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Cut Away, Cut Away: At The Drive In's Lifetime Of Stops And Starts

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Cedric Bixler-Zavala onstage in Hollywood during At The Drive In's fall 2000 tour. Gary A. Livingston/Getty Images hide caption

Cedric Bixler-Zavala onstage in Hollywood during At The Drive In's fall 2000 tour.

In November 2000, weeks after the release of its breakthrough album Relationship of Command , At The Drive In 's tour van skidded out of control on a road in Colorado and flipped onto its roof. Despite the severity of the crash and the damage done to the vehicle, no one was seriously injured: Band members were released from the hospital the same night, walking away from the type of accident that could have left them much worse off. It must be something, I imagine, to enter a world of unexpected and endless hype right after after surviving an incident that could have killed you. To have the freedom that comes with new success and hold it in your hands, knowing for sure that life isn't promised, makes for a hard reevaluation of priorities. And like any near-death experience, it must make you keenly aware of the people you could die next to.

After two modestly received albums, 1996's Acrobatic Tenement and 1998's In/Casino/Out , Relationship of Command pushed At The Drive In closer to the mainstream than it had ever been. It was the first release by the five Texans to crack the Billboard 200, peaking at 116, and it played as their most focused statement — the one where sound, ambition, politics and the frantic spirit of their live shows all blended together. They became critical darlings and draws for bigger stages and bigger festivals — not stars, perhaps, but considerably more marketable. More than that, post-hardcore found an entry point on national radio in the single "One Armed Scissor." I remember hearing the song on the local rock station in Columbus, Ohio and feeling like the band was going to be the next big thing, after years of toiling away in underground spaces. In giving in to their natural melodic leanings, At The Drive In's members helped create a blueprint for the flexibility of the genre, showing how it could reach its commercial potential: not selling out a sound, but sharpening it.

To witness an At The Drive In show during the band's heyday was to be immersed in a kind of energy that felt too overwhelming to harness and carry beyond the final notes played onstage. Frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López spent the first part of their career engaged in a creative push and pull with band co-founder Jim Ward, and some songs, particularly on In/Casino/Out , sounded like they were being played by two bands instead of one. On Relationship Of Command , every movement served a purpose, and it didn't feel like any of the band's creative pillars were sacrificed: not Bixler-Zavala's lyrics, nor Rodríguez-López's soaring guitar visions, nor Ward's insistence on volume. In the midst of this, they were also inserting representations of Latino culture and border politics into common conversation in a way that now, in the era of Trump, feels like foreshadowing. For the first time in their in their career, they'd found a way to serve their greater goals while still serving each other. And then, in March 2001, having just wrapped one giant tour and weeks away from another, the band announced it had broken up.

At The Drive In's dissolution was quick and heartbreaking, rising from an imperfect harmony of factors accelerated by the rush of hype surrounding the group. Bixler-Zavala's drug abuse, perhaps due to the pressure brought on by that hype, had begun to color his creative output and presence on stage. Both he and Rodríguez-López later discussed feeling stifled by genre, which by that point had become a major point of confusion for a band seen as too melodic to truly be hardcore, but too heavy to be anything else. Some signs of distress were obvious: That January at the Big Day Out festival in Sydney, Australia, the band had walked off in the middle of its set , displeased with the audience for not adhering to the rules against moshing. Still, the split was sudden, considering the band had just created a new circle of fans who knew almost nothing about it a year earlier. It felt like making a new friend just before their family moves away to a new city. Here was a group of musicians who seemed finally able to unlock all of their potential, spinning out of control and then closing a door for good. The car crash didn't take them them out, but the urgency that surviving it built within them may have finished the job.

The Mars Volta in 2005. Anne Cusack/LA Times via Getty Images hide caption

The Mars Volta in 2005.

Jim Ward onstage with Sparta in 2002. Peter Pakvis/Redferns hide caption

Jim Ward onstage with Sparta in 2002.

After the breakup, Jim Ward — the band's guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist — started the post-hardcore group Sparta with his former bandmates Tony Hajjar and Paul Hinojos. Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala formed The Mars Volta, which, for some fans who have followed their careers, became more interesting than At The Drive In ever was. Both Sparta and The Mars Volta seemed like logical conclusions to what At The Drive In could have been, had the passions of the musicians involved all been able to stay aligned at once. The bands represented the musical divide that sat at the center of At The Drive In: Ward hoping to stay true to the confinements of hardcore, Bixler-Zavala wanting the band to become Piper at the Gates of Dawn -era Pink Floyd. Hearing the opposing parts of the band separate from each other, playing out their visions, was both satisfying and a bit sad, seen in the fading light of what could have been.

There are several worthwhile reasons for a departed band to return — money, creative comfort, nostalgia, the urgency of an unspoken message. Reunions are often initially exciting, though what follows can range from reassuring to uncomfortable to disappointing. At The Drive in is back now, not for the first time: In 2009, the band tried for a reunion that never truly got off the ground. The original lineup played a handful of shows in late 2011 and early 2012 that were met with mixed reviews, most of them centered on Rodríguez-López's visible lack of enthusiasm. (I saw the band in Austin during that stretch, and while playing through "One Armed Scissor," the guitarist lagged along, hanging over his instrument like it was a massive weight pulling him to the ground.)

What makes their return in 2017 different is the presence of fresh material. in•ter a•li•a , out Friday, is their first collection of new music in 17 years, and it sounds like a band trying to pick up directly where it left off.

Ward is missing from this album and tour (his Sparta bandmate Keeley Davis was drafted in his place), so in many ways Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala are left to their own devices. The music is still jarring in its lyrical approach, but the entry points are different, embedded in narratives and persona work threaded through the album. If there is a way to be both vague and direct, it is done on "Holtzclaw," named after rapist and former Oklahoma City Police officer Daniel Holtzclaw, who was sentenced to 263 years in prison in early 2016. The song repeats phrases like "We'll never take no for an answer" and "Put the snakes back in the bag," which have the enticement of double meaning and which shock in their delivery.

