilion).jpg|thumb|Dos Equis Pavilion as viewed from [[Texas Star]]]]

Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre opened the weekend of July 23–24, 1988 with [[Rod Stewart]] on Friday night, followed the next evening with a double bill of [[Aerosmith]] and [[Guns N' Roses]]. [[Bob Dylan]], [[Hall & Oates]], [[AC/DC]], [[Steve Winwood]], [[Kenny Loggins]], [[Huey Lewis]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Willie Nelson]] and [[Bruce Hornsby]] all played the Starplex just in the first month. Before the season ended in October, Starplex hosted shows from [[Tangerine Dream]], [[James Taylor]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[The Moody Blues]], [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[Elton John]], [[Robert Plant]], and [[Santana (band)|Santana]].  The fall Starplex concert schedule coincided with the [[State Fair of Texas]], also held in [[Fair Park]] each October.

[[Rod Stewart]] returned on April 21, 1989 to kick off the second concert season at Starplex.  The bookings at Starplex were eclectic and played heavily to classic-rock and nostalgia acts. [[Tom Petty]], [[Jimmy Buffett]], [[Bon Jovi]], [[Jackson Browne]], [[Chris Isaak]], [[The Allman Brothers Band|Allman Brothers Band]], [[The Beach Boys]], [[Peter, Paul and Mary]], [[The Monkees]], [[Little Feat]], [[Don Henley]], [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[Stevie Nicks]], and [[Cher]] all played Starplex that summer and fall. [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[Elton John]], and [[Bob Dylan]] each returned.  The promoters also experimented with jazz offerings like [[Spyro Gyra]] and [[Miles Davis]], and booked popular pop acts like [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]], [[New Kids on the Block|New Kids On The Block]], [[Milli Vanilli]], and [[Paula Abdul]].

[[Frank Sinatra]] opened the 1990 season at Starplex.  New performers included [[Tears for Fears|Tears For Fears]], [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young|Crosby, Stills, and Nash]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[Steve Miller Band]], [[The Black Crowes]], [[Wilson Phillips]], [[Richard Marx]], [[Ziggy Marley]], [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[The Neville Brothers]], [[Heart (band)|Heart]], [[Bonnie Raitt]], [[Bad Company]], [[Phil Collins]], and [[Billy Idol]]. [[David Bowie]] brought his [[Sound+Vision Tour|Sound + Vision Tour]] to Starplex for a special Independence Day show on July 4, 1990. [[Miles Davis]], [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[Jimmy Buffett]], [[The Moody Blues]], [[James Taylor]], [[The Beach Boys]], and [[Steve Winwood]] all returned.

=== Coca-Cola Starplex in the 1990s ===
In the 1990s, the offerings at Starplex gradually reflected the changing landscape of music being played on the radio.  The focus began to shift away from classic-rock and nostalgia acts like [[Yes (band)|Yes]] who played there in 1991, to more alternative rock popularized by [[KDGE|94.5 The Edge]] in the Dallas market.  Alternative artists like [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]], [[The Church (band)|The Church]], [[Throwing Muses]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]], [[The Cult]], [[Shelleyan Orphan]], [[The Cure]], [[Edie Brickell & New Bohemians]], [[Tracy Chapman]], [[Depeche Mode]], [[The B-52's]], [[Faith No More]], [[Alice in Chains|Alice In Chains]], [[The The]], [[Morrissey]], [[Blind Melon]], [[10,000 Maniacs]], [[Midnight Oil]], [[Primal Scream]], [[Meat Puppets]], [[The Jayhawks]], [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Live (band)|Live]], [[The Cranberries]], [[Radiohead]], [[R.E.M.]], [[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 (musician)|Seal]], [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Hootie & the Blowfish]], [[Alanis Morissette]], [[Dave Matthews Band]], [[Phish]], [[The Wallflowers]], [[Spice Girls]], [[Better Than Ezra]], and [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]].

