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Gregg Allman will ring in the new year in Atlanta

Gregg Allman will return to his tour sooner than expected. Photo: Getty Images

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Gregg Allman will return to his tour sooner than expected. Photo: Getty Images
By Melissa Ruggieri
Nov 4, 2014

The Allman Brothers Band  ended their venerable career last week with final shows at the Beacon Theatre in New York, but that doesn't mean Gregg Allman is taking a break.

The ever-busy musician will kick off a spate of solo dates with a New Year’s Eve show at Atlanta Symphony Hall.

Tickets for the 9 p.m. Dec. 31 gig are $35.50-$149.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 7. Tickets can be purchased at the Woodruff Arts Center box office, www.ticketmaster.com, 1-800-745-3000 and all Ticketmaster outlets.

Allman, who recently played Music Midtown with his stellar touring band , will also be in town Nov. 12 as part of the Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute concert at the Fox Theatre.

Here is a look at his upcoming dates: 

Dec. 31 Atlanta Symphony Hall

Jan. 3 Ft. Myers, FL Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Center

Jan. 4 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Jan. 6 - 7 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre

Jan. 9 –10 Macon, GA Grand Opera House

Jan. 13 –14 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium

Jan. 16 Cherokee, NC Harrah’s Cherokee

Jan. 17 Savannah, GA Johnny Mercer Theatre

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About the Author

Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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