MUSIC MIDTOWN 2015 LINEUP
Friday, Sept. 18 (doors open at 4 p.m.)
The Electric Ballroom Stage
Drake
Hozier
Kodaline
Honda Stage
Alice in Chains
August Alsina
Belk Stage
Elton John
Jenny Lewis
Tove Lo
Catfish & the Bottlemen
The Cotton Club
Metric
Elliot Moss
Jamie N Commons
Saturday, Sept. 19 (doors open at noon)
The Electric Ballroom Stage
Sam Smith
Run the Jewels
Daryl Hall and John Oates
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Colony House
Honda Stage
Lenny Kravitz
Icona Pop
Airborne Toxic Event
X Ambassadors
Belk Stage
Van Halen
Panic at the Disco
Billy Idol
Elle King
New Politics
Alessia Cara
The Cotton Club
Vance Joy
Vinyl Theatre
Rozzi Crane
Daryl Hall and John Oates announced during their gig at Chastain earlier this month that they'd be back this fall as part of the Music Midtown lineup.
Along with the “Maneater” hitmakers, a few more acts have been unveiled for the Sept. 18-19 fest: Vance Joy, Metric and Vinyl Theatre.
A general admission ticket to both days of performances is now $125, a repricing from the originally announced $136-$156.
Live Nation Atlanta President Peter Conlon said he dropped the price after hearing from many young fans that they couldn't afford the higher rates.
“There are a lot of younger acts on the bill, and I wanted to make it more attractive to the younger fans. I want to make sure the younger people are there,” Conlon said. “That’s $62.50 a day to see this lineup of acts. To see Elton (John) or Van Halen or Drake would be $100. For this number of bands, anyone who complains about value now is living on another planet.”
Conlon also made it clear that the $125 price isn’t budging and that there won’t be any tickets sold via discount sites such as Groupon or Living Social.
VIP and Super VIP tickets remain at $600 and $1,200 respectively. Tickets can be purchased at www.musicmidtown.com, www.livenation.com or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.
The last round of acts announced for the festival — and this is now the full lineup — also skews young.
Hall and Oates might have blasted the charts during the Reagan years, but their sold-out Chastain show attracted a fan base ranging from teens to 20-somethings to parents with their kids.
"Riptide" singer Joy, meanwhile, has reached prime visibility thanks to his inclusion on the list of Taylor Swift Approved Acts (he'll open her sold-out Oct. 24 show at the Georgia Dome as well), and Metric, who just opened for Imagine Dragons at Philips Arena earlier this month, offers a throwback New Wave sound.
