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Country legends Rodney Atkins and Diamond Rio join Sounds of Summer lineup

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Quakertown Borough presents the fifth annual Sounds of Summer Concert Series presented by Sands Auto Group.
Tickets are available for the series of six concerts, to be held throughout the summer, at the Univest Performance Center Stage in Quakertown.
Country legends Rodney Atkins and Diamond Rio will take the Univest Performance Center Stage on Saturday, Aug. 20.
Both reserved seating and lawn tickets are available online. Tickets start at $35 for lawn seating and reserved seats range from $45 to $120, depending on the seat location.
The Sounds of Summer Concert Series presented by Sands Auto features a variety of artists from country, classic rock, pop, and more.
Atkins and Diamond Rio will join the already announced Happy Together Tour (June 15), multi-platinum country music star Scotty McCreery (July 8), and Philadelphia rock band The Hooters (Aug. 26). More concerts are expected to be announced in the following weeks.
With eight Top 5 singles, six No. 1s, and 1 billion career on-demand streams, Atkins is one of country music’s most prominent artists. On Country radio, his Platinum-selling No. 1 “Watching You” earned the songwriter a BMI “Million-Air” award and the top spot on Country Aircheck’s top-played songs of the decade list.

Atkins was the second most-played male artist of the decade overall. He has also sold over 14 million units and earned twelve career Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum RIAA certifications to date.
Formed in 1989 in Nashville, Tenn., Diamond Rio consists of Gene Johnson (mandolin, tenor vocals), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo), Brian Prout (drums), Marty Roe (lead vocal), Dan Truman (keyboards), and Dana Williams (bass guitar, baritone vocals).
Diamond Rio signed to Arista Records and in 1991 with the release of “Meet In The Middle” became the first country music group in history to reach No. 1 with a debut single. The band is also known for its hits “How Your Love Makes Me Feel,” “One More Day,” “Beautiful Mess,” “Unbelievable,” “In A Week or Two,” and more.
The band released its first-ever autobiography, “Beautiful Mess: The Story of Diamond Rio” on Thomas Nelson in 2009.
The band recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, and has sold more than 10 million albums, won a Grammy Award, a Dove Award, six Vocal Group of the Year wins (CMA and ACM); it has three certified Platinum and five gold albums, with zero band member changes.
Known for their charity commitments, including longtime spokespersons for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the band has raised over $1,000,000 for nonprofits and received the Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award.
For information, contact the Quakertown Borough Parks and Recreation Department at concerts@quakertown.org or 267-372-7275.


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