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Chastain series-A announced
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant . Photo: Pamela Springsteen.
It may not look like spring just yet, but the announcement of the first part of Live Nation’s Chastain Park Amphitheatre concert series might have you itching for the warmer weather.
Here’s the series-A line-up:
The Moody Blues — April 19
Santana, the Derek Trucks Band — April 25
Sheryl Crow (non-table set-up) — May 3
Duran Duran — May 17
James Taylor — May 24 (in series) / May 25 (not part of the series)
ZZ Top — June 7
True Colors with Cyndi Lauper, the B-52’s, Rosie O’Donnell, Tegan and Sara — June 16
Chicago, the Doobie Brothers — June 24
REO Speedwagon, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts — June 29
Donna Summer — July 1
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss with T-Bone Burnett (non-table set-up) — July 10
Earth Wind & Fire — July 14
Mark Knopfler — July 29
Tickets for the full series or any combination of two or more shows will be available online at www.chastainseries.com or charge by phone at 404-233-2227 beginning Sunday, March 2, at 10 a.m. And James Taylor fans should note that buying tickets for both of the singer-songwriter’s performances does not count as a mini-series package, because the May 25 date is not part of the series.
The first thing that may strike some folks about the bill is that there’s very little of recent vintage on the bill. Tegan and Sara and Derek Trucks are probably the only artists on the bill without fuzzy memories of the ’70s. For some concert-goers, that’s the point.
The partnership of Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and Alison Krauss might just be the coolest thing on the bill. The pair’s 2007 album, “Raising Sand,” is a surprising charmer and appeared on many year-end best-of lists. Their live show should be a real treat.
Tell us your take on the line-up. Will you pony up for the whole series, or will you just pick and choose a few favorites?
Comments
By Rudy
February 26, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this
I’m in for the full meal deal! Great acts in a venue that is next to none …priceless! See you there?
By Will
February 26, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this
Can I pay $10 and just walk in long enough to hear Tegan and Sara?
By David Lee
February 26, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this
Rudy, the Moody Blues suck
By Jess
February 26, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this
If they could just make everyone shut up during the actual show, it would be a venue that is next to none. As it is, my $150 tickets to see Dylan were worth about 50 cents…. Season tickets cause people to go to shows they don’t care about - and talk the whole time!
Down with season tickets!!
By thomas
February 26, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this
Chastain is lame and so are all the boring fat season ticket holders it attracts. Hope they choke on their whole foods pasta!
By Jerry Jackson
February 26, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this
The Moody Blues are great. To David Lee, you suck!
By Pat
February 26, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
If people would shut up and watch the concert, Chastain would be great. I won’t be going back.
By jim
February 26, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this
Alison and Robert….WOW…that makes it worth having to buy tix to two events….Will probably sell the extra event and just enjoy “Raising Sand”….ALBUM OF THE YEAR!
By Easy
February 26, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this
When are the names in Series-B released?
By Easy
February 26, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this
When are the names in Series-B released?
By John
February 26, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this
Not a very exciting lineup. Will be hard to stay awake during most of these. Here’s hoping series B will have a little more life.
By yo thomas
February 26, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this
Yo, Thomas, not everybody is perfect like you. Choke on your tiny weenie.
By Music Lover
February 26, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this
Horrible venue as far as music is concerned. The concerts are incidental to the celery-chewing insufferable yuppies which infest the “park” like the pests they are. Chastain is a place for these self-absorbed faux-elites to see and be seen. The sound quality is abysmal, which, of course, is of absolutely no consequence to the brie-gorged throng.
By jo
February 26, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this
And it usually rains!!!
By Wilson
February 26, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this
I got news for you…you wouldn’t have been able to hear much of Dylan even if people had been stone silent. Your tix were worth about 50 cents even when you stupidly paid $150 for them. He is a joke these days.
By Shane Harrison
February 26, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
@Easy
The series-B shows will likely be announced in late May or early June, according to the folks at Live Nation.
By Layla
February 26, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this
Oh, I would love to see Tegan and Sara! But no way in the world is any of my money going to support Rosie idiot O’Donnell… what the crap is SHE doing there?!??!?!
By Jethro Jones
February 26, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this
Here’s an idea; if you don’t like the shows, the venue, or the people, simply don’t go. That’s the great thing about America, you don’t have to go to concerts that you don’t want to see.
Chastain Park is a gem in the eyes and opinions of many people and personally, I really enjoy going.
Yeah people talk, the sound could be better, and it does seem to rain a lot, but then it rains a lot of evenings in Atlanta in the summer time!
It is what it is, and what it is, is a fun place for an evening out. Dinner and a show, sign me up!
By mike
February 26, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this
i love the seventies, i wish ATL had a decent radio station that would play more 70s music. Will Mike McDonald tour with D.B.
By ANOTHERDAMNJACK
February 26, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this
Chicago & the Doobie Brothers have more talent in their fingers than anyone in the past 25 years!!!
By Duranie
February 26, 2008 5:47 PM | Link to this
I love Chastain Park!! I can’t wait to see Duran Duran and Chicago, Joan Jett and Earth Wind and Fire. I just hate the parking there. What a nightmare!!!
