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Gregg Allman adds solo gigs ahead of Allman Brothers run - Gregg Allman will precede The Allman Brothers Band summer outing that was announced late last month with nearly a dozen solo gigs across the U.S. The Southern rock singer/songwriter will begin with… Read More

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The Allman Brothers Band Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Scranton, PA	Toyota Pavilion At Montage…	Thu	Aug 15 / 13	Find Tickets
Chicago, IL	Chicago Theatre	Tue	Aug 20 / 13	Find Tickets
Chicago, IL	Chicago Theatre	Wed	Aug 21 / 13	Find Tickets
Darien Center, NY	Darien Lake Performing Arts Center	Fri	Aug 23 / 13	Find Tickets
Hartford, CT	Comcast Theatre	Sat	Aug 24 / 13	Find Tickets
Gilford, NH	Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion	Tue	Aug 27 / 13	Find Tickets
Saratoga Springs, NY	Saratoga Performing Arts Center	Wed	Aug 28 / 13	Find Tickets
Raleigh, NC	Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion…	Fri	Aug 30 / 13	Find Tickets
Charlotte, NC	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre…	Sat	Aug 31 / 13	Find Tickets
Alpharetta, GA	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at…	Mon	Sep 02 / 13	Find Tickets
Virginia Beach, VA	Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach	Wed	Sep 04 / 13	Find Tickets
Mansfield, MA	Comcast Center	Fri	Sep 06 / 13	Find Tickets
Wantagh, NY	Nikon at Jones Beach Theater	Sat	Sep 07 / 13	Find Tickets

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The Allman Brothers Band is an American rock/blues band once based in Macon, Georgia. The band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, organ, songwriting), plus Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums). they also incorporate elements of blues, jazz, and country music, and their live shows have jam band-style improvisation and instrumentals. The band achieved its artistic and commercial breakthrough in 1971 with the release of ''At Fillmore East'', featuring extended renderings of their songs "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Whipping Post" and often considered one of the best live albums ever made. George Kimball of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine hailed them as "the best damn rock and roll band this country has produced in the past five years." A few months later, group leader Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident. The group survived that and the death of bassist Oakley in another motorcycle accident a year later; with replacement members Chuck Leavell and Lamar Williams, the Allman Brothers Band achieved its peak commercial success in 1973 with the album ''Brothers and Sisters'' and the hit single "Ramblin' Man". Internal turmoil overtook the band soon after; the group dissolved in 1976, reformed briefly at the end of the decade with additional personnel changes, and dissolved again in 1982. In 1989, the group reformed with some new members and has been recording and touring since. A series of personnel changes in the late 1990s was capped by the departure of Betts. The group found stability during the 2000s with bassist Oteil Burbridge and guitarists Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks (the nephew of their drummer), and became renowned for their month-long string of shows in New York City each spring. The band has been awarded eleven gold and five platinum albums between 1971 and 2005 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. ''Rolling Stone'' ranked them 52nd on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004.

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