{"id":116637,"date":"2026-01-09T07:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/116637\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T07:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:04:23","slug":"rodeohouston-takes-over-times-square-with-surprise-concert-before-tonights-lineup-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/116637\/","title":{"rendered":"RodeoHouston takes over Times Square with surprise concert before tonight\u2019s lineup reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON, Texas  \u2013 RodeoHouston took over New York City\u2019s Times Square on Wednesday afternoon in a surprise pop-up concert to reveal one of its artists for this year\u2019s entertainment lineup. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Russell Dickerson, a multi-platform country artist, surprised fans with a pop-up performance, performing his hit song Happen to Me. He will be performing during RodeoHouston on Thursday, March 5. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe are thrilled to bring a glimpse of RODEOHOUSTON to Times Square \u2013 celebrating our rich Western heritage and positioning the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo as a must-attend event,\u201d said Chris Boleman, president and CEO of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to continuously showcase rising country stars and invite fans across the nation to make this an annual tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">RodeoHouston brought the spirit of Texas to Times Square with a 3D billboard also known as the Digital Beast. It introduced RodeoHouston to millions of visitors in New York City. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The billboard will be active between 44th and 45th streets in Times Square until Jan. 18. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The full artist lineup for the Rodeo will be announced on Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KPRC 2 will livestream the event. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas \u2013 RodeoHouston took over New York City\u2019s Times Square on Wednesday afternoon in a surprise pop-up&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2777,56,58,57,30496,17836,6795,19168],"class_list":{"0":"post-116637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-headlines","11":"tag-houston-news","12":"tag-houston-rodeo","13":"tag-lineup","14":"tag-rodeo","15":"tag-rodeohouston"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}