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    Atlanta Music Scene

    Metallica is coming to rock a drive-in theater near you.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Metallica concert will air at drive-in theaters around the country,...
    John Driskell Hopkins is a key component of the Zac Brown Band. Photo: Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Mic Check: John Driskell Hopkins finishing solo album
    Janelle Monae stars in "Antebellum."
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Janelle Monae’s ‘Antebellum’ movie will debut on-demand
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    Keke Palmer to Host MTV VMAs
    Atlanta Music Scene
    MTV ‘VMAs’ tap Keke Palmer to host live awards ceremony in Brooklyn
    Prince's "Sign O' The Times" album will be reissued in September 2020. (Photo by Virginia Turbett/Redferns)
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Listen to previously unreleased Prince song, ‘Cosmic Day'
    The Atlanta chapter of Women in Music will hold a virtual event in August.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Women in Music Atlanta chapter to hold virtual event
    The Quarantine All-Stars, spearheaded by Atlanta-based musician Scotty Wilbanks, who plays keyboards in Luke Bryan's live band, is raising funds for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund with their "Quarantine" virtual jam.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Quarantine All-Stars band together for MusiCares COVID-19 benefit song
    Soul singer Candi Staton of "Young Hearts Run Free" fame lives in Georgia.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Mic Check: Candi Staton mixing musical activism with family time
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    Mastodon readies rarities album to commemorate 20th anniversary
    The Go-Go's have a new song, "Club Zero," their first in nearly 20 years, to accompany a Showtime documentary about their storied career.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    The Go-Go’s release first new song in nearly 20 years ahead of...
    Zac Brown and his band have written a new song during quarantine.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Zac Brown Band releases new song from quarantine, ‘You and Islands'
    R.E.M. performed a memorable set at Glastonbury Festival in 1999.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Classic R.E.M. Glastonbury Festival performance will air on YouTube in...
    Musicians Rick Allen, from left, Tommy Lee, Vivian Campbell, Joe Elliott, Bret Michaels, Phil Collen, Rick Savage, Rikki Rokkett (kneeling), C.C. DeVille, Nikki Sixx (kneeling), Vince Neil, Mick Mars and Bobby Dall pose together following a news conference to announce The Stadium Tour 2020 featuring rock bands Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Poison, at the SiriusXM offices, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett announce rescheduled...
    Chuck Leavell has played with The Allman Brothers Band and The Rolling Stones during his storied career.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Mic Check: Chuck Leavell spending time as ‘The Tree Man’ during summer...
    Guns N' Roses performed a pre-Super Bowl concert in Miami and announced a stadium tour the day after the game. They were scheduled to play Atlanta in August, but the tour was moved to 2021 - without an Atlanta show. Photo: Contributed
    Atlanta Music Scene
    No Atlanta date for Guns N’ Roses on rescheduled 2021 tour
    The Imagine Music Festival in 2019. The event was postponed for 2020, but will return at a new location in Chattahoochee Hills for 2021.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Imagine Music Festival lineup announced for 2021 event
    The sign reads live music tonight as Eddie Owen's Red Clay Music Foundry is the first local venue to hold a live concert since the pandemic closed its doors in March to see the Justin Varnes Sextet perform on Monday, July 27, 2020 in Duluth. Photo: Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Red Clay Music Foundry leads Atlanta’s return to live, indoor concerts
    Atlanta rapper Gunna releases a deluxe version of his No. 1 album, "Wunna," on July 24, 2020.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Mic Check: Atlanta rapper Gunna is back with supersized ‘Wunna’ release
    Rapper Rick Ross was the main attraction at the Parking Lot Concert at Murphy Park in Southwest Atlanta on Saturday, July 18, 2020. The outdoor show is set up for cars and patrons watch from their socially distant vehicles with and without masks. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Parking lot, remote concerts the new normal for live music — for now
    Master P, considered one of the savviest entrepreneurs in the music industry, was one of the first rappers to build a business and financial empire by investing in a wide range of business and investment ventures from a variety of industries, performing at Pepsi Funk Fest in Central Park in Atlanta, Ga. on Saturday, May 14, 2016. (Akili-Casundria Ramsess/Special to the AJC)
    Atlanta Music Scene
    No Limit Reunion with Master P rescheduled for March at State Farm Arena
    Music mogul Jermaine Dupri reflects on his career inside his Atlanta Southside Studios. Photo: RYON HORNE/RHORNE@AJC.COM
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Jermaine Dupri teams with start-up to promote plant-based lifestyles
    City Winery is one of Atlanta's many venues forced to shut down to concerts during the coronavirus and is again on a temporary pause. David Crosby played there in 2017. Photo: Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com
    Atlanta Music Scene
    City Winery Atlanta temporarily closes
    Some memorable movie soundtracks.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Need some movie music memories? Check out these 35 soundtracks
    Jgenisius Harris dances to the music in her 1995 Freaknik shirt during the FreakNik 2019 concert at the Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood Saturday, June 22, 2019. Harris said her family went to the 1995 Freaknik and she got the tee shirt. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
    Atlanta Music Scene
    FreakNik Festival will become a series of 10 ‘drive-in theater’ for...
    Chris Daughtry of Daughtry performing at Eventim Apollo in London. The singer will play a virtual tour this summer.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Chris Daughtry’s ‘Live from Home’ virtual tour will support the Fox...
    Contemporary Christian star Chris Tomlin, who helped found Atlanta’s Passion City Church, was supposed to play a drive-in concert at The Ranch in Georgia. CONTRIBUTED
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Chris Tomlin’s ‘Worship Tailgate’ tour is canceled
    Hall and Oates has rescheduled their 2020 dates for next year.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Hall & Oates set new date for 2021 with Squeeze and KT Tunstall
    Chris Daughtry of 'Daughtry' performing at Eventim Apollo in London.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    The Fred cancels all concerts for 2020 season, including Daughtry, 38...
    Candler Park Music Festival will return in 2021.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Candler Park Music Festival canceled for 2020
    Alicia Keys has rescheduled her tour for 2021.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Alicia Keys reschedules tour for 2021, including Chastain date
    Rec Clay Music Foundry will reopen with live concerts at the end of July. (Courtesy Red Clay Music Foundry)
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Red Clay Music Foundry to resume live, ‘socially distant’ concerts...
    Atlanta Southern rockers Blackberry Smoke recorded their new EP, "Live From Capricorn Sound Studios" from the famed studio in Macon.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Blackberry Smoke retrace Southern roots with Capricorn Sound Studios...
    Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor in the "clown room" at his Atlanta home. Photo: Susanne Gibboney
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Mic Check: Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor turns to art during pandemic
    Andrew Hyra (left) and Kristian Bush in the '90s days of Billy Pilgrim. Photo: Michael McLaughlin
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Kristian Bush and Andrew Hyra revive Billy Pilgrim with new song, album
    Scenes from the 2018 Imagine Music Festival in Atlanta. Photo courtesy of Caren West PR.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Imagine Music Festival cancels for 2020, sets dates for 2021
    Wilco’s tour with Sleater-Kinney has been moved to 2021. Photo: Shervin Lainez
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Wilco, Sleater-Kinney concert moved to 2021 at Chastain
    Billy Joel performs at Shea Stadium Wednesday, July 16, 2008 in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
    Atlanta Music Scene
    If you’re missing live concerts, some live recordings might ease the...
    Country music singer and television personality Blake Shelton performs prior to a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Phoenix Raceway, Sunday, March 8, 2020, in Avondale, Ariz.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Trace Adkins will play drive-in...
    Grammy- winning duo Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, also known as the Indigo Girls, will perform an all-dedication livestream concert in July. CONTRIBUTED
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Indigo Girls will perform all-dedication livestream on July 16
    This combination photo shows Notorious B.I.G., who won rap artist and rap single of the year, during the annual Billboard Music Awards in New York on Dec. 6, 1995, left, and singer Whitney Houston at the BET Honors in Washington on Jan. 17, 2009. The pair will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2020 class. (AP Photo)
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Rock & Roll Hall of Fame cancels live ceremony; HBO special will honor...
    Avery Sunshine has a new song in honor of those lost during the COVID-19 crisis and is releasing a makeup line later this year. Photo: Dana “BigDANE” Johnson
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Mic Check: Avery Sunshine releases song for those lost during the...
    Chris (left) and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes perform an intimate show as Brothers of a Feather at Terminal West in February 2020.
    Atlanta Music Scene
    The Black Crowes reschedule ‘Moneymaker’ tour for 2021, set new date...
    Lil Baby performs at the sold out Coca Cola Roxy on Sunday, January 19, 2020, on the No Place Like Home Tour. Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Lil Baby tops the Billboard 200 for a record-setting fifth week with...
    Usher had released a new song, "I Cry."
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Usher releases video for powerful new song, ‘I Cry’
    Pittsburgh Rapper Wiz Khalifa performing at the annual Music Midtown Festival at Piedmont Park in Atlanta on Sept. 16, 2017. (Akili-Casundria Ramsess/Eye of Ramsess Media)
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Wiz Khalifa teams with Atlanta fundraising platform for livestream
    Charlie Daniels died on July 6, 2020, at the age of 83. Photo: Erick Anderson
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Charlie Daniels has died at the age of 83
    A partial shot of the crowd at the Atlanta Pop Festival in 1970 in Byron, Ga. Photo: Bill Fibben
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Celebrating 50 years of the second Atlanta International Pop Festival
    The "Hella Mega" tour with Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer will now play Atlanta in 2021. Photo: Warner Bros. Records
    Atlanta Music Scene
    The ‘Hella Mega’ tour with Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer has a at...
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    Atlanta Music Scene
    The Eagles’ 2018 tour will land as ESPN concert special, live album
    Atlanta's Crime Mob and Dem Franchize Boyz will perform at the July 4 Parking Lot Concert. Photos: Contributed
    Atlanta Music Scene
    ‘Parking Lot Concert Series’ will offer Fourth of July A-Town Bash Dem...
    Ringo Starr will celebrate his 80th birthday with an all-star concert online. Photo: Contributed
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Ringo Starr will celebrate his 80th birthday with online concert Paul...
    Charlie Starr fronts Blackberry Smoke as the band opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd at their sold-out, Sept. 1, 2018 concert at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood. Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Mic Check: Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke is keeping the rock rolling
    The Killers will perform as part of the annual "Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular" on NBC. Photo: Olivia Bee
    Atlanta Music Scene
    Fourth of July performers: from the Killers to Patti LaBelle to Willie...
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