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On August 23, 2005 Green Day performed at Philips Arena along with fellow punk rockers Jimmy Eat World on the 2005 American Idiot Tour. American Idiot is the seventh studio tour for Green Day which was produced as a rock opera inspired by the work of The Who following the life of "Jesus of Suburbia"

Check out this clip from the 2005 tour-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yi-LvnM_5M&feature=channel

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On August 21, 2004 the Rolling Thunder Monster Truck Challenge rolled in to Philips Arena for 2 shows. It was all you can expect and more from pit passes, to drivers signing autographs, to the rumbling of the monster trucks! Rolling Thunder Monster Truck Challenge, now owned by AMP Tour is a series of monster truck shows that perform mostly in venues of all sizes bringing monstrous 10,000 pound, 10" tall, 2,000+ horsepower masters of destruction. Check out some of the upcoming shows here-http://www.amptour.com/ Who wants to see a Monster Truck Challenge at Philips Arnea?

Tom Petty DISCOUNT TIX HERE!!!

Hey Philips Arena Bloggers! Tom Petty is playing at Philips Arena on Wednesday night with Crosby, Stills, and Nash on Wednesday night. Take advantage of this Friends and Family discount offer now and get tickets for $20.00. Click here- http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E004463D2938394?did=petty&camefrom=CFC_PHILIPS_0910_E_080910Fanand enter the promotional code PETTY in the Friends and Family Promotion box to get in on the action. Hope to see you at the show!

Tom Petty at Philips Arena

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will perform at Philips Arena on August 11th with a very special guest, Corsby, Stills, and Nash. So far their tour is rockin stadiums all over the United States playing hits from their new album Mojo and working some classics in the set list as well. Check out this article about the show from Rolling Stone Magazine. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/110603

Tickets are still available for the show at Philips Arena on August 11th. Click here to purchase- http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E004463D2938394?artistid=735854&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

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July 28th-2001....Philips Arena became home to all the Independent Women of Atlanta, GA, as Destiny's Child took the stage on the TRL Tour. These fabulous ladies were not alone as the show also featured performances from artist such as Eve, Nelly, Dream, and Jessica Simpson. Back in 2001 these acts were consistently competing for the top slot on the popular afternoon MTV show TRL and the competition was apparent on the tour as well. What started off as a friendly group of young stars touring together to promote their music turned into a debacle of pants-splitting, pyro bursting, booty poppin' extravaganza.

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On July 24th and 25th of 2004 the pop icon, Madonna performed two sold out shows during her Re-Invention Tour. This tour was Madonna's sixth of her career in support of her ninth studio album. The Re-Invention Tour was inspired by an art installation Madonna had taken part in called X-STaTIC PRo=CeSSwhich was directed by Steven Klein. Some of the images from this installation were incorporated into the tour.

The tour was divided into five segments including French Baroque-Marie Antoinette Revival, Military-Army, Circus-Cabaret, Acoustic, and Scottish-Tribal. This tour proved to be a commercial success for Madonna as tickets were sold out as soon as dates and venues for the tour were announced. By the end of the tour Madonna's Re-Invention was named the highest grossing tour of 2004, earning $125 million from 56 shows with 900,000 fans.

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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.