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FRIDAY, AUG. 1

Rascal Flatts

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THE HITS KEEP COMING: To some, Rascal Flatts embodies everything that's wrong with country music, but Nashville loves them. Sales count on Music Row, and in that department, the pop-leaning Rascal Flatts delivers time and time again with undeniably hooky hits such as "Bless the Broken Road" and current single from 2007's "Still Feels Good, "Bob That Head." With Taylor Swift.

• THE 411: 8 p.m. $75.25; $30 lawn. Lakewood Amphitheatre, 2002 Lakewood Way, Atlanta. 404-443-5090, 404-249-6400

Rick Springfield

DÉJÀ VU: Former soap star Springfield scored 16 Top 40 hits between 1981 and 1988 (and another in 1972, before he became Noah Drake on "General Hospital"). He'll forever be associated with his sole No. 1 hit, "Jessie's Girl." Perhaps that's why "What's Victoria's Secret?" — the lead track from new album "Venus in Overdrive" — sounds so familiar. Victoria is just the not-quite-as-fetching cousin of Jessie's girl.

• THE 411: 8 p.m. Aug. 1-2. $32-$65; $32 lawn. Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater, 201 McIntosh Trail, Peachtree City. 770-631-0630, www.amphitheater.org

SATURDAY, AUG. 2

RETURN TO THE ROAD: One of the most beloved jazz fusion acts to emerge during the '70s, Return to Forever was the brainchild of former Miles Davis sideman Chick Corea. This tour reunites the band that recorded 1975's Grammy-winning "No Mystery": Corea on keyboards, Al Di Meola on guitar, Stanley Clarke on bass and Lenny White on drums.

• THE 411: 8 p.m. $35-$100. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta. 770-916-2800, 404-249-6400, www.cobbenergycentre.com

SUNDAY, AUG. 3

GIT ALONG: The campy 'n' western trio of Frenchy, Too Short and Buffalo K — aka Berné Poliakoff, DeDe Vogt and Kathleen Hatfield — are back with new CD "Unhitched," and they'll be whooping it up at their home away from home, Eddie's Attic, to celebrate the occasion. The three singer-songwriters have been doing their entertaining shtick for nigh on 15 years now, and we hope there'll be many more to come.

• THE 411: 5:30 p.m. $8; $5 ages 12 and younger. Eddie's Attic, 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur. 404-377-4976, www.eddiesattic.com

TUESDAY, AUG. 5

SIX-STRING SORCERY: If he never did anything else, Richard Lloyd would deserve his place in rock history for one album, Television's "Marquee Moon." Along with Tom Verlaine, Lloyd was part of one of rock's great guitar teams. Between Television reunions, Lloyd keeps up a solo career that began with 1979's "Alchemy" and continues through last year's "The Radiant Monkey."

• THE 411: 8 p.m. $15. Smith's Olde Bar, 1578 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Midtown. 404-875-1522, www.smithsoldebar.com

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6

GRAZIN' IN THE 'GRASS: They're calling this the Kickin' Pickin' Bluegrass Party, and that sounds like a pretty good description considering the talent involved. Even before his 1986 solo debut, Stuart was working with some of the greats, playing sideman to Lester Flatt and Johnny Cash, among others. McCoury's career stretches back even further. He was one of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys for a brief time back in the early '60s.

• THE 411: 7 p.m. $25-$59.50. Chastain Park Amphitheatre, 4469 Stella Drive N.W., Atlanta. 404-249-6400, www.livenation.com