=== Alternative music festivals ===
==== Lollapalooza ====
Starplex was the site of the [[Lollapalooza]] festival tour 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's tastemaking cache had faded.  The various lineups included:

* August 22–23, 1991: [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], [[Jane's Addiction]], [[Violent Femmes]], [[Rollins Band]], [[Living Colour]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]], and [[Butthole Surfers]].  The shows were notorious not only for record attendance for bands that were playing small clubs just a few months before, but also for the inclusion of [[gangsta rap]] pioneer Ice-T and his [[Rap metal|rap-metal]] outfit Body Count. Ticket sales were boosted both by the immense popularity of the headliners and by controversy surrounding [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]]'s "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]," which was eventually removed from the group's debut album.
* September 6, 1992: [[Pearl Jam]], [[Stone Temple Pilots]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Soundgarden]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Lush (band)|Lush]], [[The Jesus and Mary Chain|The Jesus & Mary Chain]], and [[Ice Cube]].  
* August 1, 1993: [[Sebadoh]], [[Rage Against the Machine|Rage Against The Machine]], [[Primus (band)|Primus]], [[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]], [[Alice in Chains|Alice In Chains]], and [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]].  The following weekend, the knockoff MTV Alternative Nation tour followed with a lineup including [[Spin Doctors]], [[Soul Asylum]], and [[Screaming Trees]].
* August 20–21, 1994: [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], [[Green Day]], [[L7 (band)|L7]], [[A Tribe Called Quest]], [[Beastie Boys]], [[Stereolab]], [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], [[The Breeders]], [[George Clinton (funk musician)|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 (band)|Nirvana]] was originally set to headline the festival.
* August 10, 1995: [[Mike Watt]], [[Versus (band)|Versus]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]], [[Hole (band)|Hole]], [[Elastica]], [[The Roots]], [[Cypress Hill]], [[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 two-night engagement.  The event was held at Old Fort Dallas in Ferris, TX with a lineup that included [[Metallica]], [[Soundgarden]], [[Ramones]], [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]], [[Screaming Trees]], [[Cheap Trick]], [[Steve Earle]], [[Soul Coughing]], [[Sponge (band)|Sponge]], [[Melvins]], and [[Jonny Polonsky]].

* August 2, 1997: [[Devo]], [[Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]], [[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[James (band)|James]], [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] and [[Snoop Dogg]].
* August 8, 2003: Thirty Seconds To Mars, Incubus, Audioslave, The Donnas, Queens of the Stone Age and Jane's Addiction

==== Edgefest ====
On April 19, 1992 [[KDGE|94.5 The Edge]] hosted their own alternative music festival with Edgefest 1992, a one-day festival which brought together [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]], [[The Sugarcubes]], [[Pearl Jam]], and [[Dramarama]].  To ensure maximum attendance, general admission tickets to the festival were only $9.45.  On July 27, 1992 [[KDGE|The Edge]] presented the Edge Birthday Bash with a one-day lineup including [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]], [[Material Issue]], [[Rollins Band]], [[The Soup Dragons]] and [[Cracker (band)|Cracker]].

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

In 1993 The Edge temporarily dropped the Edgefest moniker and put together the Edge Earth Day Concert on April 18, 1993, featuring [[The Tragically Hip]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]], [[Jellyfish (band)|Jellyfish]], [[Belly (band)|Belly]], [[808 State]] and others.  In subsequent years Edgefest continued with these lineups:

