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Elton John To Play Atlanta's Midtown Festival

By RTTNews Staff Writer   ✉   | Published:   | Follow Us On Google News

Elton John is among the headliners of this year's Music Midtown Festival, set to take place in September. Drake, Van Halen and Sam Smith also headline.

Run the Jewels, Jenny Lewis, Hozier, Lenny Kravitz, Billy Idol, Tove Lo and Icona Pop will also perform at the fest.

August Alsina, Kodaline, Panic! at the Disco, the Airborne Toxic Event, Catfish and the Bottlemen, X Ambassadors and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness are on the bill as well.

Festival organizers promise more acts will be announced in the near future.

"Every year we strive to take the festival to a new level and this year is certainly no exception," Live Nation Atlanta president Peter Conlon said in a statement.

"With the addition of a fourth stage and this year's stellar line-up, I think we have done it again!"

This year's Music Midtown Festival will invade Atlanta's Piedmont Park on September 18-19.

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