What is Piedmont Park Conservancy’s latest big fundraising concert draw?
On October 15, the Piedmont Park Conservancy is holding a huge concert to raise money, but how can they top Paul McCartney last year?
The non-profit group is certainly going to try. The rumored big name? We can’t say, but fans of this Baby Boomer-friendly band should have a peaceful, easy feeling about the selection.
The band name will be announced at a press conference next week.
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100 comments Add your comment
Michael
July 22nd, 2010
12:44 pm
The Eagles. Borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring.
dan
July 22nd, 2010
12:47 pm
waaayyyyy past their prime and now a parody…it will sell out quickly.
A
July 22nd, 2010
12:48 pm
How cliche!
AD
July 22nd, 2010
1:05 pm
Saturday 10/16 right, not 10/15.
Vietvet65
July 22nd, 2010
1:09 pm
Have seen them in concert…..Awesome!!!
Good Choice.
Easy Like Sunday Morning
July 22nd, 2010
1:22 pm
The Commodores?
Marc
July 22nd, 2010
1:22 pm
I’m confused. The Eagles are holding a press conference next week to announce a new band name?
ajc= suck or blow
July 22nd, 2010
1:26 pm
why does this paper suck so much?
pookie
July 22nd, 2010
1:30 pm
I had a rought night and I hate the Eagles, man.
The Dude
July 22nd, 2010
1:31 pm
I had a rough night, and I hate the #^$&*&^ Eagles, man
The Dude
July 22nd, 2010
1:32 pm
Pookie beat me to it!
Just
July 22nd, 2010
1:34 pm
http://www.eaglesband.com/tour.php Looks like they will be in KY on the 16th, but they have only one stretch of back-to-back nights occurring in the same city.
Cool Guy
July 22nd, 2010
1:35 pm
The Eagles are playing in Louisville, KY on October 16th, and I don’t see them holding the concert on that Friday.
Fred
July 22nd, 2010
1:35 pm
Someone should tell Don and Glen that is sad to be a tribute band to yourself.
HowBoutSomeCountry
July 22nd, 2010
1:41 pm
Wanna pack the park? Bring on some Garth!
ClemsonDude
July 22nd, 2010
1:45 pm
Linkin Park in Piedmont Park…How cool is that!?
ClemsonSucks
July 22nd, 2010
1:50 pm
LAAAAAMMMMMMEEEEEE. Who are they trying to appeal to here??
K
July 22nd, 2010
1:53 pm
Apparently they’re trying to appeal to the OTP crowd…
RamblinRed
July 22nd, 2010
1:56 pm
Eagles would be an interesting choice. They are one of the acts that has had to cancel multiple shows due to poor ticket sales this year.
Tickets would have to be pretty inexpensive to come anywhere close to the 40,000 last year.
ozzfest
July 22nd, 2010
2:06 pm
….eagles suck…glad I already have INDIGO GIRLS tickets for that night
Jame D
July 22nd, 2010
2:20 pm
Uh DMB… have you seen the 2007 DVD? People were hanging from the trees!
JC
July 22nd, 2010
2:25 pm
DMB was a joke. Bathroom situation was the worst I have ever seen. Won’t go back unless they get that corrected
JacketFan
July 22nd, 2010
2:26 pm
God, NO!!!!!!!!!!! I live close enough to Piedmont Park that I have to hear that crap. McCartney was great, the Eagles are my worst nightmare.
Larry Jones
July 22nd, 2010
2:32 pm
Justin Beiber
markie mark
July 22nd, 2010
2:33 pm
Gotta tell you guys….had never seen the Eagles, took my wife to see them last fall in Jacksonville….I was blown away. GREAT SHOW….Joe Walsh was hysterical….
tim
July 22nd, 2010
2:34 pm
It was just announced on the radio… It will be the eagles
JD
July 22nd, 2010
2:39 pm
After party will be at Johnny’s Hideaway.
ClemsonSucks
July 22nd, 2010
2:39 pm
Ugh. Horrible choice.
TomSauce
July 22nd, 2010
2:40 pm
They will be sorry when they sell half as many tickets. There are plenty of people that would attract bigger crowds….Garth….Elton and Billy….etc..
jellytowe
July 22nd, 2010
2:42 pm
K, the OTP crowd ain’t being appealed to, not at Piedmont Mug’n'glock Park. It’s a cesspool of crime EVERY night, whether the Conservancy wants to have a lawn party or not. The Eagles are crazy for putting all these people’s lives in danger.
