The Lakewood Amphitheatre, originally Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre, is a concert venue located in Atlanta, which opened in 1989. The amphitheatre seats 18,920Lakewood Amphitheatre (7,000 seated; 12,000 on the lawn). It was designed to offer a state-of-the-art musical experience for both music fans and artists. The venue was built specifically for popular music.
Notable details The amphitheatre is located approximately 4 miles south of downtown Atlanta, at the Lakewood Fairgrounds. Phish, among others, have called the amphitheatre one of their favorite venues to play at, due to the quality of the acoustics rarely found at lower-level roofed amphitheatres. Linkin Park used their performance of "One Step Closer" from Projekt Revolution 2004 on their LPU 4 CD and also used their performance of "The Little Things Give You Away" from Projekt Revolution 2007 on their LPU 7 CD. In 2008, the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park opened in Alpharetta, Georgia, an affluent suburb on the north side of Atlanta. This gave Metro Atlanta another premier outdoor venue along with Lakewood, Chastain Park Amphitheater in Buckhead/Sandy Springs and the Frederick Brown Jr Amphitheater on the south side in Peachtree City.
History of name changes Originally named Lakewood Amphitheatre after opening in 1989, the amphitheater has since changed names several times and has now reverted to its original title. Known for a long time as the Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre, it briefly took up its original name again in 2000. Then in 2001, the venue became known as HiFi Buys Amphitheatre. It was not until 2008 that the venue again changed its name back to Lakewood Amphitheatre, at which point a logo not dissimilar to the one used prior to becoming the HiFi Buys Amphitheatre was used. In May 2009, Aaron's stepped in with a naming-rights agreement and between 2009 and 2015 the venue carried the title of Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, before becoming its classic name of Lakewood Amphitheatre once again in 2016. Since November 2017 it got a new sponsor and is known as Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood.
Concerts The following artists have performed at Lakewood Amphitheater: Bon Jovi – July 20, 1989 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – August 4, 1989 The Who – August 7-August 9, 1989 Elton John – September 16–17, 1989 The Cure – September 19, 1989 Nitzer Ebb and Depeche Mode – June 4, 1990 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – June 22, 1990 Fleetwood Mac and Squeeze – June 23, 1990 Eric Clapton – July 28, 1990 Phil Collins – September 2, 1990 Van Morrison – September 4, 1990 Bell Biv DeVoe – April 8, 1991 Yes – July 9, 1991 Van Halen and Alice in Chains – August 16, 1991 Sting – September 21, 1991 Rod Stewart – October 17, 1991 Allman Brothers Band and Little Feat – October 25, 1991 The Beach Boys – June 19, 1992 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – July 5, 1992 H.O.R.D.E. Festival with Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Bela Fleck, and the Spin Doctors – August 7, 1992 Elton John – August 12, 1992 Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ministry – August 20, 1992 Metallica- August 31, 1992 Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ministry – September 1, 1992 Bonnie Raitt and Lyle Lovett – September 4, 1992 Bon Jovi – July 17, 1993 Duran Duran and Terence Trent D'Arby – July 20, 1993 Stone Temple Pilots – August 10, 1993 Jethro Tull – August 23, 1993 Neil Young and Booker T and the MG's – August 29, 1993 Def Leppard – September 11, 1993 Aerosmith – October 2, 1993 Phil Collins – June 4, 1994 Depeche Mode – June 9, 1994 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – June 24, 1994 The Smashing Pumpkins – August 13, 1994 Fleetwood Mac – August 18, 1994 Aerosmith – September 2, 1994 Stone Temple Pilots – September 3, 1994 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Pete Droge – April 15, 1995 Phish – June 15, 1995 Queensrÿche and Type O Negative – June 28, 1995 Elton John – September 1–2, 1995 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Pete Droge – September 30, 1995 Jeff Beck and Santana – October 3, 1995 Nine Inch Nails – October 9, 1995 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Chicago – May 22, 1996 Sting – June 28, 1996 Gloria Estefan – July 18 & 19, 1996 Neil Young, Jewel, and Ben Folds Five – August 10, 1996 Scorpions and Alice Cooper – August 12, 1996 Def Leppard – August 16, 1996 The Cure – September 6, 1996 Dave Matthews Band – September 7, 1996 Tina Turner and Cyndi Lauper – June 14, 1997 Kansas and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer – June 16, 1997 Eels, Korn, Tool, Jane's Addiction, Snoop Dogg, Tricky, and The Prodigy – June 27, 1997 Phish – July 23, 1997 Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, and Atari Teenage Riot – August 10, 1997 The Who – August 13, 1997 Mary