{"id":10969,"date":"2025-06-24T14:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/10969\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T14:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:46:07","slug":"cut-throat-finches-live-at-fort-worth-omni-july-18-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/10969\/","title":{"rendered":"Cut Throat Finches Live at Fort Worth Omni \u2014 July 18 Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

By all accounts, the newly revamped Jane & John Justin Foundation Omni Theater wasn\u2019t built with rock shows in mind. For decades, its vast dome projected the far reaches of space for school groups and science buffs, not alt-Americana bands from Fort Worth<\/a>. But on Thursday, July 18, the Omni will crack open its newly renovated, spaceship-grade sound system for a different kind of journey \u2014 one soundtracked by Cut Throat Finches and their 2019 concept album\u00a0In Event of Moon Disaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This will be just the second live music event at the Omni since Fort Worth native Jacob Furr kicked off the\u00a0Live from the Omni\u00a0concert series in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the biggest show we\u2019ll play this year \u2014 no question,\u201d said Sean Russell, the band’s frontman, producer, and spiritual compass. \u201cAnd I\u2019m spending whatever political capital I have to make sure people show up and see what this experience really is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The show is part of\u00a0Live from the Omni, a new concert series set inside the iconic theater at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, which kicked off in April with Fort Worth native Jacob Furr up front. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for drinks and mingling in the lobby, featuring a cash bar and concessions. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets are available, but VIP guests receive early access to the theater, a limited-edition show poster, and complimentary parking in the Museum School lot on Lansford Lane. VIP Plus ticketholders will also receive a vinyl copy of\u00a0In Event of Moon Disaster.<\/p>\n

The performance marks the first time the Finches will play the album in full \u2014 a cinematic, spacey narrative inspired by the contingency speech written for President Richard Nixon in the event that the Apollo 11 crew didn\u2019t make it home. The band will perform the album cover to cover, inside a dome equipped with world-class visuals and surround sound that may rival the scale of the moonshot it commemorates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Omni is the second-most advanced theater system in the world, next to the Sphere in Vegas,\u201d Russell said. \u201cIt\u2019s like being inside a giant spacecraft. You try to stay focused on the music, but your eyes keep going up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

This particular musical mission began months ago with a conversation between Russell and Tom Martens of Hear Fort Worth. The goal: to align the concert with the anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. \u201cI always thought of this album as a kind of inward-outward reflection \u2014 space exploration that really asks us to look inside ourselves,\u201d Russell said. \u201cIt\u2019s something we missed out on with the original release because of the pandemic. So this is, in a way, the release show we never got to have.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

There\u00a0are no openers; no distractions. Just one band and one immersive show. The Omni\u2019s dome will pulse with curated visuals \u2014 archival NASA footage and abstract cosmic imagery \u2014 designed to mirror the album\u2019s themes. One track even features Dan Bayless reading the never-delivered moon disaster speech in a voice Russell describes as \u201ca 1950s announcer without sounding like a caricature.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s original lineup will reunite for the show, including drummer Drea Ruse, who will be four months pregnant with twins when she takes the stage. \u201cThis might be her last show for a while,\u201d Russell said. \u201cWe\u2019re pushing our luck, but it felt important for all of us to play it together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the final notes echo off the dome, fans are invited to keep the night going at the official after party at Hotel Dryce \u2014 a fitting landing pad for those still floating in orbit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As for what\u2019s next, Russell says a fifth studio album is underway and will lean even further into Americana and roots rock. \u201cIt\u2019s still Cut Throat Finches, but it\u2019s changing,\u201d he said. \u201cI’ve collaborated with all kinds of folks lately \u2014 even an Apache pilot who sang backup vocals on a few tracks. The sound\u2019s evolving, and so is the band.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

But on July 18, it\u2019s all about one record, one room, and one shared trip to the stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think we need something outside of ourselves again \u2014 something like space to remind us of who we are and what we\u2019re capable of,\u201d said Russell. \u201cThis show is that for me. It\u2019s the reminder.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Live from the Omni featuring Cut Throat Finches\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thursday, July 18\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jane & John Justin Foundation Omni Theater\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lobby opens at 6:30 p.m. | Show starts at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By all accounts, the newly revamped Jane & John Justin Foundation Omni Theater wasn\u2019t built with rock shows…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,11877,11878,11876,783,10763,358,7453,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-10969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-jane-john-justin-foundation","12":"tag-live-music","13":"tag-omni-theater","14":"tag-space","15":"tag-stephen-montoya","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-top-story","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114738887883898937","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}