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Your Last Few Chances To See Live Music As Bama Students This Summer

Here are some last minute shows to attend this summer before everyone comes back for school.

Marcelle Peters

Jul 16, 2018

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Sloss Music and Arts Festival

Arcade Fire will headline at Sloss Fest in Birmingham this year.

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Sloss Fest is a two-day music and arts festival held at the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, AL. This year, the festival is being held on Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15. Tickets can be purchased for one or both days. Headliners on Saturday include Arcade Fire and 21 Savage and Sunday headliners will be Chris Stapleton and Louis the Child.

To see the lineup, schedule and ticket options visit their website.

Fantastic Negrito

Fantastic Negrito's newest album, Please Don't Be Dead

Fantastic Negrito's Website

Fantastic Negrito performs a hybrid of blues, rock and funk music. He will be performing on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 7 p.m. at the Saturn music venue in Birmingham, AL. He is touring all over the country and this will be his only stop in Alabama. Tickets are $12 and his music is available on Apple Music and Spotify.

For more information on Fantastic Negrito, visit his website.

Maddie Medley

Maddie Medley performs with her voice and electric guitar.

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Maddie Medley will perform on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at the 8 p.m. at the Workplay Soundstage in Birmingham, AL. Medley is a Nashville based singer, songwriter, and guitarist who performs what she calls sweetheart rock.

The show is 18+ and tickets are $8.

Carson Carlisle

Carson Carlisle performing at Rhythm & Brews

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Carson Carlisle, a University of Alabama alumnus will be performing on Friday, July 20, at 10 p.m. at Rhythm & Brews in Tuscaloosa, AL. His music features some country and some rock.

The Pauses

The Pauses

The Pauses will perform with Five Eight and Urban Soil on Saturday, July 21, at the Nick in Birmingham, AL. The Pauses are a three-member indie rock band. Tickets are $10. You can listen to their newest album Unbuilding for free on their website or on Spotify.

Jason Aldean and Luke Combs

Jason Aldean

Jason Aldean and Luke Combs will perform on July 25, at 7 p.m. at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater in Tuscaloosa, AL. These two are country music favorites with hits like Aldean's "You Make It Easy" and Combs' "When It Rains It Pours." Ticket prices begin at $71.

For more information on the event visit the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater's website.

The Hollow Ends

Zachary Schwartz of The Hollow Ends

The Hollow Ends

The Hollow Ends is a folk-rock band that performs punk-rock inspired Americana music. They will perform on Saturday, August 11 at 7 p.m. at the Druid City Brewing Company in Tuscaloosa AL. Their debut album, Bears in Mind, will be released on July 27th and is available for pre-order on their website.

Their current EP is available on iTunes and Spotify.

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New year, new semester, not the same old thing. This semester will be a semester to redeem all the mistakes made in the previous five months.

1. I will wake up (sorta) on time for class.

Let's face it, last semester you woke up with enough time to brush your teeth and get to class and even then you were about 10 minutes late and rollin' in with some pretty unfortunate bed head. This semester we will set our alarms, wake up with time to get ready, and get to class on time!

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And so it begins.

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Your Last Few Chances To See Live Music As Bama Students This Summer

Here are some last minute shows to attend this summer before everyone comes back for school.

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Sloss Music and Arts Festival

Fantastic Negrito

Maddie Medley

Carson Carlisle

The Pauses

Jason Aldean and Luke Combs

The Hollow Ends

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Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

1. When he just wanted bacon from his George Foreman grill

2. When he had money (and Jan) issues

3. When he got upstaged at Phyllis' wedding

4. When he unintentionally saved Meredith from rabies

5. When he wore a "bisexual" suit

6. When he had to apologize to Jesus

7. When his GPS drove him into a lake

8. When he had to deal with Ryan as his boss

9. When he couldn't fulfill his most generous empty promise

10. When this happened

11. When he struggled with a X-Mas break up

12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

15. When Toby was "Toby-ish"

This isn't just for the single Pringles out there either, folks

Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face

Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket

Pop Twelve White Grapes

Burn Something

Smash Things Against a Wall

Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

Take a Shot

Time to be merry and bright.

"First Noel" by Leslie Odom, Jr

"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Kelly Clarkson

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" by Michael Buble

"Last Christmas" by Taylor Swift

"The Christmas Song" by Josh Groban

"White Christmas" by Idina Menzel

"O Holy Night" by David Archuleta

"Believe" by Josh Groban

"Les cloches du hameau" by Celine Dion

Or at least try to do.

1. I will wake up (sorta) on time for class.

2. I will look decent for class.

3. I will go to the gym more.

4. I will go to the library and study more.

5. I will meet new people.

For those long nights that turn into mornings when the struggle is real.

1. Walk in motivated and ready to rock

2. Disappointed you let it get this bad

3. Distracted: When a 10-Minute Break Becomes an Hour

4. When the Yearning for Sleep Sneaks Up

5. In the words of Lorelai Gilmore "Coffee, Coffee, Coffee"

Oh, so done.

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