J. Blige, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Dru Hill, Ginuwine, and Aaliyah – September 10, 1997 Aerosmith – September 12, 1997 Fleetwood Mac – November 15, 1997 Elton John – May 8–9, 1998 Spice Girls – June 18, 1998 the Other Ones – June 25, 1998 Hanson – July 5, 1998 Backstreet Boys – July 12, 1998 Van Halen – July 31, 1998 Phish – August 6, 1998 Dave Matthews Band – August 20, 1998 Mudhoney and Pearl Jam – September 1, 1998 Beastie Boys, Rancid, and DJ Hurricane – September 2, 1998 Aerosmith – September 5, 1998 Janet Jackson and Usher – September 16, 1998 Shania Twain – September 26, 1998 Aerosmith – October 3, 1998 Poison and Ratt – July 2, 1999 Phish – July 3–4, 1999 Dave Matthews Band – July 28, 1999 Mötley Crüe and Scorpions, - August 25, 1999 The Goo Goo Dolls – September 2, 1999 Rick Springfield – September 10, 1999 Lenny Kravitz and Pink – September 21, 1999 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – September 24, 1999 The Cure – May 18, 2000 A Perfect Circle and Nine Inch Nails – May 20, 2000 Blink-182, Bad Religion, and Fenix TX – May 21, 2000 Red Hot Chili Peppers – June 8, 2000 James Brown – June 10, 2000 Ozzfest – July 4, 2000 Poison and The Go-Go's – July 18, 2000 Santana – July 22, 2000 Kansas and Yes – July 30, 2000 Metallica and Corrosion of Conformity – August 5, 2000 Megadeth and Mötley Crüe – August 25, 2000 Beastie Boys – September 1, 2000 Sting – September 5, 2000 Dave Matthews Band – September 10, 2000 Britney Spears – September 18, 2000 Christina Aguilera and Destiny's Child – September 20, 2000 Everclear, Green Day, Stroke 9, Eve 6, Papa Roach, and Stone Temple Pilots – October 1, 2000 Counting Crows – October 14, 2000 Poison – May 31, 2000 Dido – June 20, 2001 Styx, Bad Company, Billy Squier, and Joe Stark – June 21, 2001 Depeche Mode – June 9, 2001 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Jackson Browne – June 14, 2001 Allman brothers band, Phil Lesh & Friends, and Susan Tedeschi – August 5, 2001 Aerosmith and Fuel – September 17, 2001 99X Big Day Out- September 21–22, 2001 Blink-182, Green Day, and Jimmy Eat World – May 18, 2002 Deep Purple, Dio, and Scorpions – June 19, 2002 Jamie O'Neal, Kenny Chesney, Montgomery Gentry, and Phil Vassar – July 3, 2002 Dave Matthews Band and North Mississippi Allstars – July 8, 2002 Sheryl Crow – July 11, 2002 Ozzfest – July 28, 2002 The Strokes and Weezer – July 29, 2002 Tiger Army and New Found Glory – August 1, 2002 Lenny Kravitz – August 8, 2002 Incubus – October 18, 2002 Pearl Jam April 19, 2003 (It was recorded as one of the bootlegs you can download or order on vinyl from their website) Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney – July 3, 2003 Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley, and Jeff Bates – July 25, 2003 Lollapalooza- August 3, 2003 Poison – August 6, 2003 O.A.R. and N.E.R.D – August 29, 2003 Dave Matthews Band – September 20, 2003 Blake Shelton and Toby Keith – October 3, 2003 Supergrass and Radiohead – October 6, 2003 Styx, Peter Frampton, and Nelson – June 16, 2004 Tim McGraw – June 17, 2004 Kenny Chesney and Rascal Flatts – July 23, 2004 Puddle of Mudd – July 24, 2004 Dave Matthews Band – July 27, 2004 Warped Tour – July 28, 2004 Rush – August 1, 2004 Alanis Morissette – August 5, 2004 Projekt Revolution – August 13, 2004 Brooks & Dunn, Gretchen Wilson, and Montgomery Gentry – October 24, 2004 Blake Shelton, Leeann Rimes, and Rascal Flatts – May 21, 2005 Good Charlotte – May 27, 2005 Dave Matthews Band – July 13, 2005 Fall Out Boy – August 3, 2005 Avril Lavigne – August 19, 2005 Oasis, Jet, and Kasabian – September 27, 2005 Big & Rich and Brooks & Dunn – October 28, 2005 Nine Inch Nails, TV on the Radio, and Bauhaus – June 7, 2006 The Unholy Alliance Tour – June 27, 2006 Drive-By Truckers, The Black Crowes, and Robert Randolph and the Family Band – July 6, 2006 Dave Matthews Band and Pat Green – August 15, 2006 Mary J. Blige – August 27, 2006 Godsmack and Rob Zombie – August 30, 2006 Counting Crows – September 3, 2006 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – September 22, 2006 Crossfade and Staind – September 30, 2006 Brooks & Dunn – November 10, 2006 Satellite Party and Chris Cornell – June 2, 2007 Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is..., Cobra Starship, Paul Wall, and +44 – June 14, 2007 Warped Tour – July 18, 2007 Wu-Tang Clan and Pharoahe Monch – August 2, 2007 Miranda Lambert – August 9, 2007 Family Values Tour – August 11, 2007 Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, and Jake Owen – August 26, 2007 Ratt, Poison, and Vains of Jenna – September 3, 2007 Kenny Chesney, Pat Green, and Sugarland – September 7–8, 2007 Brad Paisley, Rodney Atkins, and Taylor Swift – September 20, 2007 Velvet Revolver, Alice in Chains, and Sparta – October 3, 2007 Maroon 5, Counting Crows, and Augustana – January 10, 2008 Liars and Radiohead – May 8, 2008 RBD – September 24, 2023
See also List of contemporary amphitheatres Live Nation
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