If you like going to concerts, you’re going to have a good 2019. Some of the world’s biggest artists will swing through town: country pioneers, pop stars and boy bands, too. Let’s dig in, shall we?

Whitey Morgan

When: Feb. 15

Where: Waiting Room Lounge

The modern country outlaw has a new record, “Hard Times and White Lines.”

Dierks Bentley

When: March 2

Where: CHI Health Center Omaha

Bentley has a whopping 11 No. 1 country hits and 12 more in the top 10.

KISS

When: March 7

Where: CHI Health Center Omaha

They’re giving up the makeup. Yes, KISS will stop touring after this epic, yearlong world tour.

Dan + Shay

 When: March 21

Where: Orpheum Theater

Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney have released three albums, and the pair have scored a bunch of country hits.

Alan Jackson

When: April 13

Where: CHI Health Center Omaha

One of country music’s top-selling stars brings the Chattahoochee River to Omaha.

John Mellencamp

 When: April 15

Where: Orpheum Theater

You know his songs by heart, and you’ll be able to sing “Hurts So Good,” “Pink Houses” and lots more when he comes back to town.

Godsmack

When: April 23

Where: Baxter Arena

This platinum-selling metal band is still thundering along, continuing to churn out slamming albums.

Pink

When: May 7

Where: CHI Health Center Omaha

You know her songs, but you’ve never seen anything quite like her show. Pink never lets up in her performances.

Luke Combs

When: May 11

Where: CHI Health Center Omaha

This is a country star on the rise. Even with only one album to his name, Combs has sold out his entire tour, including this date in Omaha.

Cher

When: May 14

Where: CHI Health Center Omaha

After a couple of farewell tours, the “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer is still on the road. Go see her. It might be the last time. (Maybe.)

Dwight Yoakam

When: May 23

Where: Stir Cove

Summer can’t come soon enough. The honky-tonking country hit-maker will bring jams like “Guitars, Cadillacs” to the amphitheater.

Backstreet Boys

When: Sept. 8

Where: CHI Health Center Omaha

Backstreet’s back, alright? The boy band is hitting the road once again, bringing old favorites and a new album, too.

A closer look at our Transformers

Hasbro's Transformers toyline and spinoff comics and cartoons provide the inspiration for Matt Haney's illustrations for Outlook 2019. Haney, a World-Herald graphic artist since 2006, admits to being "semi-obsessed" with everything Transformers since receiving his first action figure as a Christmas gift in 1984. He was 8 years old. "They were so popular that mothers were fighting for them on the shelves at Target," Haney says. He started mowing lawns for money to buy the latest figures and comic books. "Not much has changed," he quips about his ever-growing collection. In Matt's renderings, as in the series, the Autobots are the heroes, and the quotes are famous lines from Optimus Prime, their main leader. Together, they tell the story of "Omaha: Transformed." 

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Kevin Coffey is the entertainment editor and critic, covering music, movies, video games, comic books and lots more. Follow him on Twitter @owhmusicguy. Phone: 402-444-1557.

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