* April 17, 1994: [[Violent Femmes]], [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]], [[Tripping Daisy]], [[Possum Dixon]], [[Crash Test Dummies]], and [[Crowded House]]. [[Crash Test Dummies]] also opened for [[Elvis Costello and the Attractions]] the following weekend at Starplex.
* April 22, 1995: [[Veruca Salt]], [[Sponge (band)|Sponge]], [[Letters to Cleo|Letters To Cleo]], [[Blues Traveler]], and [[Adam Ant]]
* April 21, 1996: [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]], [[Lush (band)|Lush]], [[Poe (singer)|Poe]], [[The Verve Pipe]], and [[The Refreshments (U.S. band)|The Refreshments]].  On June 2, 1996, The Edge presented another Edge Birthday Bash with [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]], [[Cowboy Junkies]], [[Jars of Clay|Jars Of Clay]] and [[Deep Blue Something]].
* April 20, 1997: [[Beck]], [[Moby]], [[Matchbox Twenty]], [[INXS]], [[Ben Folds Five]], [[Cake (band)|Cake]], and [[Cowboy Mouth]]

In 1998 Edgefest was not presented at Starplex.  On the date of the festival (May 17, 1998) Starplex was not booked for any event.  The event was held at [[Globe Life Park in Arlington|The Ballpark In Arlington]] with a lineup including [[Creed (band)|Creed]], [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]], [[The Crystal Method]], [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]], [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|Mighty Mighty Bosstones]], and [[God Lives Underwater]].

* April 24, 1999: [[Third Eye Blind]], [[Blink-182]], [[Toadies]], [[Local H]], [[Collective Soul]], and [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
* April 29, 2000: [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]], [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]], [[Bowling for Soup|Bowling For Soup]], and [[311 (band)|311]]
* May 12, 2001 (after venue was renamed Smirnoff Music Centre): [[Weezer]], [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]], [[Lifehouse (band)|Lifehouse]], [[The Polyphonic Spree]], and [[The Cult]]
* June 1, 2002: [[Nickelback]], [[Papa Roach]], [[Lit (band)|Lit]], [[Unwritten Law]], [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] and [[Chomsky (band)|Chomsky]] (a smaller bill featuring [[Flickerstick]] and [[Bowling for Soup|Bowling For Soup]] played an Edgefest "Pre-Party" show on May 31)
* May 17, 2003: [[Evanescence]], [[Good Charlotte]], [[MxPx]], [[The All-American Rejects]], [[New Found Glory]] and [[Maroon 5]] (a smaller bill featuring [[Blue October]] and [[Socialburn]] played an Edgefest "Pre-Party" show on May 16)
* August 7, 2004: [[Evanescence]], [[Three Days Grace]], [[Seether]], [[Breaking Benjamin]] and [[Lit (band)|Lit]].  This was the first Edgefest presented in late summer, and followed Ozzfest 2004 by just two days.
* April 24, 2005: [[Sum 41]], [[Papa Roach]], [[Jimmy Eat World]], and [[Billy Idol]].  The Edge also presented a Fall Homecoming event on October 23, 2005, with [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]], [[Seether]], [[Panic! at the Disco|Panic! At The Disco]], [[Audioslave]], and [[The All-American Rejects]].

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

August 30, 1995: [[Wilco]], [[Morphine (band)|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 any event.  The event was held at [[Texas Motorplex]] with a lineup that included [[Rusted Root]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Leftover Salmon]], [[Medeski Martin & Wood|Medeski, Martin & Wood]], [[Dave Matthews Band]] and [[Blues Traveler]].

In 1997 headliners [[Widespread Panic]] dropped out of the H.O.R.D.E. tour at the last minute and a planned Texas stop was cancelled.  Two of the planned headliners ([[Beck]] and [[Ben Folds Five]]) had played Starplex at Edgefest already in May.

August 23, 1998: [[Cowboy Mouth]], [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]], [[Barenaked Ladies]], [[Fastball (band)|Fastball]], [[Ben Harper]] and [[Blues Traveler]]

==== Lilith Fair ====
From 1997 to 1999 [[Sarah McLachlan]] brought [[Lilith Fair]], her all-female alternative rock, folk and country festival to Starplex.

