Abbey Road Live! opened up the Ashford Manor Concerts on the Lawn series on Monday. Banner-Herald copy editor Ann Marie Miani was on hand with her camera for the event. Check out her photo gallery.
A writer from the Times Colonist in Victoria (on canada.com) has compiled the “Top 10 contributions R.E.M. made to music.” It’s rather flattering: “At the controls of this masterplan was R.E.M., a then-unknown band from Athens, Ga. The ‘R.E.M. Model,’ as it became known, was so brilliant, it inspired a generation of bands that went on to become stars themselves.”
• Nine Inch Nails will perform at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth at 7 p.m. Aug. 13. Tickets go on sale Friday 5.9 at 5 p.m. $39.50 - $56.50.
• 2008 Pop-Tarts Presents American Idols Live! Tour will be held at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth at 7 p.m. Aug. 18. Tickets go on sale May 17 at 10 a.m. $39.50 - $68.50.
• The Steve Miller Band with Joe Cocker will perform at at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta at 8 p.m. May 26. $9.71-$75.
• Alicia Keys with Ne-Yo and Jordin Sparks will perform at Philips Arena in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. May 28. $39.50-$125.
• Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean will perform at the Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta at 7:30 p.m. June 11. $29.75-$59.75.
• R.E.M. will perfom at the Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta at 6:30 p.m. June 21. $35-75.
• Poison will perform at the Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta at 7 p.m. July 27. $20-45.
• George Michael will perform at Philips Arena in Atlanta at 8 p.m. July 31. $47-152.
• Rod Stewart will perform at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta at 8 p.m. Aug. 27. $60-$150.
- Beth Jones
J. Roddy Walston and The Business, Jackpot City, The Help
10 p.m., Tasty World
J. Roddy Walston and The Business play, as Bob Seger put it, “old time rock ‘n’ roll/ That kind of music just soothes the soul.” Kelly Noonan, Mamie Fike and Kathy Kirbo’s harmonizing vocals make Jackpot City’s “rockin’ pop music” stand out. Local band The Help plays foot-tapping rock. - Trisha Klein
• 40 Watt: Commander Chameleon, Critical Replay, Kris Langley.
• Caledonia: Algebra of Need, Divided Like a Saint’s.
• Melting Point: The Breeze Kings.
• Tasty World: The Help, J. Roddy Walston & the Business, Jackpot City.
• Washington Street Tavern: Uncle Daddy & the Time Machine Revival.
