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Duluth, Get in Tune With Buble, Skynyrd, Others

These are just five of the big acts still to come to Gwinnett and north Georgia in October.

Compiled by Jay Scott, Patch

Performers Sarah Brightman and Michael McDonald are among the headliners for major concerts this week. But the well-known acts are just getting started as more big names hit Gwinnett and north Georgia before month's end.

Here's a look at just five of those concerts coming before November.

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Oct. 18, Lynyrd Skynyrd with The Marshall Tucker Band and Molly Hatchet. The legendary Southern rockers play together at Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre in Alpharetta. All three bands are a long way from their 1970s roots -- there have been decades of plane crashes, car accidents, natural deaths, health problems and retirements -- but they carry on the traditions of Southern hard rock.

Oct. 19. Rod Stewart with Steve WinwoodThe rock legends appear at Philips Arena. Winwood is alternating dates with Boz Scaggs on Stewart's "Live the Life Tour." Stewart and Winwood have not played on the same ticket since 1965.

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Oct. 24. Nine Inch NailsTrent Reznor and company come toPhilips Arena in support of the recently released  “Hesitation Marks,” its first album in more than five years.

Oct. 25. John FogertyThe solo artist and former frontman for Creedence Clearwater Revival returns to Verizon Amphipheatre in Alpharetta. Fogerty will be drawing songs from both sources.

Oct. 27. Michael BubleThe crooner takes the stage at TheArena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth.

Are you going to any of these concerts? Tell us why in the comments.


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