* August 4, 1997: [[Suzanne Vega]], [[Joan Osborne]], [[Natalie Merchant]], [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Lisa Loeb]], [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]], [[Indigo Girls]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Tracy Chapman]], [[Paula Cole]], [[Fiona Apple]], [[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 classic rock artists ===
Throughout the 1990s [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] artists continued to remain popular with [[AC/DC]], [[Judas Priest]], [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]], [[Poison (American band)|Poison]], [[Lita Ford]], [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]], [[Kix (band)|Kix]], [[Great White]], [[Metallica]], [[White Lion]], [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]], [[Kiss (band)|KISS]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Slayer]], [[Megadeth]], [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], [[L.A. Guns]], [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]], [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Motörhead]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]], [[Van Halen]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Pantera]], [[Queensrÿche]], [[Dokken]], [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]], [[Monster Magnet]], and [[Dio (band)|Dio]] all playing Starplex.

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

Several prominent rock bands celebrated [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] at Starplex in the 1990s including [[Boston (band)|Boston]] (July 4, 1995), a triple-bill of [[Blue Öyster Cult]], [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]], and [[Styx (band)|Styx]] (July 4, 1996), [[Steve Miller Band]] (July 4, 1997) and a triple-bill of [[L.A. Guns]], [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]], and [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] (July 4, 1998).

=== Metal, hardcore, and thrash music festivals ===
==== Ozzfest ====
The enduring popularity of [[hard rock]], heavy metal and [[industrial metal]] was not lost on the promoters behind [[Ozzfest]], the annual festival created as a harder-edged alternative to [[Lollapalooza]] and which featured [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and/or [[Black Sabbath]] as headliners.

* June 1, 1997: [[Pantera]], [[Powerman 5000]], [[Type O Negative]], [[Fear Factory]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], and [[Black Sabbath]].  Just 10 days later, the competing R.O.A.R. (Revelation of Alternative Rhythms) tour also played Starplex with a lineup that included [[Sponge (band)|Sponge]], [[Sevendust]], [[Bloodhound Gang]], and [[The Reverend Horton Heat]] on June 11.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1433246/iggy-pop-sponge-to-kick-off-roar-tour-in-may/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117122346/http://www.mtv.com/news/1433246/iggy-pop-sponge-to-kick-off-roar-tour-in-may/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 17, 2019|title=Iggy Pop, Sponge To Kick Off R.O.A.R. Tour In May|website=[[MTV]] |access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref>
* July 13, 1999: [[Rob Zombie]], [[Slayer]], [[System of a Down|System Of A Down]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Primus (band)|Primus]], [[Godsmack]], [[Fear Factory]], [[Deftones]], and [[Black Sabbath]]
* August 18, 2000 (after venue was renamed Smirnoff Music Centre): [[Pitchshifter]], [[Pantera]], [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]], [[Godsmack]], [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]].  Two weeks prior, the Tattoo The Earth festival had presented [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Sevendust]], [[Slayer]], [[Sepultura]] and [[Mudvayne]] on August 6.
* July 5, 2001: [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Papa Roach]], [[Mudvayne]], [[Hatebreed]], [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], [[Marilyn Manson]] and [[Black Sabbath]].  Just a few days earlier the Big Freakin' Deal festival was presented on June 30 with a lineup of [[Puddle of Mudd|Puddle Of Mudd]], [[Rammstein]], [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]], [[Staind]], [[Toadies]] and others.
* September 8, 2002: [[Rob Zombie]], [[System of a Down|System Of A Down]], [[Andrew W.K.|Andrew W.K]]., [[P.O.D.]], [[Neurotica (band)|Neurotica]], [[Hatebreed]], [[Tommy Lee]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
* June 29, 2003: [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]], [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]], [[Korn]], [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], [[Marilyn Manson]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
* August 5, 2004: [[Slayer]], [[Throwdown (band)|Throwdown]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Hatebreed]], [[Judas Priest]] and [[Black Sabbath]]
* August 25, 2005: [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[Rob Zombie]], [[Velvet Revolver]], [[Drowning Pool]] and [[Black Sabbath]]

In 2006 Ozzfest was not presented in Dallas.  On July 11, 2006, Ozzfest played [[Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Selma, Texas)|Verizon Wireless Amphitheater]] in [[Selma, Texas|Selma, TX]] with a lineup including [[System of a Down|System Of A Down]], [[Avenged Sevenfold]], [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]].