By Brock
February 26, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this
Santana and Derek Trucks’ sites say they will also play Chastain 4-26 (in addition to the 4-25 show). Will this be out of series? This will be one great concert or concerts. And Dylan was great in 06 at Chastain, despite the chatter.
By sheila
February 26, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this
I second the 70’s radio station in Atlanta
By chipdip
February 26, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this
SEX AT CHASTAIN IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Jess
February 26, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this
Brock, good to know Dylan was good that night. I wouldn’t know since all I could hear was the first date happening on one side and the marital problems on the other side. The first date went well, by the way.
Dylan is worth $150 if you can hear him. No question in my mind. That’s why I SMARTLY got my tickets, thankyouverymuch.
By chipdip
February 26, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this
I hear MOTORHEAD is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Up the irons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By classicrocker
February 26, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this
Will see Moody Blues in Fort Myers in March and they are great! Anyone that does not like the Moodies, SUCK!
By Joe
February 26, 2008 8:29 PM | Link to this
How much will tickets be? $100 for the lawn?
By Michael
February 26, 2008 8:46 PM | Link to this
I like the snooty up front tickets that my snooty law firm buys.
By Annoyed
February 26, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this
Oh, yes, I’d love to be at the shows!!! I love going to a gathering of aging hippies who have lost any semblance of southern manners in an ever increasing plasticized town. I can’t wait for the annoying 50 something, drunk mom and dad to dance in front of me all friggin’ night and ruin the concert experience. Oh, yes, count me in!!!
By younglover
February 26, 2008 9:56 PM | Link to this
I made out with my girlfriend in the rain at Chastain watching KC and the Sunshine Band (actually during a rain delay at the very back of the lawn nosebleeds). You can always take adversity and turn it to your advantage…
C’mon people-quit being so freakin’ negative about everything!
Yeah, right, music purists-a sideline seat at Gwinnett is MUCH better…riiiiiggghhhttt…oh and good ‘ol Lakewood is SOOO charming (so I hear)…maybe the new amp in North Fulton can make you musical snobs happy-go enjoy the EAGLES (there’s a new band for you!)…
By redneck
February 26, 2008 10:55 PM | Link to this
I hear george jones is coming to town.
By redneck
February 26, 2008 10:56 PM | Link to this
I hear george jones is coming to town.
By RHagans
February 26, 2008 11:01 PM | Link to this
This is an insult. What about some black folk? Peabo Bryson, Jill Scott, Chrisette Michele, Gladys Knight, John Legend, Indie.Arie, George Benson, Anita Baker, Chris Brown, Alicia Keyes or Patti Labelle. I attended quite a few concerts last year at Chastain and to my surprise the largest crowds were some of the black artist. Yes I attended Leana Rimes and Clay Aikens concerts that were less than half full.
By Stacey
February 26, 2008 11:05 PM | Link to this
For a small southern city there are those who claim Chastain is a ‘gem’. Well it really is not when you travel to other real cities and see how things are everywhere else. Outdoor concerts are lame especially in the hot south. I suppose that is why it looks and feels like dinner theatre. Lame. I love the B-52’s but always lament their playing lame Chastain so I never go. I prefer airplane tickets to see them in a venue where you can appreciate their vibe..
By cbl
February 27, 2008 12:08 AM | Link to this
Bring on Charlie Daniels! I’d like to see the yuppie-hipsters with their Dom bubbly respond to that.
By ADL
February 27, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this
Is George Jones riding his lawnmower?
By Amber
February 27, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this
Why is this line-up an insult? Give it a rest with “Where are the black folk?”. Why does every single blog on the AJC have to have race brought up by some blogger?
By FM Fats
February 27, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this
The wonderful Buddy Miller will be in the Plant/Krauss band along with T-Bone Burnette.
By Raising the Sandman
February 27, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this
I know Raising Sand has gotten a lot of acclaim, but I just don’t get it. I bought it for my wife for Christmas and she doesn’t much like it either. There are two, maybe three, good tracks on the album. The rest drags so badly it’s ridiculous. Album of the year my eye.
By Josh
February 27, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this
Waiting for the Hootie date…
By KEE
February 28, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
To those commenting on the rain… a LIGHT rain at Chastain is wonderful. I saw Nancy Griffith a few years back in a light rain and the crowd was minimal. She invited everyone to come close and it became a charming performance with intimate conversation for those who weren’t afraid of melting in the rain and REALLY wanted to see/hear her perform.
I’ve seen many people perform here I would have never thought I wanted to see and have totally enjoyed myself every time. But, then my glass is always half full. :)
By Ponge
February 28, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
Chastain is a fun place but can be very pricey.It does crack me up to see these old farts dancing with their over weight husbands. Sit down and shut up we paid for our tickets too!
By Bill
February 29, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this
well some fairly good acts, but nothing worse than the ‘wine and cheese’ losers at a rock concert…really takes away from the party
By ozzfest
March 10, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this
Holy sheet! Ticket prices are through the roof this year. I’ll just pay the cop $20 to get in me in like I always do. Robert Plant is the only act worth paying $100 per ticket for.