DMB fan
July 22nd, 2010
2:45 pm
DMB was the Bomb! what do you expect with 50,000 people of course the bathrooms were backed up. GO DMB….7/27.
RUSH
July 22nd, 2010
2:45 pm
Not enough CASH to come play
markie mark
July 22nd, 2010
2:49 pm
No kidding…..I am more of a Pink Floyd, Stained kinda person. would never have dreamed that they did such a great show. if you havent seen em, it is NOT an old folks show…the songs may be old, but to see james gang stuff and hotel california was cool as hell…..
tom shoupe
July 22nd, 2010
2:56 pm
Have not seen the Eagles live lately. Last studio album was awsome.
Deke
July 22nd, 2010
2:58 pm
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band!!!
BeHappy
July 22nd, 2010
3:03 pm
Why are so many people on here so negative?
I was at both concerts and they ROCKED! I bet this one will be no different and I’m not even an avid Eagles fan.
D
July 22nd, 2010
3:03 pm
Going back to an old Piedmont Park tradition – The Allman Brothers
Roekest
July 22nd, 2010
3:06 pm
Sorry, but you can’t top Paul McCartney unless you can bring George Harrison and John Lennon back to life and reunite The Beatles. That, or bringing Elvis back to life. The Eagles are a church-band compared to Macca.
markie mark
July 22nd, 2010
3:08 pm
Im with D….I grew up in Macon around ABB…but I dont know if Gregg is strong enough after the liver transplant a few weeks ago…
DKNATL
July 22nd, 2010
3:19 pm
Once again, the convservancy wants to attract a crowd to the park for a park fundraiser and exceed their own stated limits of number of attendees for an organized event.
What a bunch of two-faced hypocrites trying to save their park when they are the worst ones to trash it. Anyone stay for the after effects of the McCartney concert? Didn’t think so!!
Joel McHale
July 22nd, 2010
3:21 pm
It’s Miley!
Crumb
July 22nd, 2010
3:22 pm
T-Pain?
Jack Johnson
July 22nd, 2010
3:30 pm
ozzfest,
You got to be kidding. Indigo Girls? WTF? Your not doing your screen name, unless maybe you are a girl, any justice when you say your “glad” that you have tickets to LEZ Fest. I don’t care to see the Eagles either, but seriously WTF?
Kevrockk
July 22nd, 2010
3:33 pm
Bring back the Black Crowes and the Post Festival of 1992. 60,000 plus
there and still the biggest crowd for any concert at Piedmont Park. Bigger than even the Allman Brothers Hey day!
Kevrockk
July 22nd, 2010
3:33 pm
I guess I had a little already 420 somewhere. The Great Atlanta POT FESTIVAL.
Jack Johnson
July 22nd, 2010
3:34 pm
Kevrockk,
I believe you are refering to the POT Fest?
Neighbor
July 22nd, 2010
3:41 pm
Wow, that will be a colossal failure…especially on a friday night. People are idiots if they buy tickets at the onsale date. I see a lot half priced tickets in their future.
russ phi
July 22nd, 2010
3:53 pm
It’s Parliament and Funkadelic with Star Child and the BOP GUN…featuring the Mothership!!
Steve
July 22nd, 2010
3:59 pm
Alot of the people at the DMB show, including me were actually there primarily to see the Allman Brothers Band. I could”t have cared less about seeing Mcartney last year, but did catch the 92 Pot festival with the Black Crowes. I don’t think they are a big enough draw now for Piedmont Park.
Mike Damone
July 22nd, 2010
4:04 pm
The past couple of Eagles shows were really great…..but nothing could be better than Sir Paul. Too bad Petty is already booked for Philips, he’d have been a great choice.
Gumz
July 22nd, 2010
4:08 pm
The Eagles of Death Metal!
Greg
July 22nd, 2010
4:10 pm
I’ve seen The Eagles twice now, and they were absolutely incredible both times. That’d be an awesome show.
peaches
July 22nd, 2010
4:11 pm
Earth Wind & Fire
the one
July 22nd, 2010
4:15 pm
geez..why couldnt it have been Diana Ross
Anonymous
July 22nd, 2010
4:17 pm
McCartney’s a fag!
swsjr
July 22nd, 2010
4:36 pm
Hopefully, they will stick to their early rock vibes and not the newer country sound.. Just sayin’ Walsh much better electric than acoustic..