* August 2, 2007: [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb Of God]], [[Static-X]], [[Lordi]], [[3 Inches of Blood]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]]

==== KEGL Freaker's Ball ====

* October 13, 1996: [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]], [[Sepultura]], and [[Biohazard]]
* October 30, 1999: [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Coal Chamber]], [[Sevendust]], [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]], and [[Megadeth]]
* October 31, 2002: [[Korn]], [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], [[Blindside (band)|Blindside]] and [[Trustcompany|TRUSTCompany]]
* October 31, 2003: [[Sevendust]], [[Staind]], [[Jibe (band)|Jibe]] and [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
* October 24, 2004: [[Velvet Revolver]], [[Switchfoot]], [[Breaking Benjamin]], [[The Donnas]] and [[The Used]]

=== Country artists ===
Country 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 (American band)|Alabama]], [[Dolly Parton]], [[Brooks & Dunn]] and [[Dwight Yoakam]] were among the many country acts to regularly appear at Starplex in the 1990s. More recently, the Pavilion has welcomed acts like Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts, Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert and Chris Young.

=== Soul, R&B, hip-hop and rap ===
Starplex hosted a number of R&B and soul superstars in the 1980s and 1990s including [[Earth, Wind & Fire]], [[Sade (singer)|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 embrace 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 also included [[Milli Vanilli]], [[Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam]], and [[Paula Abdul]]. [[Gangsta rap]], [[Rap rock|rap-rock]] and [[Rap metal|rap-metal]] acts including [[Ice-T]], [[Ice Cube]], [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]], [[Cypress Hill]], and [[Snoop Dogg]] were booked at Starplex as part of the annual Lollapalooza tour which also featured alternative rock bands.

Gradually hip-hop and rap acts began to get booked as headliners beginning with the groundbreaking [[Fugees]] show on July 26, 1996.  The next summer, on July 19, 1997, the House of Blues Smokin' Groovies tour brought together [[The Roots]], [[Outkast]], [[Cypress Hill]], [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars]], and [[Erykah Badu]] on a single bill.

[[Prince (musician)|Prince]] brought his [[Jam of the Year Tour|Jam Of The Year tour]] to Starplex on August 9, 1997.  The singer, backed by an all-new [[The New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] band, played a fast and loose set that included [[James Brown]], [[Madhouse (band)|Madhouse]] and [[Joan Osborne]] covers amid hits like "Little Red Corvette" and deep cuts like "The Cross" and "Strange Relationship."

=== Smirnoff Music Centre 2000–2008 ===
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 Centre.  The venue was sometimes billed as The Music Centre at Fair Park for all-ages shows which could not, for legal reasons, be 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]], [[Aaron Carter]], [[Dashboard Confessional]], [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], [[No Doubt]], [[Kelly Clarkson]], [[John Mayer]], [[Counting Crows]], [[3 Doors Down]], [[Linkin Park]], [[Norah Jones]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Coldplay]], [[Wu-Tang Clan]] and [[Colbie Caillat]]; indie heroes [[Queens of the Stone Age|Queens Of The Stone Age]], [[Bettie Serveert]], [[The Smithereens]], [[Weezer]], [[Rilo Kiley]] and [[TV on the Radio]]; and country legends [[Toby Keith]], [[Kenny Chesney]], [[Alan Jackson]], [[Shooter Jennings]], [[Drive-By Truckers]], [[Old 97's]], and [[Blake Shelton]]. [[Brian Wilson]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Joe Satriani]], [[David Lee Roth]], [[ZZ Top]], [[J. J. Cale|J.J. Cale]], [[Night Ranger]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Quiet Riot]], [[Annie Lennox]], [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]], [[Loverboy]] and [[Rick Springfield]] were among the classic-rock superstars making their debut at the venue in the 2000s.