The album, without question, is musically exciting: The guitars are still howling here, like two jets racing toward at each other full speed, narrowly missing each other at the last minute. The highlights are songs like "Governed By Contagions," which feel like the band's old template laid over the urgency of modern times. in•ter a•li•a isn't perfect: It drags in spots, and the closing track, " Hostage Stamps ," felt especially uninspiring when it debuted as an early single — but as part of a body of work, by a group of people who haven't made music together in almost two decades, it sounds more focused, more complete. When a beloved and long-absent band announces new music, there is no single song that can live up to the hype the way that an entire, measured album can. Listening to preview tracks before in•ter a•li•a 's release felt looking over frayed pieces of an old quilt, trying to recall how they once fit together. Hearing the complete statement, however flawed, is the thread that pulls everything back into place as I'd like to remember it: ferocious, fast, loud and still fairly precise.

The anatomy of a reunion is difficult to unravel. A band has to present work that is both present and up to date, while also arching backwards to satisfy the fans who waited eagerly for a return. There are ways to do this: Sleater-Kinney, for example, added a slight gloss to its sound when it reunited in 2015, one that was already emerging in small doses on The Woods , the band's last album before breaking up in 2006. The other option, in the vein of a band like Fall Out Boy, is completely shifting tone and sound, genre and scope, such that you are largely unrecognizable to the fans who were there from your starting point, but still nostalgic enough of a draw to carry them along. I saw both of these bands during their returns to the stage, and what immediately stood out was that each one, despite different approaches to the idea of a reunion, appeared to want to be reunited.

I'm not sure where At The Drive In is now in that respect, or where it fits on the spectrum of a reunion identity. If the new music is any indication, its members seem to be somewhere in between: both wanting to be their old selves and writing into a lyrical space that is new, sometimes clumsy. The reality is that every great band, every band committed to the forwarding of its genre, doesn't learn how to walk just one single time. An career is a collection of standing, leaning forward, and taking small steps, and then large leaps. It is fitting, I think, to have At The Drive In return with a tone of uncertainty, between sounds and ideas, as it always has been. From internal turmoil leading to their highest creative point, to a brush with death and rise to fame that quickly fractured its bonds, to a short-lived and halfhearted revival, to whatever this latest revival has in store, the band's career has been has been an accumulation of rapid accelerations and lurching stops.

Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala in 2016, leading a reformed At The Drive In in Seattle. Getty Images hide caption

Rodríguez-López and Bixler-Zavala in 2016, leading a reformed At The Drive In in Seattle.

I am excited by the idea of reunions, even though most music people I know find them to be awkward or overwrought, which they often are. The space between a reunion announcement and the arrival of new music is, perhaps, the most exciting: The expectations are high and impossible to live up to, but there is something thrilling about the standards one's nostalgia will set. For my own part, I dig back through old records, charting the evolution of a sound and dreaming of what comes next. I like seeing what a band has made itself into, especially if the members been apart from each other for a while, and especially if, inside of that distance, they have created something else.

At The Drive In is rare in this regard, as architects of a sound that has evolved,without them. You can hear elements of ATDI in bands like Thursday and The Fall of Troy, or on the more emo side of things in Pierce The Veil and Sleeping With Sirens — whose 2013 album, Feel , charted in the Billboard top five and included a song featuring rapper MGK. It's as though the band built a house and then went on a long vacation, allowing younger bands to move in and change the furniture.

It is a new landscape, and At The Drive In is back — with music that turns mainly toward the people who loved them then, without as much concern for the people who might discover they love them now. Which is safe, and endearing, and though it might not win them masses of new fans, maybe it's the thing they need most in this stage of their career. For a group of musicians who know what it is to be out of control, barreling into darkness with a foot on the gas and a brick on that foot, perhaps it's best for them to return older and wiser, eager to control their own wreckage.

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Seminal post-hardcore act At The Drive-In was born in the summer of ’94, formed from the ashes of two of El Paso, Texas’ most popular underground bands. The band went on to become one of the most influential rock acts of the 90’s. The band’s first 7″ EP Hell Paso was released in November of ’94 through the band’s own label. The following month, the band trekked 2,000 miles across the great state of Texas on their very first tour and never looked back.

At The Drive-In released albums Acrobatic Tenement (1996), In/Casino/Out (1998), and the seminal Relationship of Command (2000). ATDI’s tours and live shows were nothing short of explosive, emotion-soaked performances, and the band gained a reputation for their blend of surrealistic lyrics, unorthodox guitar melodies and unpredictable shifts in tempo and rhythm. In March 2001, at the peak of their popularity and following a world tour, At The Drive-In went on “indefinite hiatus.” Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez went on to create progressive rock band The Mars Volta, while the other members – Jim Ward, Paul Hinojos, and Tony Hajjar – formed rock group Sparta.

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At the Drive-In pick up where they left off – sounding like the future

Seventeen years after they split, At the Drive-In’s return brings back hot-footed, high-wire punk that honours their past

I f rock history has taught us anything, it’s that any band that has split up can and inevitably will reform, no matter how acrimonious their “musical differences”. American punk-rock group At the Drive-In proved as much in 2012, when the group reunited for a spate of shows (including a headlining appearance at Coachella) 11 years after their abrupt and messy dissolution. Now, after a second run of concerts last spring, the group have announced their first new music for 17 years , in the form of their fourth full-length album, In.Ter A.Li.A.

Rock seemed in something of a lull when At the Drive-In delivered their breakthrough third album, Relationship of Command, in 2000, the album’s razor-edged, propulsive and cerebral punk-rock a blessed respite from the then-ascendant likes of Limp Bizkit, et al. The group had formed seven years earlier in their hometown of El Paso, Texas, and from the start their chemistry was tempestuous. Their membership was in flux throughout their first three years, with singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Jim Ward the only constants until their 1996 debut album, Acrobatic Tenement . It was here that At the Drive-In’s classic lineup took shape, with the arrival of rhythm section Tony Hajjar (drums) and Paul Hinojos, and Cedric’s best friend Omar Rodríguez-López, a mercurial lead guitarist with a headful of avant-garde ideas.

