METRORail — Reliant Park

A Reliant way to get to a game or the rodeo

8204 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77054

CONCERT PICKS

Leave the kids with grandma: Tonight brings a redneck women double bill for the ages

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 15th, 2010 at 12:19 AM

It's the Monday night extravaganza that RodeoHouston and I (OK, not RodeoHouston ... just me) have unofficially titled, "Call In Sick to Work Tuesday." It's gonna be a late ...

Sound Check

Country is Back: Five RodeoHouston shows you shouldn't miss

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 2nd, 2010 at 11:59 AM

In retrospect, it seems as obvious as bull riding and calf scrambles. What's a rodeo without country music? The answer: Not always a rodeo. At least not always the ...

Rumor Mill

A Strait path to the rodeo?

By Michael D. Clark

Nov 5th, 2009 at 9:50 AM

Nothing’s been confirmed (nor will it be for at least another month or two), but I would bet a ride on a bull named Fu-Manchu that George Strait and ...

It is their last rodeo

Brooks & Dunn bow out as the most loyal RodeoHouston act ever

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 19th, 2010 at 11:47 AM

Let me quantify the historic nature of this final Brooks & Dunn appearance at RodeoHouston as part of the appropriately titled, "The Last Rodeo" tour to you in numbers all can ...

From Black Eyed Peas to Brad Paisley

RodeoHouston out of the chute with its most diverse line-up in years

By Michael D. Clark

Jan 11th, 2010 at 11:54 AM

There are a few things a rodeo/music fan can count on when RodeoHouston gets ready for the annual unveiling of its concert line-up: Top country music acts and the ...

RODEO REVIEW

Coronation night: Alan Jackson takes his place as Houston Rodeo king

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 2nd, 2010 at 10:56 PM

It took 18 trips to RodeoHouston, including seven consecutive performances since Houston's cowboy showcase moved from the Astrodome to its new cow palace of Reliant Stadium, but Alan Jackson ...

Rodeo Houston

Dierks Bentley, Rascal Flatts and Gary Allan added to Rodeo Houston line-up

By Caroline Gallay

Dec 7th, 2009 at 10:38 AM

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has announced three new artists in this year's concert line-up: hunk Dierks Bentley (we feel that fire); the *NSync of country music, Rascal ...

MUSIC MATTERS

Can't the Jonas Brothers retire already? By next year, they'll be as forgotten as Debbie Gibson

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 5th, 2010 at 5:15 PM

The only karmic justice we average folks have against adolescent pop acts is that they only get to retain that status for about 10 minutes. After that the kids are ...

21,000 volunteers, 21,000 stories

Pushing the beef: For the rodeo's Big Boy club, steering customers is a badge of honor

By Shelby Hodge

Mar 16th, 2010 at 4:16 PM

Aaron Potier is accustomed to the attention that his RodeoHouston badges of honor draw. People stop him all the time to grab his photo and chat him up about his ...

Rodeo Houston

Let's hear it for the boys

By Sarah Rufca

Oct 20th, 2009 at 9:48 AM

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has started rodeo fever early by releasing a sneak peek at the 2010 line-up. And if you like men in stetsons or tight jeans ...

RodeoHouston shake-up

A rodeo first: A painting brings in more bucks than the grand champion steer

By Shelby Hodge

Mar 15th, 2010 at 12:31 PM

Something funny happened on the way to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo steer auction on Saturday. Maybe the bloody Mary's and milk punches didn't flow freely enough ...

Rodeo Nights

Nothing but a bad infomercial: Toby Keith's RodeoHouston concert a showy dud

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 13th, 2010 at 7:43 AM

I freely admit that I have been suspicious of Toby Keith from the first time I saw him nearly a decade ago. There's something not quite genuine about his ...

CONCERT PICKS

The most exciting music day at the Houston rodeo? It's this Sunday

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 12th, 2010 at 9:57 AM

Having a Go Tejano Day celebration at RodeoHouston and then inviting  El Trono de Mexico and Pesado as the double-bill is a bit like having a "Nothing But Rock n ...

Rodeo Nights

Blige kicks country's behind: The first sellout & real buzz of RodeoHouston all Mary

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 6th, 2010 at 5:15 AM

The sold-out Mary J. Blige show at RodeoHouston brought a different vibe than most rodeo concerts. It was clear the annual Black Heritage Celebration at the rodeo was going to ...

RODEO REVIEW

Kenny Chesney: Half cowboy, half beach bum

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 5th, 2010 at 6:52 AM

Just like The Rolling Stones and Miley Cyrus before him, cool cat cowboy Kenny Chesney debuts his new 3D concert film at a big screen near you next month. But ...

Till the reunion tour

The unanswered question of Brooks & Dunn

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 21st, 2010 at 11:07 AM

Now that Brooks & Dunn have played their 19th consecutive and final RodeoHouston performance, the question that has been sitting on the tongues of country music fans for the better part ...

Rodeo Nights

Lady Antebellum's pop/rock tunes fail to rouse rodeo crowd

By Michael D. Clark

Mar 16th, 2010 at 9:04 AM

Despite having one of the hottest country albums of the moment and several top-charting singles, new Nashville darlings Lady Antebellum suffered one of the cruelest fates at RodeoHouston in Reliant ...

Shelby's Social Diary

How suite it can be for the well connected at RodeoHouston

By Shelby Hodge

Mar 3rd, 2010 at 4:29 PM

So we didn't arrive in one of the scores of stretch limos or stretch Hummers that RodeoHouston fat cats hired Monday night for transport to Reliant Stadium. We saw ...

A Tween Injustice

Justin Bieber turns into his own scalper: First crack at Toyota tickets requires paid fan club membership

By Chris Baldwin

Jun 4th, 2010 at 2:32 PM

After blowing away the Jonas Brothers at RodeoHouston in the battle over who would cause the most tween hysteria, Justin Bieber is headed back to Houston. Only, he's trading ...