Package tours remained popular with the Power To The People tour bringing a quadruple bill of [[Poison (American band)|Poison]], [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], [[Dokken]] and [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]]. The Up In Smoke tour brought rappers [[Warren G]], [[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 Rule]], [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]] and [[Ginuwine]].  The Extreme Steel event on July 14, 2001, combined [[Slayer]], [[Pantera]], [[Static-X]] and other metal acts. The Back To School tour brought together [[Puddle of Mudd|Puddle Of Mudd]], [[Godsmack]], and [[Deftones]] a week later.  The Volunteers For America tour on October 20, 2001, featured a star-crusted lineup of [[Styx (band)|Styx]], [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]], [[REO Speedwagon]], [[Journey (band)|Journey]], [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] and [[Eddie Money]] joining forces to raise funds for the victims of the [[9/11 terror attacks]] just one month later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/volunteers-for-america/|title=When Styx and REO Speedwagon Decided To Volunteer For America|last=Wawzenek|first=Bryan|date=21 October 2016 |access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref>

On July 18, 2002, the Jeep World Outside festival brought [[Tonic (band)|Tonic]], [[Train (band)|Train]], [[O.A.R.]], [[Ziggy Marley]] and [[Sheryl Crow]] on July 18, 2002. The Sprite Liquid Mix tour included an eclectic bill of [[Hoobastank]], [[N*E*R*D]], [[311 (band)|311]] and [[Jay-Z]]. A double bill of [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] and [[Phantom Planet]] played an [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] show on July 4, 2002.

Big Freakin' Deal returned May 8, 2003 with [[Systematic (band)|Systematic]], [[Powerman 5000]] and [[Godsmack]]. On August 14, 2004, the Curiousa Festival brought [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]], [[Mogwai]], [[The Rapture (band)|The Rapture]] and [[The Cure]] together on a single ticket. On July 15, 2005, the Sounds of the Underground festival assembled [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb Of God]], [[Throwdown (band)|Throwdown]], [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]], [[High on Fire|High On Fire]] and [[Gwar]]. The Family Values tour brought [[Korn]], [[Deftones]], [[Flyleaf (band)|Flyleaf]] and [[Stone Sour]] together on August 5, 2006. On June 19, 2007, the Honda Civic Tour was presented with [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Paul Wall]], [[Cobra Starship]] and others. On August 2, 2007, the Projekt Revolution tour came to Smirnoff with [[Linkin Park]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Taking Back Sunday]], [[HIM_(Finnish_band)|HIM]], and [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]. Family Values returned August 17, 2007 with [[Korn]], Evanescence, Flyleaf and Neurosonic.

==== Vans Warped Tour ====
Vans Warped Tour, with an emphasis on [[Punk rock|punk]], [[Pop punk|pop-punk]] and [[ska]] artists and [[Skate culture|skater culture]], visited Smirnoff (and later Superpages.com Center) annually starting in 2000.