In the years that followed, the group perfected a bombastic, sinewy post-hardcore sound, drawing influence from underground iconoclasts Fugazi, along with a slew of more unexpected inspirations. The tension between their penchant for punk anthemicism, their rhythmic complexity and restless invention electrified Relationship of Command. Helmed by visionary producer Ross Robinson (responsible for the maligned Limp Bizkit , but also for Slipknot , and the gory, brilliant Burn, Piano Island, Burn by the Blood Brothers), released on the Beastie Boys’ endlessly hip Grand Royal imprint, and boasting a guest appearance from king of punk Iggy Pop himself, it threatened to make actual, proper rock stars of At the Drive-In.

But almost instantly, the group began to disintegrate. The differences between the two camps – the rail-thin, afroed Cedric and Omar on one side, their bandmates on the other – were partly musical. “We’d get ridiculed for playing Pink Floyd, Tom Waits, dub music and Talk Talk on the tour van stereo,” Cedric told me in 2004. When the group formed, Cedric said he’d been drawn to Jim Ward because, unlike most musicians in El Paso, “he seemed committed to working, to achieving something.” Now, however, Omar and Cedric felt held back by Ward’s groundedness. Also, Cedric and Omar had embarked on a journey of chemical misadventure, heroin, crack cocaine and psychedelics fuelling ambitions to junk their punk-rock blueprint, and estranging them from their Drive-In kin.

Early in 2001, mainstream success within arm’s reach, the group announced a hiatus that soon became indefinite. Later that year Ward, Hinojos and Hajjar formed sturdy emo-rock outfit Sparta , while Omar and Cedric moved to a house in Long Beach, California named Anikulapo (after their hero Fela Kuti), took terrifying amounts of drugs and conceived their new vehicle, the Mars Volta , exploring an indefinably proggy, dubby, jazzy, Latin-inspired sound over a series of fearless, complex, successful concept albums. “Compromise,” Cedric explained, “is no way to live.”

Still, despite the success of the Mars Volta and Sparta, the thwarted promise of At the Drive-In continued to haunt its former members. They reunited in 2012, following years of big money offers to reform, having mended their friendship a while earlier. But the reunion tour was marred by accusations that they were cashing in on nostalgia, and that Rodríguez-López’s performances were lacklustre, compared with his earlier acrobatic stageplay (Omar later explained that his mother’s death, a week before the tour began, had left him depressed and disaffected). Their 2016 jaunt was much better received, but was undertaken without Jim Ward, who was replaced by his Sparta bandmate Keeley Davis. Ward’s exit remains shrouded in mystery, Cedric telling NME only that “we were super-ready to do this, and he wasn’t”.

Without Ward, however, the group have finally recorded that long-awaited fourth album, to be released on 5 May. “It was about getting back to that primordial self,” says Cedric, explaining how they found the thread of ATDI’s sound after 17 years of silence. “We essentially agreed, ‘We need to honour the last record. We need to go forward, be the fucking core of what we are, and ignore everything we learned in our years apart.’”

Though only two tracks have yet been made public, In.Ter A.Li.A sounds exactly like you’d imagine the follow-up to Relationship of Command would have sounded, had At the Drive-In’s members not gone off on their vision quests back in 2001. And it’s to the group’s endless credit that, 17 years on, their hot-footed, breath-stealing, high-wire punk rock still somehow sounds like the future.

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At the Drive-In was a PBS rock music special concert, broadcast on 28 November 2003, by New York television station WLIW 21. The concert formed part of the station's annual 'begathon', telecast between 9 pm to 10:30 pm. Hosted by Fabian , it was also the final farewell performance for Jan and Dean , and the line-up included Merrilee Rush , Ray Peterson , Bobby Vee , the late Rick Nelson 's twin sons the Nelsons , Chris Montez , Dodie Stevens , the Rip Chords , the Surfaris , and the Orlons , showcasing the 'Surf City sound.' Solo vocal performances were backed with rock group Ar Steven and the Ricochettes .

Originally filmed in August 2003, at the Bass Concert Hall, University of Texas Performing Arts Centre in Austin, Texas using a stage transformed into a nostalgic drive-in , complete with period cars . The audio was recorded and mixed using the Reelsound Recording mobile audio truck (RADAR), using a 48 track console. The concert was later issued as a VHS, DVD, (with behind the scenes footage) and double compact disc release, with an additional twelve bonus performances previous unaired. An expanded five CD box set also titled At the Drive-In , included the double CD, with three other previous compilation releases.

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When I first got into At the Drive-In they were already broken up for 3 years and I was in High School, then when they reunited in 2012 they only played a handful of dates and were all out of reach for me and they quickly broke up again, Then they reunited again in 2016 and were playing within reach for me for the first time since I got into them and then on 6/17/16 (which is also a ticket I bought second hand, because almost all the tickets were scalped and were almost double the price of the original price) my first planned show to see them they cancel at the last minute, I arrived at Terminal 5 a little over the initial doors where open and walk up to the venue and find out from bouncer that the just cancel they show because the lead singer Cedric’s voice gave out. So I thought I would never see this band at the rate all of this was going. At least they gave me back my money, because they didn’t rescheduled the show immediately.

Then around the mid December of 2016 they announced they were going to do make up dates for the cities/venues they had to cancel in 2016 in February/March 2017 and I said to myself “I’m going to try to buy tickets and not second hand ones if I can’t get them direct this time” fortunately I could get the tickets easily this directly (my guess since people were burnt last time they took their time to buy tickets, so the high demand that was around like last time, which probably prevented the mass scalping from the first scheduled show). So I was all set and this time I keep checking all their social media At The Drive-In’s and Terminal 5’s just in case they cancel again because now I had this fear of that and I didn’t want to go all the way to NYC again get burnt again. So every day leading up to the show I looked online just in case, luckily nothing got canceled again.

