+Live+ and Barenaked Ladies to headline 2024 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival

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+Live+ and Barenaked Ladies to headline 2024 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival
Moon Taxi and Crash Test Dummies also join the lineup

Brookhaven, GA, Jan. 5, 2024 – The City of Brookhaven announces the bands +Live+ and Barenaked Ladies as the concert headliners for the 2024 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival, taking place Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24, at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road in Brookhaven.  Admission is free.

+Live+ is the Saturday, March 23, headliner, while Barenaked Ladies headlines on Sunday, March 24. Also taking the stage Saturday is Moon Taxi, while Crash Test Dummies take the stage on Sunday.

+Live+ have sold over 22 million albums worldwide and earned two #1 albums: Throwing Copper and Secret Samadhi. Their catalog is filled with such gems as “Lightning Crashes,” “I Alone,” “All Over You” and “Lakini’s Juice,” which live on today as classics on rock radio. Throwing Copper, which the band celebrated in 2019 with a new deluxe 25^th anniversary edition via Radioactive/Geffen/Ume along with a global tour across major festivals, amphitheaters and arenas, produced the band’s biggest single, “Lightning Crashes,” which was #1 at Modern Rock radio for 10 consecutive weeks. Throwing Copper reached #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and eventually surpassed sales of 10 million albums, with Rolling Stone honoring the album with placement on their list, “1994: The 40 Best Records From Mainstream Alternative's Greatest Year.” Secret Samadhi (1997) immediately shot to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and eventually went double platinum. The release of the platinum-selling The Distance to Here (1999) turned Live into an international powerhouse and moved the band from arenas into stadiums. Live has been and remains today a global concert juggernaut. The band released an acclaimed five-song EP in 2018, LOCAL 717, their first new music in over a decade.

After more than three decades as the lead singer and guitarist for Barenaked Ladies, Ed Robertson has a routine when it comes time to start writing songs for a new album. “I tend to get ideas while I’m driving up to my lake house,” he said. “I record voice memos along the way, and then I listen back and try to make sense of them and mix and match the various ideas I’ve come up with.” The results mark a new chapter for a band, known for hits like “One Week” and “If I Had $1,000,000,” that’s sold more than 15 million albums, earned Grammy nominations and won multiple June Awards. In 2018 the band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. In Flight, BNL’s 18^th studio album, retains the dry wit and keen observation we expect from Robertson, bassist Jim Creeggan, keyboardist/guitarist Kevin Hearn and drummer Tyler Stewart, but adds a strong sense of maturing and lessons learned.

Once again ready to push the boundaries of their genre, Nashville-based indie alt-rock band Moon Taxi is back with their sixth full length album, Set Yourself Free. With tracks ranging from rock to synth to pop to bluegrass, the new lineup showcases what 15 years as a band gets you: a polished, classic sound without fear of exploration. The five-member group- vocalist/guitarist Trevor Terndrup, lead guitarist Spencer Thomson, bassist Tommy Putnam, keyboardist Wes Bailey, and drummer Tyler Ritter- stepped back into their roots to create an album primarily written and recorded by themselves and set for release on their own label, 12th South Records. Set Yourself Free showcases the skill of a fully developed and practiced group of musicians. Free from the barriers of genre and self-definition, Moon Taxi presents a fresh and bold take on their sound.

It’s been 30 years since the Crash Test Dummies recorded their debut album, The Ghosts That Haunt Me. Their first album garnered them their first big hit, “Superman’s Song,” and a Juno Award for Group of the Year. Over three decades later, their sold-out 25^th Anniversary Tour for multi-Grammy nominated "God Shuffled His Feet” is proof that audiences still want to hear what they have to say.

In addition to the music, this year’s festival brings back favorites such as the Splash Artists’ Market, Kidz Zone, Pet World, Classic Car Show, and Food Trucks. The Brookhaven Cherry Blossom 5K will take place on Saturday, March 16. For more information about the Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival, visit www.BrookCherryFest.org, and Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @BrookCherryFest.

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