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Originally posted by pauluffel
As to bands, I would like to see a local band like, oh say, REM? show up to do a concert. As to Will Hoge, he did a concert in Centennial Park earlier this summer and it was quite good. I don't believe he made much money off of it (admission was $3 and he was just one of the openers for Blues Traveler) so he would probably be willing to come again. They Might Be Giants has also performed in Centennial Olympic Park, though that was a couple of years ago and then there wasn't an admission price, so I believe both of those bands would be willing to do a show in Centennial Park without being paid (or without being paid much).
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Um... Just because there wasn't an admission price DOES NOT mean the artist didn't get paid! It just means they didn't get paid BY YOU. Many of the large free shows like that get big-time sponsorship dollars from Budweiser, Coke, local radio stations, etc. You think bands will fly anything other than first class? hehe.
Putting on a concert of that magnitude in a public park costs THOUSANDS of dollars ... think about it ... you have to rent staging, lighting, and full sound equipment .. and then you need qualified people to set up and run the whole thing. Typically big name bands require venues to contract these services to nationally recognized companies that cost big bucks. (the artists don't want crappy sound guys making them sound like butt .... hehe). Not to mention that the City of Atlanta would have to say yes to the whole thing and issue a permit.
Having said all that, It's probably still a feasible option to have bands play in the actual arena. They had Mandy Moore play at Nat's 2 years ago, which seemed to go pretty well (think about it ... the field area already had the necessary sound, lighting, and staging equipment -- just add a band).
I know of one Atlanta local band, Cloud-10. They are signed to Course of Nature's record label and are pretty solid. They have been playing at various college and high school events in AL -- so I KNOW they'd be interested in playing the GA Dome. Theres a band in Birmingham, AL called Adelayda that would probably do it too (they're up-and-coming as well). Search for 'em on KaZaa.
Anyway, enough rambling! I'm done!