Peachtree City’s Fred Brings a Night of Improv with “Whose Live Anyway” on October 15

Starting on BBC 4 in the U.K. in 1988, “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?” ran for 10 years, while gaining popularity in America with airings on Comedy Central starting in the early ‘90s. A U.S. version followed, and ran for another eight seasons on ABC and ABC Family after that. For many television viewers, the show was their first exposure to this kind of improv comedy. Though the people responsible for the show did not create the genre, the phrase, “Whose Line is it, Anyway?,” has become a catch-all descriptive for a specific style of theater sports. The popularity of the show endures, and capitalizing upon that, four of the principal cast members have been taking a version on the road in the U.S. and Canada since 1999. Calling it Whose Live, Anyway?,  the show features comedians who participated in one or both versions of the television show. Who are they? Well… … Continue Reading

Renaissance Man Bryan Adams Bring His Stripped Down Set to Peachtree City!

Bryan Adams is the kind of everyman pop rocker that just doesn’t exist anymore. The few rock radio stations that are left in 2011 play aggressive male-oriented hard rock, or whatever passes for alternative, but in the olden days of the 1980s, you could be a mainstream pop star who played rock and roll. You didn’t have to be anything else. That’s just what you were.

Of this ilk, Bryan Adams was one of the biggest. Despite the name of his best selling album, there wasn’t much about Bryan Adams that could be described as Reckless, but the string of cuddly hits from that album (“Run to You,” “Somebody,” “Heaven,” “Summer of ‘69”) are some of the more reliable nostalgia-producers of the Reagan-era. He successfully transitioned into a Mom-approved soft balladeer in the ‘90s, having the biggest hit of his career in 1991 with the ubiquitous theme song from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You.” He tried to reclaim his rocker status with 1996’s “The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You,” but by then, slow jams like “Please Forgive Me,” and “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” were what his fans really wanted from him. After his 1998 duet with Barbara Streisand, “I Finally Found Someone” (from The Mirror Has Two Faces), his U.S. hits dried up. Naturally, he remains a hitmaking superstar in Europe and his native Canada.

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The Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City Announces 2011 BMW Concert Series

It’s that time of year again! Flowers are in bloom, trees are coming back to life, and we can start thinking about outdoor concerts. Peachtree City’s Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater has just announced their splendid summer lineup of shows for their annual BMW Concert Series, and tickets go on sale for the series passes on Friday, March 4, with individual tickets going on sale Monday, March 7. Check out the list of shows below, with the links to use for individual tickets for each one:

Kenny G on April 30

Creedance Clearwater Revisited on May 14

Jo Dee Messina on June 18

Kool & the Gang on July 16

10,000 Maniacs with Edwin McCain on August 20

Series tickets are available here:

Win Tickets to See Downhere at The Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater, October 2

Juno-award winning Canadian Christian rockers Downhere are coming to The Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater this Saturday, with Finding Favour and Chris Sligh, and we have a few pairs of tickets to give away for some lucky fans. To enter to win, just fill out the form below.

Cheap Trick at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater, June 5

We can’t think of a more covered or more popular karaoke song than Cheap Trick’s “I Want You to Want Me.”

Three decades after the song that everyone can sing-along to was first released, Cheap Trick continues to tour regularly, rocking out for several new generations of fans. With more than 5,000 performances, 20 million records sold, 29 movie soundtracks and 40 gold and platinum recording awards – it’s clear – the band is serious about putting on a Rock ‘n’ Roll show.

Cheap Trick
Saturday, June 5
Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater
2010 BMW of South Atlanta Concert Series

Peachtree City, GA
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Leila’s Three Picks: Amanda Blank, Sea Wolf, Gloria Gaynor

We have a saucy rapper, lovely indie rock band and a disco legend to serve up for you on this Friday! … Continue Reading

Leila’s Three Picks: The Buzzcocks, Stardeath and the White Dwarfs, The B-52s

We’ve got some classics and some sprightly new stuff for ya this week!

Seminal punk band The Buzzcocks will be playing through their first two albums “Another Music In A Different Kitchen” and “Love Bites” at Black Cat in Washington, D.C. on May 11.

2009 Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs – Borderline from George Salisbury on Vimeo.

Stardeath and the White Dwarfs are joined to Flaming Lips by blood (Wayne Coyne being the singer’s uncle), the road (the Dwarfs are opening for the Lips on tour) and by music (they’ve collaborated a fair bit). Here’s a lovely example of the latter, the two bands covering Madonna’s “Borderline.” It starts off rather mellow and sparse but about halfway through breaks out into true Flaming Lips (and Stardeath) style and builds tremendously from there. Stardeath and the White Dwarfs play The EARL in Atlanta with All The Saints on May 12.

There’s nothing like a classic bit of new wave on a Friday. This time it’s courtesy of The B-52s, with “Rock Lobster.” They play the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater on July 24.

Tickets for The Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater’s Summer Concert Series Go On Sale Monday, March 15!

We’re gearing up over here at Ticket Alternative for a huge on sale on Monday, March 15. That will be the day Peachtree City’s fabulous Frederick Brown Jr.’s Amphitheater’s summer concert series goes on sale. … Continue Reading