I had to make the trek from my Job and then to my house to get changed to then go to train station to make to Penn Station to then take the subway and then walk a bit to Terminal 5 in late March when it still gets cold in night on workday for me, but I managed and timed all of that pretty well and got to Terminal 5 just in time as the opening band Le Butcherettes, a Mexican Garage punk trio began their set, most if not all their songs were in English with some odd interstitials “skits” in between songs in Spanish (Which I can understand). The lead singer Teri who did the “skits” in between songs went back and forth between playing the guitar and keyboards and did a pretty seamless job doing so. Her on-stage persona was mix between Patti Smith and Gloria Trevi, her vocal range was impressive she could belt it out and you could hear her from across the room without a microphone sometimes (Terminal 5 is not a small venue it holds around 3,000 people and a big GA standing floor). Teri also gradually disrobe throughout their set she started the set with greenish jumpsuit and by the end of the set she had on a low cut bright torn red dress. By the end of their set I was very impressed, I only knew a couple of their songs going in and left wanting to listen to their material after seeing them live and while they’re music isn’t what I’m generally fully into, I’m really looking forward to whatever they do next and if they’re around touring around my area, I definitely make the effort to see them again.

Finally, At the Drive-In what feels like more than 10 years in making for at this point for me, after many setbacks and delays I’m finally saw At the Drive-In live and they lived up to my expectations. They almost every song that wanted to hear from “Relationship of Command” (except Rolodex Propaganda which they never play live and I thought it would’ve been great with Teri from Le Butcherettes would have made a great substitute for Iggy Pop) they also played some of their early material which I’m personally not that into, but live it was great and the old songs were all put the right spots in setlist. The setlist in general was very well paced, they never exhausted the crowd, they knew when to slow down and when ramp it up, sometimes within one song, which was something I noticed having listened to some of these songs dozens of times over the years, In particular the song “Enfilade” which about 4 minute song and turned into a near almost 10 minute jam band-esque breakdown, It felt very Mars Volta influenced (for obvious reasons) and a lot the song had these tinges of Mars Volta inspired breakdowns, I personally can’t compare it any pre-Mars Volta At the Drive-In performances but I imagine they’ve changed some of the live performance style post-Mars Volta.

They played almost everything wanted to hear, including a couple of their new songs off their upcoming new album, which I’ve listened before seeing them and really dig it and can’t wait for the album come out (which is something crazy think for me not only did I see At the Drive-In live but there’s new At The Drive-In material coming out). When I started my trek back home at the Penn Station I ran into some old high school friends that were at the show but didn’t run to at the actually show, but it was nice to see them and talk on the way back to Jersey. It was a great way cap off seeing a band that I first got into in high school.

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At the Drive-In (ATDI) is a post-hardcore band from Texas who are heavily influenced by progressive rock, Latin music, and other genres. Some might consider punk and prog to be diametrically opposed, but the band manages to synthesize the raw energy and DIY ethos of punk with the obtuse lyrics and spacey sounds of prog with absolute mastery.

Speaking of energy, I’ve seen a lot of punk bands over the past few years, but ATDI might very well be the most energetic live bands I’ve ever seen. Singer Cedric Bixler has an outstanding stage presence, with lots of microphone tricks and acrobatic moves, but the entire band literally radiates energy.

The band mostly plays material from their newest full length, “Relationship of Command”. I found this a tiny bit disappointed, as I slightly prefer their older material, especially “Acrobatic Tenement”, which I feel is their best overall work, but I am not particularly surprised that they would choose to do this, as many fans were probably not too familiar with their older songs.

There is a surprising amount of improvisation during ATDI shows, although it usually doesn’t come in the traditional form of guitar solos. Instead, the band opts to sculpt abstract feedback into song intros and outros, a good indication of the new project they would start in the future, The Mars Volta, a band that is more progressive rock than punk.

At the Drive-In is one of this generation’s best bands, and fans of punk, hardcore, and indie music should not pass up the chance to see them for any reason whatsoever.

I never thought this day would come! The venue was packed and our seats weren't great, but AtDI rocked that place out. I really wished I had floor tickets, and the people around me probably agreed by the end.

They started with the heavy hitters, alternating new and old stuff. There was a section of slower songs in the middle, and then more heavy hitters at the end. The lead singer (Cedric) was all over the stage jumping off things - and he interjected some nice nonsense between songs to keep people on their toes.

AtDI varied their songs a number of times, which was fun, and the special effects were minimal (just a row of light stands behind them).

The few down sides were Cedric's vocals being a tiny bit off from the music on some of the really fast lyrics, and the lights shining on the crowd a lot (making it hard to see the band). I also thought they needed to turn up the lead guitar a bit, but rarely have I seen a venue actually get that thing right.

Great show!

It sucked, mainly because it was canceled last minute. I really don't what more to say, I paid 70 dollars for the ticket on StubHub which is probably the most I've ever paid for a ticket and then getting there was an ordeal mainly because I still tired from the previous' night show I was at, Thrice at PlayStation Theater (which was great), so that didn't help matters and then trek back home took long because the trains back to NJ where running off peak and skipping my stop and once I did mange to get back home I had no ride home so I had to walk even more/ I felt exhausted which I usually don't mind especially after a show but given there was no show it just felt a bit shitty. Although I'll probably still try to catch them if/when they come back around.

In all honesty I don't know what to write. It's hard to describe what I have just witnessed. At The Drive In take pure energy and turn it into sound and then back into energy. My mind has been blown. When I was 8 At The Drive In was no more and to see them live now is a surreal dream come true. This band has such a special place in my heart.They opened me up to experimental music and inspired me to learn guitar. I'm never going to forget this for as long as I as live. I feel complete and utter joy. Right now I could cry and die happy. If you are not in the know get in the know. At the Drive In is perhaps one of the most important rock bands in recent times. Long live At Drive In because my friends this station is operational.

Pretty awesome concert. The band has a lot of energy. This was at the Express live which is a pretty small space, I think that made the concert even better. At some point Cedric walked down very close from were I was. Literally like 20 cms away. I'll definitely will go and see them again.

I had the privilege of catching ATDI this past weekend in Boston, and they more than made up for the unfortunate cancellation of last year's Terminal 5 show for which I had tickets. Killer setlist, unstoppable energy, pure genius. One of the greatest shows I've ever been to, hands down.

Dicks. Cancelled the show LITERALLY at the last minute. Like one minute before they were supposed to go on. People came from around the world for this. The man in front of us flew in from San Diego. The guy behind us came from Peru. I thought there was gonna be a riot.