* August 4, 2000: [[NOFX]], [[Save Ferris]], [[MxPx]], [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones|The Mghty Mighty Bosstones]], [[Long Beach Dub Allstars]], [[Less Than Jake]] and [[The Ataris]]
* July 20, 2001: [[Sum 41]], [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]], [[The Vandals]], [[Less Than Jake]], [[Kool Keith]], [[Good Charlotte]], [[AFI (band)|AFI]] and [[311 (band)|311]]
* June 28, 2002: [[Reel Big Fish]], [[No Use for a Name|No Use For A Name]], [[Thrice]], [[NOFX]], [[MxPx]], [[Lagwagon]], [[Good Charlotte]], [[Bad Religion]] and [[The Used]]
* July 19, 2003: [[The Used]], [[Thrice]], [[The Suicide Machines]], [[Andrew W.K.]], [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]], [[Plain White T's]], [[AFI (band)|AFI]], [[Dropkick Murphys]], [[Simple Plan]] and [[Less Than Jake]]
* June 26, 2004: [[New Found Glory]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]], [[Ima Robot]] and [[Bad Religion]]
* June 24, 2005: [[The Offspring]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[MxPx]], [[No Use for a Name|No Use for A Name]], [[Dropkick Murphys]], [[Avenged Sevenfold]], and [[The All-American Rejects]]
* July 1, 2006: [[NOFX]], [[Paramore]], [[Less Than Jake]], [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]], [[I Am Ghost]] and [[Silverstein (band)|Silverstein]]
* July 14, 2007: [[Paramore]], [[New Found Glory]], [[Coheed and Cambria]], [[All Time Low]] and [[Bad Religion]]
* July 3, 2008 (after venue was renamed Superpages.com Center): [[Reel Big Fish]], [[Relient K]], [[Say Anything (band)|Say Anything]], [[Paramore]], [[Against Me!]] and [[Katy Perry]]
* July 5, 2009: [[Less Than Jake]], [[Underoath]], [[Bad Religion]], and [[A Day to Remember|A Day To Remember]]
* July 3, 2010: [[Sum 41]], [[Suicide Silence]], [[Pierce the Veil|Pierce The Veil]], [[Alkaline Trio]], and [[The All-American Rejects]]

=== Superpages.com Center 2008–2010 ===
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 "Centre" was changed to the more common American "Center" at the same time.  The Heart Of The City package tour with [[Mary J. Blige]], [[The-Dream]] and [[Jay-Z]] was the first engagement at Superpages.com Center on April 12, 2008.  The Glow In The Dark tour with Kanye West, Rihanna, N*E*R*D and Lupe Fiasco followed weeks later on May 1, 2008.  The True Colors tour assembled [[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Joan Jett]], [[The B-52's]] and others on a single bill June 22, 2008. [[KEGL|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 (band)|Disturbed]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Underoath]], [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] and other Ozzfest alumni. [[KEGL|The Eagle]] brought another BFD festival to Superpages August 8, 2009 with [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Godsmack]] and [[Drowning Pool]].  Mayhem Festival also returned August 15, 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 (band)|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 (band)|Sublime]], [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]], [[Owl City]], and [[Kings of Leon|Kings Of Leon]] all made their debuts at Superpages.com during this period. [[The Police]] and [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] also played Superpages.com for the first time, though Police frontman [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] had headlined both Starplex and Smirnoff Music Centre as a solo artist.

=== Gexa Energy Pavilion 2011 - 2016 ===
Lana Del Rey

One Direction

=== Starplex Pavilion 2017 - 2018 ===

=== Dos Equis Pavilion 2018 - Present ===
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 Gold Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dearmore |first1=Kelly |title="At Foo Fighters' sold-out Dallas concert, it was impossible not to get smacked with that holy, rock 'n' rollin' spirit" |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2018/04/22/at-foo-fighters-sold-out-dallas-concert-it-was-impossible-not-to-get-smacked-with-that-holy-rock-n-rollin-spirit/ |website=dallasnews.com |date=22 April 2018 |publisher=The Dallas Morning News |access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> On June 2, 2023 Janet Jackson played to a sold out crowd at the venue on her [[Janet Jackson: Together Again|Together Again]] tour. 

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Silvergun_Gexa.jpg|American rock band [[Ashes of Eagles|Silvergun]] from [[Dallas, Texas]] performing at Gexa Energy Pavilion
File:Solice Uproarfest Dallas 2013.jpg|[[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]] alternative rock band Solice performing for Uproar Festival at Gexa Energy Pavilion
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[List of contemporary amphitheatres]]
* [[List of music venues]]
*[[Live Nation (events promoter)|Live Nation]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.dosequispavilion.com/ Dos Equis Pavilion]
*[http://www.facebook.com/DosEquisPavilion/ Dos Equis Pavilion Facebook Page]

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