Georgia Entertainment Scene
Georgia Entertainment Scene

360 Video: Onstage and backstage with Collective Soul at Music Midtown 2017

Collective Soul frontman Ed Roland at Music Midtown 2017. Photo: Melissa Ruggieri/AJC

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Collective Soul frontman Ed Roland at Music Midtown 2017. Photo: Melissa Ruggieri/AJC
By Melissa Ruggieri
Sept 19, 2017

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

An hour before Collective Soul hit the Music Midtown stage on Sunday for a muscular set that spanned their 23-year-career , the band chatted with us on their tour bus parked behind the Salesforce Stage about being one of the heritage acts at the fest, as well as moving forward.

Collective Soul will release a new album, "Blood," in the early part of 2018 and during Music Midtown performed one song, the instantly engaging "Right as Rain," from the upcoming effort.

The band also allowed us to hang on the side of the stage during their show (a highlight was watching frontman Ed Roland trying to nail drummer Johnny Rabb with guitar picks from the side of the stage while Jesse Triplett whirled through a guitar solo on "Better Now") and AJC video producer Ryon Horne assembled this 360-degree video from our unique vantage point.

RELATED>> Music Midtown Day 1 concert reviews and photos: Bruno Mars, Blink-182 and more

Explore Music Midtown Day 1 Videos
Explore Music Midtown Day 2 concert reviews and photos: Mumford & Sons, Future, HAIM and more
Explore Music Midtown Day 2 Videos

Follow the AJC Music Scene on Facebook and Twitter.

About the Author

Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

Follow Melissa Ruggieri on facebookFollow Melissa Ruggieri on twitter
More Stories

Keep Reading

Kel Mitchell (left) and Renee Montgomery (right) help Sporting Club Stockbridge Soccer Academy and coach Damian Thompson during the first episode of Nickelodeon's “Play It Forward,” shot in metro Atlanta. (Nickelodeon)

Credit: NICKELODEON SCREEN SHOT

Kel Mitchell, Renee Montgomery boost Atlanta youth sports in new Nick show

Kel Mitchell of “All That” fame and Atlanta Dream owner and former WNBA player Renee Montgomery make over youth sports fields in metro Atlanta in a new Nickelodeon TV show.

Traditions reign at Atlanta holiday concerts

Take in some of the performances from choral groups, jazz artists and classical musicians this holiday season in Atlanta.

Typewriter Tom fuels a growing interest in analog writing devices

Roswell's Tom Rehkopf owns about 1,000 typewriters, which he tinkers with at his workshop and happily shares with fellow aficionados, curious youngsters and even Tom Hanks.

The Latest

ajc.com

What movies made in Georgia have made the most money since 2008?

‘Ride Along’ producer Will Packer promotes ‘healthy arrogance’ in new book

Check out three new reality shows with Atlanta ties

Featured

Tracy Woodard from InTown Cares (left) and Lauren Hopper from Mercy Care organization work with residents at the Copperton Street encampment in August 2024. (Miguel Martinez / AJC)

Credit: Miguel Martinez

‘Worst nightmares come true.’ Atlanta confronts shift in homelessness funding.

Trump’s overhaul threatens permanent housing for an estimated 600 Atlanta households and 170,000 people nationwide, advocates warn.

Microsoft’s newest AI ‘superfactory’ opens at sprawling Fayetteville campus

One of the largest data center campuses under construction in Georgia has its first operational tenant, and it’s one of the most recognizable names in technology.

Atlanta officials quietly rebrand city’s DEI office

The city of Atlanta office overseeing diversity, equity and inclusion is getting a rebrand amid assaults at the federal level on such initiatives.