What's there to review? Spent a ton of money and effort to come from outside of US and see ATDI, 7 hours before the concert I get the email that it's cancelled, when it's even too late to make other arrangements for the evening like a Copa America game. Thank you.

Awesome show! I was so happy that Cedric could still jump off the amps despite his age and dadbod.

I really hope they do some kind of ATDI/mars volta reunion tour at a much older age when the jumping and flipping will be even more impressive.

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By Ian Cohen

May 9, 2017

Take a few minutes to reacquaint yourself with the “One Armed Scissor” video. The one shown on MTV , the late night performances , any will do. This was how most of the world was introduced to At the Drive In , and every time, the El Paso band was presented as the most exciting shit imaginable in 2000: the explosive intraband dynamic, their acrobatic musicality, the barely controlled violence of their live performances, the afros. Meanwhile, their first piece of new music since Relationship of Command was premiered with a video that focuses solely on the two things that make At the Drive In seem kinda ridiculous in 2017: the lyrics and their artwork. “Governed by Contagions” maintains a kind of vestigial potency on account of sounding instantly recognizable as At the Drive In, which is true of in•ter a•li•a as well. But just as often, there’s the sense that time has diminished that power, and much like the vanished hyphen in their name and the replacement of Jim Ward with another member of Sparta , the subtractions are as subtle as they are undeniable.

in•ter a•li•a doesn’t exactly pick up where Relationship of Command left off; it just imagines if ATDI continued to coexist alongside the side projects it spawned, like a carton of milk absorbing the odors around it. “Call Broken Arrow” and “Torrentially Cutshaw” are *Relationship of Command *deep cuts refracted through the groove-oriented Antemasque and the stylized psychedelia of Bosnian Rainbows, while “Incurably Innocent” has a third-gen emo edge that could be sourced from guitarist Keeley Davis’ former band Engine Down . Meanwhile, “Governed by Contagions” imagines an inverted trajectory of ATDI, as if they were actually a fusion of the Mars Volta ’s hammiest operatics and Sparta’s rigid alt-rock. “Thaaaat’s the way the guillotine claps,” Cedric Bixler-Zavala sings, punctuated by a gimmicky handclap and the swift liquidation of any goodwill generated by their 2016 return.

Hearing it as the fourth track on in•ter a•li•a doesn’t make a good song, but while almost four minutes of slightly off-brand At the Drive In is a massive disappointment in the context of 2017 and Relationship of Command , after 41 minutes, it’s easier to accept what in•ter a•li•a brings to the present day when no one else sounds anything like them. And when Bixler-Zavala’s language is the only one being spoken, it’s easier to meet him on his own incomprehensible terms. At the Drive In’s dispatches on shadow governments, mind-crime operations, and cloak-and-dagger espionage remains resonant like most prog of its kind, even when littered with obvious buzzwords like “bourgeoisie” and “chemtrails.”

In a rare instance of verbal candor, Bixler-Zavala has explained his intent to place in•ter a•li•a firmly within 2017: the writing process drew on the instability of the Korean peninsula, parenthood, his wife’s trauma from sexual assault, and possibly Daniel Holtzclaw, an Oklahoma police officer serving life in prison for multiple counts of rape. These are sensitive topics and so Bixler-Zavala’s puzzle-master approach to writing is reasonable. But what exactly are lines like “Smuggled in their faith like an orbit in decay/drools the cloying adulation of the pissants,” or, “Caving the symptom of confessional/Into the licorice forgery/And she dogged the seduction subdued by The Handmaid's Tale ” trying to get across? Though it’ll be given a more serious reading than anything on a Mars Volta album, Bixler-Zavala’s verbal indulgences express little more than its own prolificacy, adding distance and distraction rather than depth.

Once again, this isn’t a terribly different approach than what came before; in fact, the band went to great lengths to take the same approach, revisiting old books, movies and even mixtapes  to enter the mindset they had while creating Relationship of Command . But when ATDI careened with the same scatterbrained urgency as Bixler-Zavala’s lyrics, their mania cohered into a worldview that could be understood on a gut level.  No revelation came immediately: What would “Arcarsenal” be if it didn’t have its 50-second intro or the piano on the bridge? What if “Pattern Against User” lost its tropical punk asides? What about the bridge on “One Armed Scissor” or the a cappella whispering in “Invalid Litter Dept.”? They would probably fit right in on in•ter a•li•a , which only rocks as if bound by duty: the guitars are loud, the tempos are up, and most songs can be momentarily confused for, say, “Cosmonaut.” But even though they’ve spent almost two decades maligning the Andy Wallace and Ross Robinson mix that allowed Relationship of Command to compete with nu-metal on alt-rock playlists, the stiff and textureless sound of Rich Costey's Muse -honed production aesthetic will only help ATDI sound like a fit with the metalcore titans Of Mice & Men and Memphis May Fire that they can now call their labelmates.

It’s tempting to play armchair psychologist and say the lack of stakes or risk inherent in in•ter a•li•a is just the inevitable result of this being an ATDI album where everyone seems to enjoy each other’s company; or, the natural outgrowth of a well-received reunion tour that wasn’t tainted by the band’s own claims of it being a nostalgic cash grab . At the Drive In engaging in fan service is understandable, but they arrived at this point by always having something to push against. Earlier in their career, it was the struggle to be noticed in a notoriously blighted city, and later it would be the limitations of their sound or the stagnancy of rock radio, and certainly against each other. While in•ter a•li•a has plenty of motion and heat, it needs friction and resistance to light a spark.

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Post-hardcore rockers At the Drive-In have announced a 2017 tour across North America supporting their first album in 17 years. After a run of shows in March, the new 16-date trek kicks off May 6th in El Paso and extends into June. Notable cities on the itinerary include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver and Chicago among others. Joining the tour in support will be special guests Le Butcherettes . Later in August, the band will be appearing at Reading Festival and Leeds Festival in the UK.

At the Drive-In will be releasing their long-awaited fourth studio album 'In•ter a•li•a' on May 5th, 2017 via Rise Records. The album follows up 2000's 'Relationship of Command' which reached #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. Back in 2005, they released a compilation album 'This Station Is Non-Operational' which includes songs spanning the band's career from 1997 to 2000. Earlier in 2016, the band had to postpone some of their U.S. reunion dates due to vocal cords issues with frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala.

