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Harry Styles, Hillary & Bill Clinton, ZZ Top, KISS on the calendar for coming-soon Irving Music Factory

Chris Rock. KISS. The Flaming Lips. Young the Giant. Harry Styles. Tori Amos. ZZ Top. Bill and Hillary Clinton?

The long-awaited The Pavilion at Irving Music Factory, expected to open Labor Day Weekend, sure has a stocked calendar. [UPDATE: Irving Music Factory canceled, moved or rescheduled its first six nights of shows because the venue was not ready to open.]

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The venue isn't just for concerts. The announcement of the Clintons' Q-and-A appearance Nov. 17, 2017 suggests this venue could be used for any large event. Once it opens, that is.

The concert venue is nestled in the middle of the $180 million development in Las Colinas on the northeast side of State Highway 114, just south of the Irving Convention Center.

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The venue will host shows from hair metal kings Scorpions, current alt-rock poster boys Young the Giant and appearances from '90s radio titans Matchbox 20 and Counting Crows in the first few months of the venue's existence.

If you don't count sports arenas that sometimes host concerts (such as AT&T Stadium, American Airlines Center and the Cotton Bowl), and Irving Music Factory basically becomes the second-largest music-focused venue in north Texas, behind Starplex Pavilion. (That's the venue formerly known as Gexa Energy Pavilion. And formerly a lot of other things.) With the May opening of The Colony's Lava Cantina and its 1,000+ seat concert venue, it's worth noting that previously empty areas of D-FW are filling up substantially.

Kudos to the 'burbs: There's a lot to do north of Dallas' city center.

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Check out the list of upcoming concerts at the Pavilion at the Music Factory in Irving:

Here's an artist rendering of the completed Irving Music Factory. The $180 million...
Here's an artist rendering of the completed Irving Music Factory. The $180 million development will include retail space, offices and restaurants to go along with the "3-in-1-style" Pavilion at Irving Music Factory.(Live Nation)
  • Aug. 31 and Sept. 1: [rescheduled] Dave Chappelle
  • Sept. 2: [canceled] Brad Paisley with Dustin Lynch, Chase Bryant and Lindsay Ell
  • Sept. 3: [canceled]: Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy with Eddie Money and the Marshall Tucker Band
  • Sept. 4: [moved] Lifehouse and Switchfoot
  • Sept. 6: [moved] Goo Goo Dolls with Phillip Phillips
  • Sept. 9: ZZ Top
  • Sept. 14: Sammy Hagar
  • Sept. 16: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
  • Sept. 17: NeedToBreathe and Gavin DeGraw
  • Sept. 19: Steve Winwood
  • Sept. 23: Sin Bandera
  • Sept. 24: Chris Isaak
  • Sept. 27: KISS
  • Sept. 28: Lauryn Hill, Nas and Chronixx
  • Sept. 29: Young the Giant with Cold War Kids and Joywave
  • Sept. 30: The Flaming Lips and Mac DeMarco
  • Oct. 1: Matchbox Twenty and Counting Crows
  • Oct. 3: Wilco
  • Oct. 5: Tesla
  • Oct. 7: Laid Back Festival featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-A-Whirl Band
  • Oct. 10: Harry Styles
  • Oct. 11: Ryan Adams
  • Oct. 12: [canceled] Scorpions with Megadeth
  • Oct. 13: Aaron Lewis and Blackberry Smoke
  • Oct. 17: "A Night of Symphonic Hip Hop" starring the Roots
  • Oct. 19: Shopkins Live! (a kids show)
  • Oct. 22: Evanescence
  • Nov. 3: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band
  • Nov. 9: Chris Rock
  • Nov. 11: Trevor Noah -- two shows due to demand
  • Nov. 16: Tori Amos
  • Nov. 17: Bill and Hillary Clinton
  • Dec. 1: AC2: An intimate evening with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen
  • Dec. 2: Dream Theater
  • Dec. 22: Trans-Siberian Orchestra (two shows, at 3 and 8 p.m.)
  • Dec. 28: Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tour
  • Jan. 19, 2018: 2 Cellos (rescheduled)
  • April 6, 2018: Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles