Taking the temperature of voters at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in suburban Atlanta Tuesday proved their mood to be ecstatic — but not for political reasons.
The British rock band Keane is famous for that 2004 worldwide hit which also became a TikTok sensation and has joined the "billions club." Now the group is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its debut album, Hopes and Fears, and performs at The Eastern in Atlanta on Sept. 14, 2024.
The beloved Australian rock band makes a rare appearance at Atlanta's Chastain Park Amphitheater on Aug.30, featuring singer Neil Finn, his musician sons Liam and Elroy, bassist Nick Seymour and keyboardist Mitchell Froom. The group released a new album, Gravity Stairs, earlier this year. GPB's Kristi York Wooten spoke with the band ahead of its long-awaited return to Georgia.
The suspect had uploaded an oath of allegiance to the current leader of the Islamic State group militia to an internet account a few weeks ago, investigators said Wednesday.
This year, Clark Atlanta University's radio station, WCLK Jazz 91.9 FM, is celebrating its golden anniversary. As part of the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the station will be honored in a "WLCK At 50" event at Atlanta's Symphony Hall on May 24, featuring Lil John Roberts and an Atlanta All-Star Band. Roberts may not be a household name, but this "musician's musician" has played with luminaries including Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Prince, Elton John and Janet Jackson.
It's been nearly 10 years since Andre and his partner in Atlanta rap act OutKast, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, headlined a sold-out, three-night stand at Centennial Olympic Park — and two decades since the duo released Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, now the best-selling rap album of all time.
Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss headline the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival, with appearances by Billy Strings, Celisse, Southern Avenue and Brittney Spencer.
A Navajo musician has begun performing a song that will last as long as the Navajo Long Walk, the forced removal of the tribe from their desert homelands in the 1860s.
At Disney's earnings call, CEO Bob Iger shared plans for a major investment in an Epic Games partnership. Also, a new Moana movie is heading to theaters, and Taylor Swift's concert film to Disney+.