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New Colorado Springs amphitheater’s lineup keeps growing: Grammy Award-winning rock musician, country star added

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter John Fogerty and country pop star Walker Hayes will bring their tours to town this summer.

Longtime rocker Fogerty’s “Celebration Tour” will perform Aug. 27 at Sunset Amphitheater. Blues rock band George Thorogood & the Destroyers and rock band Hearty Har will open.

Hayes and his “Same Drunk Tour” will take the same stage Aug. 17.

Tickets for both shows go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Call 888-929-7849 or go online to axs.com.

Fogerty co-founded Creedence Clearwater Revival in the late ’50s, though the band was originally named Blue Velvets, and went on to record hits like “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Green River” and “Born on the Bayou.” In 1973, he ventured out on his own with his band The Blue Ridge Rangers.

Hayes hit it big with his 2021 single, “Fancy Like,’ which clung to the charts for more than six months. His third album, “Country Stuff the Album,” was released in 2022. Other hits include “You Broke Up With Me,” “AA,” “Y’all Life” and “Good With Me.”

Country pop star Walker Hayes will perform Aug. 17 at Sunset Amphitheater. (Courtesy photo)
Country pop star Walker Hayes will perform Aug. 17 at Sunset Amphitheater. (Courtesy photo)

Rock bands Foreigner and Loverboy joined the ever-expanding Sunset Amphitheater’s lineup last week. The 8,000-seat, open-air venue on the city’s north side will open Aug. 9 with three consecutive shows by pop rock band OneRepublic. The Aug. 9-10 shows are sold out.

The lineup also features comedian Jim Gaffigan on Sept. 13, rock band Steve Miller Band on Sept. 27 and Americana musicians Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on Aug. 31.

New shows are released every week. About 20 shows are expected to flesh out the amphitheater’s inaugural season.

Contact the writer: 636-0270

Grammy Award-winning singer- songwriter John Fogerty will perform Aug. 27 at the new Sunset Amphitheater on the north side of Colorado Springs. (Casey Curry, Associated Press file)
Grammy Award-winning singer- songwriter John Fogerty will perform Aug. 27 at the new Sunset Amphitheater on the north side of Colorado Springs. (Casey Curry, Associated Press file)


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