Comcast Center for the Performing Arts

Infobox Venue
name = Comcast Center


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nickname = "Great Woods"
location = Mansfield, Massachusetts
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type = Outdoor amphitheatre
broke_ground =
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opened = June 1986
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owner = Live Nation
former_names = Tweeter Center
Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts
seating_type = reserved, lawn
seating_capacity = 19,900

Comcast Center (formerly known as "Great Woods") is a Live Nation-owned outdoor amphitheater located in Mansfield, Massachusetts, 30 miles south of Boston, Massachusetts, USA at the intersection of I-495 and Route 140. The seating capacity is approximately 19,900. Approximately 7,000 are covered seats in the pavilion, 7,000 are open-air seats, and general admission is on the lawn. It was originally known as Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts until 1999 when Tweeter purchased the naming rights renaming the venue; Tweeter Center. However, due to recent financial struggles and possible bankruptcy, the Tweeter Home Entertainment Group opted out of its naming contract with the venue. Beginning in the summer of 2008, Comcast purchased the naming rights officially renaming the venue Comcast Center. Because it is an outdoor venue, the Comcast Center is generally open May through September. The Comcast Center has been named to host the 23rd annual Farm Aid concert to support American agricultural workers.

Notable musical performances

The following have performed at the venue :
*311
*50 Cent
*36 Crazyfists
*3 Doors Down
*3OH!3
*Aerosmith (their live performance in the film Be Cool was filmed here)
*AFI
*Akon
*Alan Jackson
*Allman Brothers Band
*Alice Cooper
*Alice in Chains
*Angels & Airwaves
*Atreyu
*Barenaked Ladies
*Bauhaus
*Beck
*Benevento-Russo Duo
*The Black Crowes
*The Black Eyed Peas
*Black Sabbath
*Blink-182
*Bon Jovi
*Boston
*Britney Spears
*Bruce Springsteen
*Brooks & Dunn
*Buckcherry
*Busta Rhymes
*Celine Dion
*Cher
*Chicago
*Ciara
*Cobra Starship
*Colbie Caillat
*Coldplay
*Counting Crows
*CSNY
*Cypress Hill
*Daughtry
*Dave Matthews Band
*David Bowie
*Deadsy
*Def Leppard
*Depeche Mode
*Destiny's Child
*Disturbed
*Dragonforce
*Drive By Truckers
*Dropkick Murphys
*Elton John
*Eminem
*Erasure
*Eric Clapton
*Fall Out Boy
*Fergie
*Fleetwood Mac
*Flyleaf
*Foo Fighters
*Four Tops
*George Michael
*Goo Goo Dolls
*Green Day
*Guns N' Roses
*Gwen Stefani
*Halford
*Heaven and Hell
*Immortal Technique
*Indigo Girls
*Iron Maiden
*J. Geils Band
*Jack Johnson
*James Taylor (once for four consecutive dates, a house record)
*Jay-Z
*Jedi Mind Tricks
*Jefferson Airplane
*Jerry Garcia Band
*Jessica Simpson
*Jet
*Jewel
*Jimmy Buffett
*John Mayer
*Jonas Brothers
*Journey
*Judas Priest
* Kansas
*Kanye West
*Kelly Clarkson
*Kenny Chesney
*Kiss
*Korn
*Lifehouse
*Lilith Fair
*Lil Wayne
*Linkin Park
*Lollapalooza 1997
*Lynyrd Skynyrd
*Marilyn Manson
*Matisyahu
*Metallica
*Michael Franti & Spearhead
*Modest Mouse
*moe.
*Morrissey
*Mötley Crüe
*My Chemical Romance
*Nas
*Neil Young
*Nelly
*New Kids On The Block
*Nickelback(part of the Music video rock star was filmed there)
*Nine Inch Nails
*No Doubt
*Nsync
*O.A.R.
*Oasis
*The Other Ones
*Ozomatli
*Ozzfest
*Paramore
*Pearl Jam
*Peter Gabriel
*Pharoahe Monch
*Phil Lesh & Friends
*Phish
*Poison
*Public Enemy
*Queensrÿche
*R.E.M.
*Rascal Flatts
*Radiohead
*Ratdog
*Reba Mcentire
*Red Hot Chili Peppers
*Reel Big Fish
*Richard Marx
*Robert Randolph and the Family Band
*Rock the Bells 2007
*Roger Daltrey
*Roger Waters
*Rooney
*Roy Orbison
*Rush (2 songs from their 6/23/1997 concert here, are featured on the live album "Different Stages: Live")
*Santana
*Sex Pistols
*Slipknot
*Snoop Dogg & Tha D.P.G.
*Spice Girls
*Sounds of the Underground
*Staind
*Steely Dan
*Stevie Nicks
*Stone Sour
*Stone Temple Pilots
*Styx
*Supernatural
*Taking Back Sunday
*Talib Kweli
*Taylor Swift
*Tears For Fears
*Ten Years After
*Tesla
*The Beach Boys
*The Cranberries
*The Cure
*The Dead
*The Doobie Brothers
*The Fray
*The Subways
*The Wailers
*The Who (The DVD, "The Who: Live in Boston" was filmed here in September 2002)
*Toby Keith
*Tom Petty
*Tool
*Velvet Revolver
*Vince Gill
*Warped Tour 2007
*Warped Tour 2008
*Weezer
*Wu-Tang Clan
*Yes
*Xavier Rudd

ee also

*List of contemporary amphitheatres

External links

* [http://www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/479/ Comcast Center Boston website]
* [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2006/01/25/live_nation_takes_over_clear_channels_concerts/ Live Nation takes over Clear Channel's concerts] -- "The Boston Globe"
* [http://www.patriotledger.com/news/state_news/x1517278498/Goodbye-Tweeter-Center-hello-Comcast-Center/ Goodbye Tweeter Center, hello Comcast Center] -- "The Patriot Ledger"