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Five Boro Bike Tour held Sunday in NYC. See the route map and list of road closures.

By Mark Prussin , Alecia Reid

Updated on: May 6, 2024 / 6:50 AM EDT / CBS New York

NEW YORK -- The Five Boro Bike Tour returns to New York City this weekend, which means street, bridge and tunnel closures citywide. 

Use this guide to get around if have to be on the road. See where the bike tour starts and when it will end.

What time does the Five Boro Bike Tour start?

The Five Boro Bike Tour map shows the route of the 40-mile event, which starts at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, May 5 in Manhattan. 

Here are the bridge and tunnel closures announced by the MTA: 

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge  

The Staten Island-bound lower level of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge will be closed from 2 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, according to the MTA. The upper level will remain open in both directions, but drivers heading to Staten Island must use the Belt Parkway. 

Other closures include:

• One Brooklyn-bound lane on the lower level from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.  
• The Bay Street exit from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.  
• The 92nd Street entrance ramp to the Staten Island-bound lower level from approximately 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m.  
• The Belt Parkway entrance ramp to the Staten Island-bound lower level from approximately 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m.  
• The Lily Pond Avenue exit from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.  

Robert F. Kennedy Bridge

The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge exit ramp to the southbound FDR Drive will be closed from approximately 7:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. All southbound traffic must exit via the 2nd Avenue-East 125th Street ramp.  

Hugh Carey Tunnel

The approach from the Hugh Carey Tunnel to the westbound Gowanus/BQE will be closed from approximately 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Due to this off-property closure, all traffic exiting the tunnel in Brooklyn will be diverted to Hamilton Avenue during this time, and the Trinity Place exit in Manhattan will also be closed from approximately 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.   

Here's the full list of streets that will be closed at NYPD's discretion during the bike tour:

• Greenwich Street between Battery Place and Morris Street
• Trinity Place between Morris Street and Liberty Street
• Church Street between Liberty Street and Canal Street
• Chambers Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Worth Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Canal Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue
• 6th Avenue between Franklin Street and West 59th Street
• West 59th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• Grand Army Plaza between West 59th Street and East Drive
• East Drive between Grand Army Plaza and Center Drive
• Center Drive between 5th Avenue and East Drive
• East Drive between Center Drive and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
• Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between West 110th Street and West 135th Street
• East / West 135th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Madison Avenue
• Madison Avenue between East 135th Street and East 138th Street
• Madison Avenue Bridge (Bronx-bound)
• Harlem River Drive / FDR Drive (Southbound) between 3rd Avenue Bridge and East 116th Street
• East 116th Street between FDR Drive and Pleasant Avenue
• Pleasant Avenue between East 116th Street and East 114th Street
• Harlem River Drive / FDR Drive (Southbound) between 116th Street and 63rd Street Exit
• East 63rd Street between FDR Drive (Southbound) and Queensboro Bridge Exit
• Queensboro Bridge Exit between East 63rd Street and East 60th Street
• Queensboro Bridge Upper Level (Manhattan-bound)
• Peter Minuit Plaza between State Street and South Street
• Whitehall Street between South Street and Water Street
• State Street between Whitehall Street and Battery Place
• Battery Place between State Street and West Street
• Morris Street between Broadway and Greenwich Street
• Albany Street between West Street and Greenwich Street
• Greenwich Street between Rector Street and Cedar Street
• West Broadway between Vesey Street and Barclay Street
• West Broadway between Murray Street and Warren Street
• Rector Street between Broadway and Greenwich Street
• Cedar Street between Broadway and Greenwich Street
• Liberty Street between Broadway and Greenwich Street
• Dey Street between Broadway and Church Street
• Vesey Street between West Street and West Broadway
• Murray Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Warren Street between West Street and Broadway
• Duane Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Thomas Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Leonard Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Franklin Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• White Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Walker Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue
• Lispenard Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue
• Broad Street between Pearl Street and South Street
• Broadway between Morris Street and Battery Place
• South Street between Broad Street and Whitehall Street
• Water Street between Whitehall Street and Broad Street
• 138th Street between Madison Avenue Bridge and 3rd Avenue
• 3rd Avenue between 138th Street and 3rd Avenue Bridge
• Rider Avenue between 138th Street and 137th Street
• 137th Street between Rider Avenue and 3rd Avenue
• 3rd Avenue Bridge (Manhattan-bound)
• 21st Street between Queens Plaza South and Hoyt Avenue North
• Queens Plaza South between 21st Street and Vernon Boulevard / Alternate Route
• Hoyt Avenue North between 21st Street and 19th Street
• 19th Street between Hoyt Avenue North and Ditmars Boulevard
• Ditmars Boulevard between 19th Street and Shore Boulevard
• Shore Boulevard between Ditmars Boulevard and Astoria Park South
• Astoria Park South between Shore Boulevard and 14th Street
• 14th Street between Astoria Park South and 31st Avenue
• 31st Avenue between 14th Street and Vernon Boulevard
• Vernon Boulevard between 31st Avenue and 44th Drive
• 44th Drive between Vernon Boulevard and 11th Street
• 11th Street between 44th Drive and Pulaski Bridge
• Pulaski Bridge (Brooklyn-bound)
• McGuiness Boulevard between Pulaski Bridge and Greenpoint Avenue
• Java Street between McGuinness Boulevard and Franklin Street
• Greenpoint Avenue between McGuinness Boulevard and Franklin Street
• Franklin Street between Java Street and North 14th Street
• Kent Avenue between North 14th Street and Williamsburg Street West
• Williamsburg Street West between Kent Avenue and Flushing Avenue
• Flushing Avenue between Williamsburg Street West and Navy Street
• North Elliot Place between Flushing Avenue and Park Avenue
• Navy Street between Flushing Avenue and York Street
• York Street between Navy Street and Gold Street
• Gold Street between York Street and Front Street
• Front Street between Gold Street and Old Fulton Street
• Old Fulton between Furman Street and Prospect Street
• Cadman Plaza West between Prospect Street and Tillary Street
• Tillary Street between Cadman Plaza West and Adams Street
• Brooklyn Bridge Promenade between Tillary Street and Centre Street
• Furman Street between Old Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue
• Atlantic Avenue between Furman Street and Columbia Street
• Columbia Street between Atlantic Avenue and BQE West Entrance Columbia Street
• BQE / Gowanus Expressway between BQE West Entrance Columbia Street and Verrazano
• Verrazano Bridge Lower Level (Staten Island-bound)
• Staten Island
• Bay Street between New York Avenue and Hylan Boulevard
• Hylan Boulevard between Bay Street and Edgewater Street
• Edgewater Street/ Front Street between Hylan Boulevard and Hannah Street
• Hannah Street between Front Street and Bay Street
• Bay Street between Hannah Street and Richmond Terrace
• Richmond Terrace between Bay Street and Nicholas Street Wall Street between Richmond Terrace and Dead End

Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5k + Long Island Marathon results

Another heads up for drivers: The Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5k is also taking place Sunday. Expect heavy traffic around the Weehawken toll booths, which mark both the start and finish.  

The Long Island Marathon is also being held in Nassau County. Several roads are closed for the race, but they are expected to reopen by 1:30 p.m. See the Long Island marathon results page.

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Amateur Kris Kim, 16, making TOUR debut at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson

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16-year-old English amateur Kris Kim hopes to replicate that success, this time on the PGA TOUR.

Kim, who beat Russell 5&4 in a singles match at the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup, is making his PGA TOUR debut this week at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson. Kim, a CJ Group ambassador, received a sponsor exemption into the event.

“I found out about a month ago. Yeah, it was a crazy phone call,” Kim said, smiling. “I was over the moon for the rest of the day.”

Kim displayed a remarkable maturity, similar to Russell, as he spoke to the media Wednesday at TPC Craig Ranch. Kim was composed and succinct, answering questions about his background, earliest golfing memories and possible nerves in making his pro debut. There was no wide-eyed reaction to the scene, despite it being the biggest week of his young golfing life.

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That wisdom can be credited largely to his mother Ji-Hyun Suh, one of the Korean pioneers who competed on the LPGA in the 1990s. Suh is Kim’s swing coach and introduced him to the game at the age of 5.

“(I) always used to watch her, and then ended up falling in love with it myself,” Kim said. Kim’s whole family, including Suh, will be the ones watching this week.

Kim’s life outside golf looks similar to most 16-year-olds. A native of Surrey, England, Kim has a few exams next week that he’s trying not to think about. He golfs mostly on the weekends, prioritizing school from Monday to Friday. On the golf course, he’s anything but a typical teenager.

In 2023, Kim won the Boys’ Amateur Championship, the European Boys’ Individual Championship and the McGregor Trophy. He is the first amateur golfer to be sponsored by CJ Group, which sponsors numerous pro golfers, including Sungjae Im, Si Woo Kim, KH Lee and Byeong Hun An. Kim is the first European amateur to sign an NIL contract with Under Armour and the first British amateur to sign an NIL deal with TaylorMade. He went undefeated in the Junior Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, claiming 3.5 points as Europe won the event for the first time since 2006.

That experience in Rome has made Kim confident in handling the nerves this week.

“That was really good for me because that was probably the first time I ever played in front of a crowd,” Kim said. “Yeah, got a taste for it for the first time.”

His aspirations extend far beyond gaining experience, though that will be a valuable component of the week. Kim isn’t counting himself out of contention.

“My first aim is to make the cut and then see what happens. At the end of the day, I’m one of 144 competitors and we’ve all got a chance,” he said.

Kim tees off at 9:02 a.m. local time alongside Max Greyserman and Norman Xiong.

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Derbent as russia’s oldest city think again, moscow says.

Not so many years ago, Derbent buzzed with plans to celebrate its 5,000th anniversary, envisioning the day when it would claim the title of “ Russia ’s oldest city.”

Not so fast, came the response from Moscow. Like a plastic surgeon with a supernatural touch, the central government peeled away centuries. Out went the plans to commemorate 5,000 years, in came a grand fete to mark the city’s 2,000th birthday.

The mix of Muslims, Christians and Jews who live here along the Caspian Sea reacted collectively with a baffled “What?!” and continued to cherish the older date.

“Throughout the Soviet period they said it was 5,000 years old, and then suddenly they changed it,” groused Alex Abdulfez, a young tour guide at the ancient fortress called Naryn-Kala, which dominates the town. “I don’t recognize any other date. I don’t accept it; nobody does. Everybody in Derbent says it’s 5,000 years old.”

Here's a guide to drive-in movie theaters in Wisconsin, and a look at the history of outdoor theaters here

Wisconsin was a little late to the drive-in movie theater party. But we've never completely left. 

In fact, half of the drive-ins that are still in operation in the state opened in the 21st century. 

Below is a guide to the 10 drive-in movie theaters still operating in Wisconsin. Most are open from around Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. 

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But first, a little history of drive-in movie theaters in Wisconsin, spurred by a reader's question to  What the Wisconsin  — the place where we take on questions large and small about our state, our communities and the people in them.  

The history of Wisconsin's drive-in theaters, from boom to bust to brief COVID-era resurgence 

That story starts in Brookfield. 

The state's first drive-in theater, called simply the Drive-In, opened on the site of a former dog track on the south side of Blue Mound Road, west of Moorland Road in what was then the Town of Brookfield, on June 18, 1940.  Its debut was more than seven years after the opening of the nation's first drive-in, in Camden, New Jersey. 

Later renamed the Bluemound Drive-In, the Brookfield outdoor theater was the Milwaukee area's only drive-in until 1948, when the 41 Twin Outdoor opened in Franklin. 

As it did in the rest of the country, the drive-in really took off in Wisconsin in the 1950s. By 1954, according to reports in the Journal Sentinel archives, the Milwaukee area had as many as 20 outdoor theaters. Across Wisconsin, by 1955, there were 54 drive-ins.

By the 1960s, some of them were busy enough to be open year-round — quite a feat, considering Wisconsin weather. (In their newspaper listings, drive-ins like the Bluemound or the 59 Outdoor in Waukesha promised "in-car heaters.") 

