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On July 9, 2001 WWF Wrestling was still in full swing at Philips Arena with the Raw is War Monday night live event. Announcers Jim Ross and Paul Heyman called the shots as Shane McMahon and Diamond Dallas Page started the night with a street fight. Later on in the night Jeff Hardy took on The Big Show and the fight card came to a finish with a match between ECW vs. WWF and WCW creating total chaos for Monday night Raw ending in the final announcement of the new owner of ECW-Stephanie McMahon. Check out this clip from the exciting night at Philips Arena- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBaREV0zVw

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June 27, 2009 Dane Cook brought his Globo Thermo Tour to Philips Arena, this being the third tour of his career. The Globo Thermo Tour accompanied the release of his latest stand up "isolated Incident" which aired on Comedy Central May 17, 2009. Comedy Central and Dane Cook go way back...all the way to the start of his stand up career when he got his big break with an appearance on Premium Blend. Following the success of this appearance Cook was asked to do a special with the network for Comedy Central Presents. As his success with Comedy Central grew, his career began to drift into the film industry as well. You may have seen him in flicks such as Stuck on You, Employee of the Month, Good Luck Chuck, and most recently My Best Friend's Girl.

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Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash has quickly become a legacy at Philips Arena and in the southeast as the largest hip hop show of the summer. Dating back to 1995 hot 107.9 Birthday Bash was hosted at Lakewood Amphitheatre for a number of years before moving to Philips Arena in 2006. Playing host to some of the greatest names in hip hop there have been cameos from Jay-Z and appearances by T.I., Ludacris, even Plies cascading $15,000 in dollar bills into the audience. This years show will be on Saturday, June 19th and the line up includes Gucci, Ludacris, Rick Ross, Plies, Roscoe Dash, Travis Porter, Monica, Shawty Lo, Wacka Flocka, Rocko, and more! Tickets are still available for this years show, click here to purchase-http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E004479CACA8B45?artistid=1427841&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=3

Justin Bieber Pre-Sale

Philips Arena has the Bieber Fever! Justin Bieber tickets are on pre-sale now. Click the link below to get yours before the general public on sale Saturday June 12 at 11 AM. This offer is good through 10 PM on Friday, June 11. Click here-http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E0044ADD96E8911?artistid=1369961&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1&camefrom=CFC_PHILIPS_0910_E_060810

This week Philips Arena is pleased to host Maxwell for two nights: Friday, June 11th featuring special guest Erykah Badu and Saturday, June 12th featuring special guest Jill Scott. We are so excited about these two great performances, so excited that we have put together a date night discount for you and your special someone. Click this link http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/wggi57 to save on tickets for the Friday night show only. Also, click the link below to check out a live clip of Maxwell when he performed a few weeks ago on Dancing with the Stars! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FksYTWDPMYo

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During the summer of 2007 the starts of Lynard Skynard decided to get together with Hank Williams Jr. to co-headline the Rowdy Friends Tour. This tour soon become the party event of the summer kicking off on April 11 in Huntsville AL and landing at Philips Arena on June 1. Lynard Skynard released almost 65 albums throughout their career selling 30 million albums and conducting approximately 80 concerts per year!