Wallflowers, Smash Mouth Headline Cherry Blossom Festival

BROOKHAVEN, GA -- An all-star music lineup has been announced for the 2019 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival on Saturday and Sunday, March 30-31, at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road. Admission is free. Performing Saturday, March 30, is headliner Smash Mouth along with the Spin Doctors and the Romantics. The Wallflowers will headline the music lineup on Sunday, with supporting acts to be announced.

“I couldn’t be more pleased with our partnership with Live Nation in booking these premier bands,” said Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst. “I know I’m excited about this line-up, and I encourage the community to come out and enjoy two great days of live music.”

The Grammy-award winning Wallflowers led by Jakob Dylan rose to fame in the mid-90s during a roots-rock revival. During that time, the band’s Bringing Down the Horse album, produced by the legendary T-Bone Burnett and featuring the hits “One Headlight” and “6th Avenue Heartache,” went quadruple platinum. Dylan later released two solo albums on top of four more albums with the Wallflowers, and is currently touring across the United States with the band.

Its original lineup intact, Smash Mouth is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s quadruple platinum album Astro Lounge, which includes the smash singles “All Star” and “Then the Morning Comes.” Smash Mouth is also known for the hit songs “Walking on the Sun” and “I’m a Believer,” which was famously featured on the Shrek soundtrack. Smash Mouth is currently working on a new album to be released this year as well as a remix of “All Star.”

The four original members of the Spin Doctors continue to enjoy the musical rapport that’s the heart of Pocket Full of Kryptonite, an album that was launched in 1991 and became a musical phenomenon, selling more than 10 million copies worldwide, thanks to hits such as “Two Princes” and “Little Miss Can’t be Wrong.” The band marked the 20th anniversary of the album in 2011 with a digitally remastered edition and their first full tour since the 90s. The group is now celebrating its 30th anniversary as a band.

The Romantics are known for having created some of the most influential and beloved rock-and-roll of all time. The band formed in Detroit in 1977 and was influenced by the British punk invasion and American rock. “What I Like About You” and “Talking In Your Sleep” are among the band’s iconic hits.

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