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IF YOU GO
What: St. Paul & the Broken Bones When: 6:30 p.m. tonight Where: Coke Stage Admission: Riverbend 9-day wristband ($55); one-day wristband ($25)
Brad Arnold formed 3 Doors Down in Escatawpa, a small town just north of Pascagoula, Miss.Also on the Coke Stage
3 Doors Down is an alt-rock band formed in the mid-’90s by vocalist Brad Arnold, guitarist Matt Roberts and bassist Todd Harrell in Escatawpa, a small town in the deep southern reaches of Mississippi. By the early 2000s, the band had grown from hometown glory to worldwide acclaim, packing its trophy case with multiple Grammy nominations, two American Music Awards and five BMI Pop Awards, including for “Songwriter of the Year” in 2002. In all, the band’s reported album sales have topped 16 million – 6 million just for its debut album “The Better Life” – and it has produced three Top 10 singles: “Kryptonite” (No. 4, 2000), “When I’m Gone” (No. 4, 2003) and “Here Without You” (No. 5, 2003). The band now consists of Arnold, lead guitarist Chris Henderson, drummer Greg Upchurch, guitarist Chet Roberts and bassist Justin Biltonen. They’ll take the Coke Stage tonight at 9:30 p.m.
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