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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Radiohead Coming … Sometime
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There aren’t any dates yet, but Radiohead is coming to Atlanta in 2008.
The band’s publicist sent out an alphabetical list of the cities that will be on the itinerary for the band’s North American tour this year and Atlanta sits at the top. The list includes 21 other cities, and some will get to see the band a lot sooner than others.
The press release states that the “tour will take place in two segments, one prior to and one following the recently announced summer tour of the U.K. and Europe.” No word on when the exact dates will be announced.
The band’s new album, “In Rainbows,” was released in physical CD form on Jan. 1 after being made available for download last October. It was announced today that the album is the new No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, having sold 122,000 copies during the past week according to Nielsen SoundScan. “In Rainbows” actually debuted at No. 156 on the previous week’s chart due to some early sales because of retail street date violations.
A Country Bonanza
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s a big deal for country fans.
Kicks 101.5, Eagle 106.7 and Lakewood Amphitheatre have teamed up to offer four different packages to five different concerts from May through October. (And yes, the former Lakewood Amphitheatre is once again Lakewood Amphitheatre after spending most of this decade as HiFi Buys Amphitheatre.)
Each package offers tickets to the Kicks Country Fair with Dierks Bentley (above), Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan on May 16, Tim McGraw with Jason Aldean on June 11, Rascal Flatts on Aug. 15, Toby Keith and Montgomery Gentry on Sept. 11 and Brad Paisley on Oct. 4.
The packages come in at four levels: platinum, gold, silver and the non-metallic and largely self-explanatory lawn. With the $150 lawn package, you get a guaranteed lawn seat and access to a presale for next year’s package (the latter comes with all levels). The silver level at $250 gets you the same reserved seat for each show in the uncovered portion of the upper pavilion, and the gold at $450 gets a seat in the covered upper pavilion.
The platinum is, as Toby Keith might say, the big dog daddy at $575. You get VIP Club access, a reserved seat in the lower pavilion and a special entrance-adjacent parking pass for every two platinum tickets.
The packages will be available only online at the Megaticket site, and for a limited time. They’re also being made available before the individual shows go on sale. Sales to the general public begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, but radio station Kicks 101.5 is offering its Country Club members a jump on that. Just go to the station’s site and sign up. Once you’re done, you’ll be able to purchase those Megatickets early.
It brings up an interesting question. Are the same folks who desperately want to see Rascal Flatts the same folks who would be first in line for Brad Paisley? How much overlap is there between Dierks Bentley’s fanbase and Toby Keith’s? Will you be getting in on this deal, or do you plan to wait for the individual shows to go on sale?
Atlanta Baby Buzz
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Congratulations to Grammy-winning Atlanta R&B singer Monica, who just had her second son Tuesday afternoon; and - as of this posting at least - he still doesn’t have a first name.
His middle name is Montez, however, according to Monica’s manager (and cousin) Melinda Dancil. (Montez is Monica’s brother’s name). And the 19 and a half-incher arrived at 5 pounds, 6 ounces.
Mom (pictured above) and baby are fine, added Dancil. In fact, she says Monica was recording right up unto his birth, and has about 13 songs done.
Meanwhile, we also heard from Atlanta music mogul Michael “Mr. ColliPark” Crooms Wednesday morning, and he said his latest hot find, Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy (the bottom photo), denies the rumors heard across the radio airwaves that he has impregnated another teen.
Are you ready for Monica to return back to the scene as a recording artist? What did you think of her last CD, 2006’s “The Makings of Me”? And as for Soulja Boy, well, if you want to comment, try to refrain from using lyrics from a certain “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” song…
