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JUST ANNOUNCED: Rodney Atkins & Diamond Rio

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Borough of Quakertown recently issued the following announcement.

Quakertown Borough proudly presents the fifth annual Sounds of Summer Concert Series presented by Sands Auto Group. The concert series will consist of 6 concerts throughout the summer. Country legends, Rodney Atkins and Diamond Rio will take the Univest Performance Center Stage located in Quakertown, PA on Saturday, August 20.

Tickets will be available on QuakertownEvents.com beginning Thursday, March 3 at 8:30 am. Both reserved seating and lawn tickets are available online. Tickets start at $35.00 for lawn seating and reserved seats range from $45.00 to $120.00 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. Rodney 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 (August 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 under his belt, Rodney Atkins is one of Country music’s most prominent artists. Continuing to be recognized as a powerful voice 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. He appeared on the Drew Barrymore show earlier this month to promote his latest project of songs he recorded with his talented wife Rose Falcon, called Rod + Rose.  

Formed in 1989 in Nashville, TN, 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 their hits “How Your Love Makes Me Feel,” “One More Day,” “Beautiful Mess,” “Unbelievable,” “In A Week or Two,” and more. They released their first-ever autobiography, Beautiful Mess: The Story of Diamond Rio on Thomas Nelson in 2009.

The band known for playing every note on every album recently celebrated their 30th Anniversary, has sold more than 10 million albums, won a Grammy Award, a Dove Award, six Vocal Group of the Year wins (CMA and ACM), released two Greatest Hit albums, a live and Christmas project, earned five multi-week no. 1 singles, 22 Top 10 singles, three certified Platinum and five gold albums, released an autobiography – and with zero band member changes. Known for their charity commitments including long-time spokespersons for Big Brothers Big Sisters, the band has raised over $1,000,000.00 for non-profits and received the Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award.

For more information, please contact the Quakertown Borough Parks and Recreation Department at concerts@quakertown.org or 267-372-7275.

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