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Monday, March 17, 2008
New Van Halen date… again
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The on-again, off-again saga of Van Halen’s spring concert tour is back on - for now.
The new date at Gwinnett Arena: Sunday, May 11.
Tickets for the band’s previously scheduled dates will be honored. Refunds are also available at the point of purchase.
In a press release last week, the band said Eddie Van Halen was taking unspecified “medical tests” prompting the group to postpone the tour through mid April. What is that medical condition? Feel free to speculate given his past drug problems. Or it may have simply been “GottagetawayfromDavidLeeRoth-itis.”
Van Halen sold out Philips Arena last month and concertgoers here ripped the show for sound problems. The band had a chance to rectify the situation two weeks later on Feb. 19 at Gwinnett Arena. But that date was postponed. The second date was set for this Wednesday, March 19. Then that was pushed back, too. So this is the third and hopefully last date.
Check out this photo gallery from the Philips Arena concert.
The poor folks at Gwinnett Arena must need serious doses of aspirin right now.
Steve Miller Band and Joe Cocker tickets on sale Thursday
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Steve Miller Band and Joe Cocker, classic rockers from the 60’s and ’70s, will kick off summer with a concert in Alpharetta.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, for the “97 Days of Summer” concert, the annual show sponsored by retro radio channel 97.1, The River.
The May 26 show adds to the growing list of resurgent rock groups making stops at the soon-to-open Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park.
The Steve Miller band made a run through the late ’60s and ’70s with hit tunes like “Fly Like An Eagle,” “Abracadabra,” “The Joker,” and “Take The Money And Run.”
Samples from many of these have been used in recent hip-hop and club tracks, creating a fresh audience.
English rocker Joe Cocker’s gravelly voice was immortalized when “Up Where We Belong” played in the Oscar-winning “An Officer and a Gentleman.”
Other noteable hits from the Woodstock alum include “You Can Leave Your Hat On,” and a soulful rendition of Bruce Fisher and Billy Preston’s “You Are So Beautiful.”
For tickets, contact Ticketmaster or call 404-249-6400.
Storm-Affected Concerts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This past weekend’s tornado and storms had no mercy on MercyMe fans either. The Christian music group, along with Newsong, Skillet, BarlowGirl, Mandisa, Group 1 Crew and PureNRG - along with guest speaker Tony Nolan and the Real Encounters Extreme BMX Skate Team - were all booked to perform at Winter Jam 2008 this past Friday at Philips Arena. That, of course, was the same night the historic tornado hit downtown. And with the tour ending the next evening in Nashville, arena officials are now saying they can not reschedule it. But it will return next year. (For more information you can go to the Philips Arena site HERE WRFG-89.3 FM also postponed its Tower of Power Celebration and the following Global Drumbeat Anniversary party, planned for Saturday at Cenci restaurant. It reportedly will be held in April. For more information, you can go to the WRFG site HERE Particularly observant readers/viewers may have noticed the extensive damage right next to the Tabernacle. The next show on its schedule isn’t until the 29th, and no change with that Paramore show has been announced, as of this posting. Were you looking forward to the Winter Jam? Are there any other metro area concerts you know of that were postponed or cancelled due to the weather? 
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