But by the 1970s, the rise of the multiplex and expanding commercial development helped make drive-in properties more valuable as real estate sites than movie theater locations. 

The Bluemound Drive-In, the state's first, closed in 1981 and was developed as office and commercial space a couple of years later. The 41 Twin, the Milwaukee area's last traditional drive-in, closed after the 2001 season. 

By March 2020, the number of drive-in movie theaters nationwide had sunk from around 4,000 in 1958 to 321, according to the National Association of Theater Owners. 

A handful of drive-in theaters around Wisconsin hung on. And, in the past couple of decades, a few new ones, including the Chilton Twilight Drive-In Theater and the Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre in Jefferson, started up or revived older drive-in properties. 

During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic — with social distancing a key safety consideration — a few pop-up drive-ins turned up around the state.

Some of these pop-ups were set up in parking lots outside existing theaters, like at  Marcus Theatres' Majestic Cinema in Brookfield; others were in lots outside other attractions, like the Duck Pond Drive-In set up outside the home stadium for the the Madison Mallards, the collegiate summer baseball league team, and the Milky Way Drive-In, built in the parking lot outside the Milwaukee Milkmen's home ballpark in Franklin. Most of them shut down after 2020; the Milky Way continues with a schedule that runs into October. 

Drive-in movie theaters in southeastern Wisconsin 

Milky way drive-in.

Where: 7035 S. Ballpark Drive, Franklin (in Ballpark Commons) 

Opened:  2020 

What does it show?:  Mostly second-run and older movies; double-features on Thursdays 

How many screens?: 1

When is it open?:  When the Milwaukee Milkmen baseball team isn’t playing in adjacent Franklin Field (the drive-in is set up in the ballpark’s parking lot), starting in mid-May with movies showing into October  

Info: milkywaydrivein.com  

Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre 

Where: W6423 Highway 18, Jefferson (at Highways 18 and 89) 

Opened:  1953; reopened in 2000 

What does it show?:  New releases  

How many screens?: 1 

When is it open?: Weekends, starting in mid-May 

Info:   highway18.com  

Drive-in movie theaters in northwestern Wisconsin 

Stardust twin drive-in theater .

Where: 995 22nd St., Chetek (about two hours east of Minneapolis) 

Opened:  2008 

What does it show?:  New releases

How many screens?: 2 

When is it open?:  Weekends, starting in late May

Info: stardustdriveinmovie.com  

Drive-in movie theaters in northeastern Wisconsin (including Fox Valley and Door County) 

Chilton twilight drive-in theater .

Where: 1255 E. Chestnut St. (Highway 57), Chilton  

Opened: 2011 

What does it show?: New releases

How many screens?:  1

When is it open?: Weekends starting in early May; Wednesday-Sunday after Memorial Day 

Info: getreelcinemas.com/chilton-drive-in  

Field of Scenes Outdoor Theater 

Where: N3712 Highway 55, Freedom 

Opened:  2003 

What does it show?: New releases 

When is it open?: Fridays and Saturdays, starting in late May 

Info:   fieldofscenes.biz   

Skyway Drive-In 

Where: 3475 Highway 42, Fish Creek 

Opened: 1950 

When is it open?: Weekends, starting in early May 

Info: doorcountydrivein.com  

Moonlight Drive-In 

Where: 1494 E. Green Bay St., Shawano 

Opened:  2000 

When is it open?: Open daily 

Info: shawanocinema.com/#outdoortheater  

Drive-in movie theaters in southwestern Wisconsin (including Wisconsin Dells) 

Big sky drive-in theatre .

Where: N9199 Winnebago Road, Wisconsin Dells 

Opened:  1950 

Info:   bigskydrivein.com  

Sky-Vu Drive-In 

Where: N1936 Highway 69, Monroe 

Opened:  1954 

When is it open?:  No word on 2024 reopening

Info:  goetzskyvu.com/SKY-VU/SKY-VU_HOME.html  

Starlite 14 Drive-In 

Where: U.S. Highway 14 East, Richland Center  

Opened:  1952 

When is it open?: Saturdays, starting early May; expanding to Fridays and Sundays as well later in May  

Info:   richlandmovies.com  

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2024 Wells Fargo Championship odds: Last week’s winner is this week’s long shot

Taylor Pendrith captured his first PGA Tour victory last week.

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The latest Signature Event goes down this week at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship, and we’re picking the man who won last week’s PGA Tour event. Here’s our long-shot pick, the Wells Fargo Championship odds, betting favorites and everything else you need to know.

Wells Fargo Championship odds: Long-shot bet

When picking winners in pro golf, it’s always a good idea to go with hot hands. And in terms of long shots for this week’s Wells Fargo, Taylor Pendrith’s fingers are warmer than anyone else’s, and he’s our long-shot pick with +8000 odds to win.

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The source of Pendrith’s heat came on Sunday, when he fired a four-under 67 in the final round to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson by one shot . It was the first PGA Tour victory of his career, and, among other things, it got him into the field at Quail Hollow this week.

But Pendrith’s win wasn’t a fluke — he’s been contending frequently in 2024. He has two other top-10 finishes to go along with two T11 finishes. We’re hoping the Canadian veteran can ride the momentum from last week into a Signature win.

If you bet $10 on Pendrith to go back-to-back and he makes it happen, you’ll earn $800. For insurance, consider placing additional small bets on Pendrith to finish top 10 and top 20.

Looking for more long-shot bets for the Wells Fargo Championship? This week’s honorable mentions are Shane Lowry (+5000) and Denny McCarthy (+5500).

Wells Fargo Championship odds: The favorites

Most of the stars of the PGA Tour are in the field for this week’s Signature Event, except for World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who is skipping the tournament as he awaits the birth of his first child.

Stepping into Scheffler’s typical role as betting favorite is World No. 2 Rory McIlroy , who comes into the week with +850 odds to win. Xander Schauffele (+1000) starts the week in second place on the odds list, while Ludvig Aberg takes third at +1100.

You can see the top 12 in Wells Fargo Championship betting odds as of Monday morning below or head over to BetMGM to see the full list of odds and bets for this week.

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