Texas tickets

Texas cultivated a specific niche by splicing a deep love of American R&B with a sense of popcraft and rock muscle endemic to their homeland of Scotland. Initially, Texas operated on a grand scale reminiscent of such fellow 1980s rockers as U2, but the group's 1997 album White on Blonde pulled their strengths into focus, emphasizing smooth soul grooves and the intensity of lead singer Sharleen Spiteri. From that point forward, Texas concentrated on variations of blue-eyed soul, sometimes veering into the slick adult contemporary territory but being flexible and stylish enough to make collaborations with hip-hop mavericks the Wu-Tang Clan feel logical. The first of these Wu-Tang duets, a remix of "Say What You Want" dubbed "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)," arrived in 1998, near the start of nearly a decade's worth of U.K. Top Ten hits, a streak that included "Black Eyed Boy," "In Our Lifetime," "Summer Son," "Inner Smile," and "Getaway." The second Wu-Tang collaboration, "Hi," was the title track of their 2021 album, a reunion that helped emphasize how Texas continued to find fresh inspiration within their signature blend of soul, pop, and rock.