Get your tix for the big shows

• 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