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News Articles: Concerts

Symnovus Bank Ampitheater at Chastain Park is one of Atlanta's most popular summer concert venues.  James Taylor is scheduled to perform on Sept. 6, 2025 and the Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge play in Sept. 26, 2025.

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Here are Georgia festivals and concerts to look out for this summer

In an uncertain economy, concert tickets are selling and Georgians have hundreds of options for entertainment this season.

June 06, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Jim Kerr (left) and Charlie Burchill cofounded Simple Minds with friends in 1977 in Glasgow, Scotland. The band performs at Atlanta's Synovus Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park on June 7, 2025.

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  • Music Interviews

Simple Minds return to Atlanta, kicking off busy summer concert season

“Don't You Forget About Me” put Scottish rock group Simple Minds at No.1 on the Billboard charts in 1985. The group returns to Georgia on June 7 for its biggest show here ever.

June 03, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Los Tigres del Norte play to theirfans fans inside the midtown venue of New York City's Madison Square Garden on Saturday, May 24.

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Los Tigres del Norte share the pride of selling out Madison Square Garden with its fans

Los Tigres del Norte has played almost every single place in the country — from armories to rodeos, in big cities and small towns. But they've never played Madison Square Garden.

June 02, 2025
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  • Anamaria Artemisa Sayre
Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

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  • Music

Becoming The Attachment Theory was a 'sonic trust fall' for Sharon Van Etten

On her seventh studio album, Van Etten opens up her songwriting process to dazzling effect.

April 11, 2025
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  • Stephen Kallao and
  • Kimberly Junod
Susan Burke is trying to sell her extra Beyoncé tickets on StubHub, but they are not showing up for most users. In this photo, Burke is posing with her cat, Peaches.

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Buying or selling on StubHub? It's probably not showing you all the available tickets

StubHub has a "Recommended Tickets" filter that only displays some tickets but not others. It's automatically turned on — and it's upsetting users.

March 26, 2025
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  • Rafael Nam
Duane Betts

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  • Music Interviews

'This is for my dad': Duane Betts plans tribute to Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts

The lineup of the sold-out concert at the Macon City Auditorium features Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell, Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Charlie Starr, Jimmy Hall, Lamar Williams Jr. and more.

February 21, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Faye Webster performs a Tiny Desk concert at NPR Music in Washington, D.C.

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Faye Webster: Tiny Desk Concert

Featuring her longtime band and a string quartet, Webster guides us through a swooning and sweeping set.

January 31, 2025
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  • Elle Mannion
Taylor Swift, pictured performing at Amsterdam's Johan Cruijff Arena in July, wrapped up her Eras Tour after 21 months and five continents.

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The Eras era ends: A look back at Taylor Swift's record-breaking, 21-month tour

Swift has made over $2 billion in ticket sales and spent over 25 hours singing the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" since March 2023. Here's a look at the historic tour and what might come next.

December 10, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Sting performs at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Oct. 22, 2024.

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Sting's night at the concert hall provides respite from election stress

Taking the temperature of voters at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in suburban Atlanta Tuesday proved their mood to be ecstatic — but not for political reasons.

October 24, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
The British band Keane pictured in 2023: From left: Jesse Quinn, Richard Huughes, Tim Rice-Oxley and Tom Chaplin. The band makes a rare appearance in Atlanta at The Eastern on Sept. 14, 2024

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  • Music Interviews

Keane's Tom Chaplin on success, 'Somewhere Only We Know' and the band's return to Atlanta

The British rock band Keane is famous for that 2004 worldwide hit which also became a TikTok sensation and has joined the "billions club." Now the group is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its debut album, Hopes and Fears, and performs at The Eastern in Atlanta on Sept. 14, 2024. 

September 06, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
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Son Little's songs radiate outdoors at the Aspen Ideas Festival

Watch the guitarist and songwriter perform outside on the idyllic Aspen Ideas Festival campus.

September 02, 2024
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  • Suraya Mohamed
Crowded House:

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Watch: Crowded House on why the joy of music is 'doubly important' in today's world

The beloved Australian rock band makes a rare appearance at Atlanta's Chastain Park Amphitheater on Aug.30, featuring singer Neil Finn, his musician sons Liam and Elroy, bassist Nick Seymour and keyboardist Mitchell Froom. The group released a new album, Gravity Stairs, earlier this year. GPB's Kristi York Wooten spoke with the band ahead of its long-awaited return to Georgia. 

August 27, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Taylor Swift performs at Wembley Stadium as part of her Eras Tour on Friday, June 21, in London.

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  • Music

Chemicals found at the home of a Taylor Swift concert attack suspect, officials say

The suspect had uploaded an oath of allegiance to the current leader of the Islamic State group militia to an internet account a few weeks ago, investigators said Wednesday.

August 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Music

SWV: Tiny Desk Concert

We conclude 2024’s Black Music Month celebration at the Tiny Desk with the catalyst for the all-female lineup.

June 28, 2024
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  • Bobby Carter
Lil John Roberts and The Senators (Tres Gilbert, Phil Davis and Derek Scott) are part of the Atlanta All-Star Band at Symphony Hall May 24, for the Atlanta Jazz Festival Presentation of WCLK At 50.

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  • Music Features

'WCLK at 50' puts Lil John Roberts in the spotlight. Here's why the drummer is an Atlanta music icon

This year, Clark Atlanta University's radio station, WCLK Jazz 91.9 FM, is celebrating its golden anniversary. As part of the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the station will be honored in a "WLCK At 50" event at Atlanta's Symphony Hall on May 24, featuring Lil John Roberts and an Atlanta All-Star Band. Roberts may not be a household name, but this "musician's musician" has played with luminaries including Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Prince, Elton John and Janet Jackson.

May 24, 2024
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  • Sonia Murray
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