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Winter storm's impact tops this week's 5 most-read Fort Worth stories

Editor's note: The historic winter storm that ravaged Texas dominated Fort Worth headlines this week, as residents scrambled to find warmth and water. Read on for the week's most popular stories.

1. Boil water advisory ends for residents of north Fort Worth. North Fort Worth and surrounding suburbs were among the first areas in DFW to be issued boil water alerts early in the week, as power outages began to take their toll on water treatment plants. Arlington, West Fort Worth, and many other communities followed suit. While north Fort Worth's advisory got lifted Friday, many in the area are still boiling water through the weekend.

2. Burst water pipes flood and damage parts of Fort Worth museum. Areas of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History suffered damage due to water from broken pipes and sprinklers caused by record low temperatures, the museum announced in a February 17 statement. Water from the burst pipes flooded the Museum School, the Academy of Digital Learning Laboratory, the Museum store, parts of DinoLabs, and offices.

3. Virginia nonprofit Mercy Chefs wheels into Fort Worth with hot meals and water. A disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization called Mercy Chefs arrived in Fort Worth with hot meals, all the way from Virginia. Mercy Chefs, founded in 2006 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, visits communities around the country to serve professionally prepared, restaurant-quality meals to victims, first responders, and volunteers in emergencies and natural disasters. They will be serving meals in Fort Worth through the weekend.

4. Sen. Ted Cruz scuttles back to Texas after getting busted on Cancun getaway. In the midst of a historically awful winter weather event in which millions of people across Texas were without power, Texas Senator Ted Cruz was caught trying to make a tropical getaway to Cancun. Cruz and his family were photographed by fellow travelers at the George Bush Airport in Houston on February 17, and the fallout has made national headlines.

5. Fort Worth unlocks a top spot for U.S. homebuyers under 35, study says. More and more young professionals in Fort Worth are giving up apartment life and settling down in a home of their own, a new survey shows. A study released January 14 by personal finance website SmartAsset ranked the top 50 U.S. cities where homebuyers under age 35 are most commonplace. Just three DFW cities made it into the top 50. Fort Worth was one of them, landing at No. 36.

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History has a mess on its hands.

February 2021 water damage at Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Photo courtesy of Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History has a mess on its hands.

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Concert News

Weird Al Yankovic unleashes massive 2026 tour with stop in Fort Worth

Photo courtesy of "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic will play at Dickies Arena on September 25, 2026.

Legendary comedy singer “Weird Al” Yankovic will return to the road in 2026 with a massive extension of his already huge Bigger and Weirder Tour, which will include a stop at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on Friday, September 25.

The 90-city (yes, 9-0) slate of dates in 2026 follows up 75 performances Yankovic put on in 2025, which included stops in Austin, The Woodlands, and Grand Prairie.

This time, he'll start things off on May 26 in Hollywood, Florida, staying on the road for almost six months through October 17. Austin fans will get a double dip, as Yankovic will visit there again on September 22.

The tour features the singer's celebrated hits alongside deep-cut fan favorites. It also includes a giant video wall, multiple costume changes, and an eight-piece ensemble featuring Al’s original band for a super-sized comedy-rock spectacle.

The 66-year-old singer is most well-known for albums he put out in the 1980s and '90s, but he's stayed relevant thanks to four 21st-century releases, most recently Mandatory Fun in 2014, which ended up as the only No. 1 album of his career.

Yankovic's hits include “Amish Paradise,” “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Word Crimes,” and “White & Nerdy.” He has received five Grammy awards and 17 career nominations, and is one of only three artists to chart in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the previous four consecutive decades ('80s, '90s, 2000s, and 2010s).

He also was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018, and an Emmy Award for the 2022 release WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story starring Daniel Radcliffe.

The artist presale for the 2026 dates starts on Wednesday, November 18 at weirdal.com/tour, with the public on-sale beginning on Friday, November 21 at 10 am.

