Gregg Allman will ring in the New Year with two Atlanta concerts

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI

How about spending the New Year with Uncle Gregg?

The Southern rock icon will return to Atlanta Symphony Hall for a pair of year-ending shows on Dec. 30-31 (he played the venue last NYE as well) with his ace solo band.

Tickets for the concerts are on sale at 10 a.m. Aug. 14 for $35.50-$149.50.  Tickets can be purchased at the Woodruff Arts Center box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com and by calling 1-800-745-3000.

Georgia mainstay Allman will be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame this fall as a solo performer (he already received the honor as a member of the Allman Brothers Band).

Earlier this month he released  “Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA,” a CD/DVD – Allman’s first DVD as a solo artist – that captured him and his eight-piece solo band at a Jan. 14, 2014 performance at the Grand Opera House, the 1,000-seat theater in Macon built in 1884.

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