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Soul 2 Soul 2000 Tour took place 10 years ago today at Philips Arena! This tour was the first concert tour including country singers and husband and wife Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. This tour kicked off with its first show in Atlanta ending in December of 2000 in Orlando. The show included solo sets by both Tim and Faith and concluded with a set performed by both artists together. selling close to 950,000 tickets the tour grossed nearly $50 million with 60 of the 65 shows being recorded as "sold out" placing the Soul 2 Soul Tour as the leading country musing tour of 2000.

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In the year 2000, Philips Arena celebrated the 4th of July while singing along to Born in the U.S.A. with Bruce Springsteen. Two sold out shows were played on July 3rd and 4th as the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour made it through Atlanta, GA. Preperation for this tour took place at Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey and started in March of 1999. Dozens of Springsteen fans stood outside the Hall on the cold and windy boardwalk and beach, hearing what they could and reporting it to fan forums on various internet sites. During one of these sessions fans heard the first run through of "The Train Song" which would become the tours closing epic "Land of Hope and Dreams."

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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