BIGGER & WEIRDER 2026 Tour Dates

May 26 Hollywood (Miami), FL Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hotel and Casino
May 27 Estero (Ft. Myers), FL Hertz Arena
May 29 Orlando, FL Kia Center
May 30 Greenville, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena
May 31 Alpharetta (Atlanta), GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
June 2 Augusta, GA Bell Auditorium
June 3 Savannah, GA Enmarket Arena
June 5 Greensboro, NC First Horizon Coliseum
June 6 Charleston, WV Charleston Coliseum
June 7 Norfolk, VA Chartway Arena
June 9 Charleston, SC North Charleston Coliseum
June 10 Pikeville, KY Appalachian Wireless Arena
June 12 Camdenton (Lake of the Ozarks), MO Ozarks Amphitheater
June 13 TBA
June 14 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
June 16 Evansville, IN Ford Center
June 17 Springfield, MO Great Southern Bank Arena
June 19 Riverside (Kansas City), MO MORTON Amphitheater
June 20 Little Rock, AR Simmons Bank Arena
June 21 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena
June 23 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 24 Rapid City, SD Summit Arena
June 26 Duluth, MN AMSOIL Arena
June 27 Chicago, IL United Center
June 28 Omaha, NE Baxter Arena
June 30 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
July 1 Cedar Rapids, IA Alliant Energy PowerHouse
July 3 Grand Rapids, MI Acrisure Amphitheater
July 4 Windsor (Detroit), ON The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
July 5 Niagara Falls, ON OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino
July 7 Saginaw, MI Dow Event Center
July 8 Erie, PA Erie Insurance Arena
July 10 Syracuse, NY The Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview
July 11 Belmont Park, NY UBS Arena
July 12 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 14 Providence, RI Providence Performing Arts Center
July 15 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
July 17 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Event Center
July 18 Boston, MA TD Garden
July 19 Bangor, ME Maine Savings Amphitheater
July 21 Lenox, MA Tanglewood – Koussevitzky Music Shed
July 22 Gilford, NH BankNH Pavilion
July 24 Essex Junction (Burlington), VT Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo
July 25 TBA
July 26 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
July 28 Bridgeport, CT Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
July 29 Harrington, DE Delaware Lottery Summer Concert Series at the Delaware State Fair
July 31 Hershey, PA GIANT Center
August 1 Burgettstown (Pittsburgh), PA The Pavilion at Star Lake
August 2 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 4 Bethlehem, PA Musikfest
August 5 Columbus, OH Ohio State Fair Concert Series
August 6 Noblesville (Indianapolis), IN Ruoff Music Center
August 28 St. Paul, MN Minnesota State Fair Grandstand Concert Series
August 29 Grand Forks, ND Alerus Center
August 30 Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Centre
Sept 1 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
Sept 2 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
Sept 3 TBA
Sept 5 Puyallup (Seattle), WA Columbia Bank Concert Series at the Washington State Fair
Sept 6 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater
Sept 7 Salem (Portland), OR Columbia Bank Concert Series at the Oregon State Fair
Sept 9 Central Point (Medford), OR Bi-Mart Amphitheater
Sept 11 Lincoln (Sacramento), CA The Venue at Thunder Valley Casino Resort
Sept 12 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Sept 13 Palm Desert, CA Acrisure Arena
Sept 15 Paso Robles, CA Viña Robles Amphitheatre
Sept 16 San Diego, CA The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
Sept 18 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
Sept 19 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
Sept 20 Tucson, AZ Tucson Arena
Sept 22 Austin, TX Moody Center
Sept 23 Baton Rouge, LA Raising Cane’s River Center Arena
Sept 25 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena
Sept 26 Southaven (Memphis, TN), MS Landers Center
Sept 27 Knoxville, TN Food City Center
Sept 29 Auburn, AL The Gogue Center
Sept 30 Tallahassee, FL Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
Oct 2 Birmingham, AL Coca-Cola Amphitheater
Oct 3 Orange Beach, AL The Wharf Amphitheater
Oct 4 Brandon (Jackson), MS Brandon Amphitheater
Oct 6 Chattanooga, TN Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Oct 7 Salem, VA Salem Civic Center
Oct 8 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
Oct 10 Toledo, OH Huntington Center
Oct 11 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
Oct 13 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center Arena
Oct 15 Fort Wayne, IN Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Oct 16 Green Bay, WI Resch Center
Oct 17 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum

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