OneChris
July 22nd, 2010
4:51 pm
Ozzy!
The Dude
July 22nd, 2010
4:51 pm
I hate the Eagles.
Put on some Credence, man.
la dudetta
July 22nd, 2010
5:01 pm
Yanni in da house
Dave
July 22nd, 2010
5:04 pm
I don’t know, but its guaranteed to be overpriced and likely suck.
We need a decent festival like the rest of the major cities. Something like Lolla, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Outside Lands, Austin City Limits, Etc…
Green Concert Tradition
July 22nd, 2010
5:15 pm
I’m just glad they’re continuing the tradition! Eagles would be good. But I’d rather see someone/group GREAT! Someone above suggested Garth… I giggled, but I’d TOTALLY go see that! Not sure he still has it! He knows how to rock a crowd though – anyone see that Central Park show he did? Still I’d love to see something GREAT. Frankly, I’d love to see Elton! I’ve seen him in Pensacola and Johnson City, TN… would love to see him in his part-time home town of Atlanta.
Ny Nick
July 22nd, 2010
5:20 pm
Bruce Springsteen!!!!!!
Still Rockin
July 22nd, 2010
5:28 pm
The Eagles released a new double CD a couple of years ago that was GREAT. They can still make better music than 90% of what is played on the radio these days. But that’s another discussion for another day. I look forward to the official announcement.
swsjr
July 22nd, 2010
5:36 pm
*Dave* We used to have that – not too long ago. But, you can thank our wonderful Mayor for F’in that up for us.
Yeah You
July 22nd, 2010
5:37 pm
JACK JOHNSON: YOUR HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS ARE NOT WELCOME ON THIS BLOG.
LL
July 22nd, 2010
5:40 pm
Chicago!!
Idiots
July 22nd, 2010
5:42 pm
Anyone that doesn’t appreciate the Eagles has ZERO taste in music. They are American Icons and musically put on one of the best shows you will ever see.
People who put down the Eagles, Stones and other older acts are just freakin’ jealous of their success.
Idiots
July 22nd, 2010
5:44 pm
DMB music all sounds the same. I went to his show and the audience hardly paid attention to 90% of it. Only when he played Ants was their any resounding applause. Seems it was the only song most of them knew.
Howard
July 22nd, 2010
5:46 pm
Shoulda’ booked Yacht Rock!
Idiots
July 22nd, 2010
5:46 pm
I went to the McCartney show….it was awesome. Dudes 70 and rocks the house and you won’t find a better production or better sound anywhere.
oprah
July 22nd, 2010
5:47 pm
john tesh
Idiots
July 22nd, 2010
5:49 pm
Uh, RamblinRed…haven’t you been paying attention? Nearly every major act across the country has had to cancel shows this year.
It’s the economy stupid.
Idiots
July 22nd, 2010
5:51 pm
If you haven’t seen an Eagles show, you don’t know what your talking about. Must be a Democrat.
Idiots
July 22nd, 2010
5:51 pm
Yeah You…neither are you.
Blue
July 22nd, 2010
5:53 pm
Al Jardine announced today that the Beach Boys will be reuniting all surviving members (YES, Brian Wilson included) for ONE show for their 50th anniversary… Please God, let it be in Piedmont Park!
Idiots
July 22nd, 2010
5:54 pm
Blue, your kidding right?
I got it...
July 22nd, 2010
5:56 pm
It’s obviously Destiny’s Child!!!!!
BobDog
July 22nd, 2010
6:12 pm
K,
Don’t talk about the OTP crowd or you’ll be getting a termination notice.
Blue
July 22nd, 2010
6:34 pm
It won’t let me link an article here, but check Jambase for the article about the Beach Boys reunion…
me
July 22nd, 2010
6:35 pm
BJORK BJORK BJORK BJORK BJORK BJORK!!!
That would be awesome!
Blue
July 22nd, 2010
6:42 pm
Bjork would be killer! But, the venue it way too big for her to fill it out at 70,000 people.
