76c8Glen2 Glen Campbell says goodbye at Chastain; Kenny Rogers entertains

Glen Campbell, shown in May at an Alzheimer’s Association event in D.C., looked happy at Saturday’s show. Photo credit: Kris Connor Glen Campbell had barely been escorted to the front of the stage when the crowd leapt up in a pre-concert ovation. It was a deserved gush of goodwill, a message from the Chastain Park Amphitheatre crowd that even if Campbell stumbled during his hour-ish set, it would be understood. The country music legend is in the midst of a poignant “Goodbye Tour,” an outing prompted by his disclosure last year that he’s suffering from Alzheimer’s… >>

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