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Usher and Chris Brown play Mercedes-Benz Stadium tonight

Plus, Choose Cobb opens Spring 2027 enrollment to out-of-district students for $600 a semester.

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Usher and Chris Brown play night two of a record five-show Atlanta run tonight

Usher and Chris Brown top Beyoncé's record at the stadium

Source: WSB-TV

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If you're going to tonight, Usher and Chris Brown's The R&B Tour starts at 7 p.m. It's the second of five Atlanta shows. The tour originally announced two dates, Nov. 7 and 8, and added more as demand grew. The Nov. 7 show moved to Nov. 6 because of scheduling considerations.

Five shows is a first. Usher and Chris Brown are the first artists to bring a tour to the stadium for five dates in one stop, topping Beyoncé's four during her 2025 Cowboy Carter tour, according to Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

  • Still to come: Sun., Nov. 8; Tue., Nov. 10; Wed., Nov. 11
  • Sun., Nov. 8 show starts at 7:30 p.m.
  • Bags: clear, or non-clear smaller than 4.5" x 6.5"

The pairing took a while. Plans didn't materialize until February, though the two camps had hoped for it for nearly a decade. “I think the timing felt right for everybody because they were both riding separate, incredible waves of success,” Usher's manager Ron Laffitte told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It's Brown's first stadium tour.

Five nights at Mercedes-Benz Stadium run through Nov. 11

  1. Nov. 5First of five shows
  2. Nov. 6Second show, moved from Nov. 7 for scheduling considerations
  3. Nov. 8Third Atlanta show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
  4. Nov. 10Fourth Atlanta show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
  5. Nov. 11Fifth and final show of the Atlanta run

Source: WSB-TV

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News Notes

Choose Cobb

The Cobb County School District is accepting Spring 2027 applications for through Nov. 30. Eligible students who live outside the district can attend 12 participating schools, if space is available, for $600 per semester. WSB-TV

Choose Cobb applications for Spring 2027 close Nov. 30

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application deadline for Spring 2027

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Art Walk

Conservationist and healthcare leader Reed V. Tuckson, M.D. is a featured artist at Muse & Co. Fine Art, 26 Winters St., during tonight's Marietta Square Art Walk. It starts at 6 p.m. and is free, and prints from his Meditations Along the Chattahoochee River will be unveiled. Creative Loafing Atlanta

Friday football

Pebblebrook heads to North Atlanta tonight for the final regular-season game of both teams' 2026 seasons. The Falcons are trying to keep slim playoff hopes alive. Marietta Daily Journal

Disasterville

Sprayberry High School students tried Disasterville on Thursday, an interactive virtual reality program built on scenarios inspired by real disasters the Georgia Army National Guard has responded to. WSB-TV

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Around Georgia

Atlanta United

Atlanta United (9-18-6) finishes the regular season Saturday at the New York Red Bulls and will miss the playoffs for the third time in franchise history. The club brought back manager Gerardo Martino ahead of 2026. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta United ranks No. 24 in goals scored and No. 28 in shots on target

CategoryPer gameMLS rank
Goals scored1.3No. 24
Goals allowed1.7No. 19
Shots on target4.2No. 28

Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Skyhawks

Sanjay Lumpkin, who played for the College Park Skyhawks in their 2019 inaugural season, takes over as head coach as the team tips off a new season. He's the first former player in franchise history to hold the job. Atlanta News First

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A seven-piece bluegrass band from Oslo, Norway, is playing on the Square tonight. Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra blends bluegrass and Nordic folk into a style dubbed "Nordicana," with fiddle, dobro, banjo, mandolin, accordion and four-part harmonies. The Third Door and The Brickyard are teaming up for the Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra show. Fiddles meet fjords.

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  1. Thurs., Nov. 12Atlanta is in the 2031 Women's World Cup bid; Falcons keep Robinson
  2. Wed., Nov. 11Mableton sets up a payment plan for its new public safety tax
  3. Tues., Nov. 10The SEC title game ends after Dec. 5, and Lake Lanier is low
  4. Mon., Nov. 9Falcons fall 34-17 in Madrid; Hawks host the Lakers tonight
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Usher and Chris Brown play Mercedes-Benz Stadium tonight

Plus, Choose Cobb opens Spring 2027 enrollment to out-of-district students for $600 a semester.

The TLDR

  1. Usher and Chris Brown play Mercedes-Benz Stadium at 7 p.m.
  2. Choose Cobb takes Spring 2027 applications through Nov. 30
  3. Sprayberry students try the Guard's Disasterville VR program
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