Robert
July 22nd, 2010
7:06 pm
Drake is gonna be here and the whole Young Money crew. You know he’s October’s Very Own. Why not play in the ATL. It will be too cold in Toronto and we all know that ATL put him on the map. I can’t wait to see Nikki Minaj skanky azz perform!!! Also they are suppose give Lil Wayne a furlough day from Rikers so he can perform……How cool is that? Who the heck is the Eagles anyway. With a name like that, they need to be in Denver performing.
Jacko Wacko
July 22nd, 2010
7:09 pm
Janet and Jermain Jackson. She had to get her stuff and move out of JD’s house so why not have a concert before leaving.
ATL's Finest
July 22nd, 2010
7:10 pm
Sarah Palin
Marc
July 22nd, 2010
7:10 pm
Atlanta’s own John Mayer.
Rebecca Wynston
July 22nd, 2010
7:11 pm
Prince and the Revolution
Rebecca Wynston
July 22nd, 2010
7:12 pm
The Fugees….I’d love to see Lauren Hill, Pras and Wyclef.
Paul McCartney
July 22nd, 2010
7:12 pm
I rocked last year!!!!
Hollywood Don
July 22nd, 2010
7:47 pm
Pink Floyd hopefully..I’d be thar…..indeed…yeeeee haaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
swsjr
July 22nd, 2010
7:57 pm
Sir Paul, you did rock last year. The Eagles and Jod “the man” Walsh will try their hardest to top it ! Gonna be a great show.. See you there..
swsjr
July 22nd, 2010
7:58 pm
Joe Walsh will be there too
RamblinRed
July 22nd, 2010
10:35 pm
Trust me, i’ve seen the concert reports – lots of cancellations this year. Mainly groups charging too much to play arena/amphitheatre size shows – Eagles, Jonas Brothers, Rhianna, Xtina.
McCartney has had no problems selling out his shows this year.
Smaller shows have held on pretty well. But most of the big shows were being overpriced by promoters after guaranteeing big dollars to the acts.
It is the economy, I agree. But The Eagles have been one the acts hit pretty hard by the economy on their tour.
They’ll need to cut their avg ticket price by 50% to have any chance to draw 30K.
boots
July 23rd, 2010
12:24 am
Lame. The “Eagles” are about 20 years past being any good. Paul McCartney is on a different planet compared to those guys. Zzzzzzzzz….
EaglesFanUK
July 23rd, 2010
12:52 pm
The Eagles are still great live. They may be in their 60’s but Paul MacCartney is 70 and is more of a ‘has-been’ than the Eagles. At least the Eagles have never been reduced to singing things like ‘The frog song’ & ‘Mull of Kintyre’. Paul’s best years were with the Beatles(propped up by John Lennon).
Allan
July 23rd, 2010
6:35 pm
Actually, the Eagles only cancelled a few shows in June. I believe they still grossed over $48,000,000 from 28 shows so far this year. That ranks them as #2 for the first six months of 2010. I saw them three times in Vancouver. All of the shows were excellent!
magmol420
July 24th, 2010
7:41 am
Eagles tickets ALWAYS sell out in CA & they usually have to add shows to their tour schedule! In March of this year, I saw them for the 5th time…every concert has been outstanding, & even more remarkable than the previous one! If you’ve never been to one of their show, you have no idea what your talking about & should keep your negative comments to yourself.
They are FANTASTIC in concert, & always give an outstanding performance. Try it…you’ll be pleasantly surprised & very glad you were there!
Darri
July 25th, 2010
12:52 pm
magmol420 is right on the mark! I have seen the Eagles 11 times since May 14, 2008 show in Atlanta and EVERY show rocked!! They only canceled the Hershey and Philadelphia shows; Timothy B. Schmit was sick. I LOVE The Eagles, and if you have never seen them live, you have NO IDEA what you are missing!!!
Eagles forever
July 25th, 2010
8:46 pm
Garth?? LOL you mean the man that sings about rodeoing and is afraid of horses? He is about country as Kid Rock. I have seen the Eagles 25 times and still can’t get enough. Bring them on!!!
EaglesBest
July 29th, 2010
2:01 am
If you haven’t seen the EAGLES just yet you don’t know what you are missing!!! They are true professionals!! Can not believe they are in their 60’s!!!!! Go see them before they retire. You will not be disapointed!!
mywifeisasquirter
August 12th, 2010
12:30 pm
lester maddox ftw! white hoods optional.