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Posted: 10:12 a.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013

Muse, Dave Matthews Band, Sting to perform free shows during Final Four 

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By Melissa Ruggieri

Some heavy musical hitters are coming to town to entertain fans in between NCAA Men’s Final Four action next month.

Muse, Flo Rida, Macklemore & Ryan LewisLudacris and Yacht Rock Revue will perform a free show on Saturday, April 6, as part of the 2013 NCAA Big Dance Concert Series at Centennial Olympic Park.

British rockers Muse, whose latest album, "The 2nd Law," dropped last fall, were last seen in Atlanta in 2010 when they played Gwinnett Arena. Flo Rida, meanwhile, was a key performer at December's Power 96.1 Jingle Ball at Philips Arena and Atlanta-based Ludacris played for nearly 50,000 people at last year's Music Midtown festival in Piedmont Park. This will be the first area appearance for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis since their novelty hit "Thrift Shop" became a pop culture phenomenon. The song's video has amassed more than 100 million views on YouTube. And Atlanta's Yacht Rock Revue will get the crowd groovin' with their specialty of familiar lite-rock renditions from acts such as Steely Dan, Hall & Oates and the Bee Gees.

Then on Sunday, April 7, the Dave Matthews Band will headline another day of free shows at the Captial One Jam Fest that will also include performances from Sting and Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. Those concerts will also take place at Centennial Olympic Park.

DMB will preview their annual summer tour - which did not have any Atlanta date planned -- with their appearance. The band played Atlanta twice last year, at Lakewood Amphitheatre in May and Gwinnett Arena in December. Sting and Grace Potter have also been a frequent presence. The British mainstay played at Chastain Park Amphitheatre last summer and will return there June 10 if you'd rather see him in a more intimate setting. Meanwhile, Potter and the Nocturnals opened for Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney last summer at the Georgia Dome, while Potter returned solo for Star 94's Jingle Jam concert in December.

The three-day festival, which kicks off Friday, April 5, is produced by Turner Live Events and the NCAA, which will hold court at neighboring Philips Arena and the Georgia Dome.

For more information, visit www.NCAA.com/Final-Four.

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Melissa Ruggieri covers music and entertainment and maintains the Atlanta Music Scene blog on accessAtlanta.

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