LIVE REVIEW: 311 / DIRTY HEADS – SO GLAD YOU MADE IT TOUR @ AMERIS BANK AMPHITHEATRE, ALPHARETTA, GA – AUGUST 28, 2026

311 and Dirty Heads brought their co-headlining So Glad You Made It Tour to Ameris Bank Amphitheatre in Alpharetta on August 28, with Atmosphere and Rome Ramirez opening a night that moved through reggae, hip-hop, alternative rock and plenty of nostalgia. The pairing made sense from the start. Both headliners have spent years blending genres rather than staying inside one particular lane, and their fan bases have plenty of crossover.

Rome Ramirez opened the evening with a short but solid set that immediately established the laid-back side of the night. For anyone who hasn’t followed his career, Ramirez spent more than a decade fronting Sublime with Rome alongside members of Sublime before that chapter came to an end in 2024. That history naturally still follows him, and slipping some Sublime into the set gave longtime fans an early moment to latch onto. It was an easygoing start to a night that would continue building considerably as the sun went down.

Atmosphere followed and shifted Ameris firmly into hip-hop territory. The Minneapolis group is built around rapper Slug and producer Ant, a partnership that dates back decades. Slug handled the front of the stage while the music was driven from the setup behind him. Their style wasn’t necessarily the closest match to everything else on the bill, but judging by the response around the amphitheatre, plenty of people were there for it.

Then Dirty Heads took over, and this was where the night really started to feel like a co-headlining event.

Led by co-vocalists Jared “Dirty J” Watson and Dustin “Duddy B” Bushnell, Dirty Heads have developed a sound that can jump between reggae, hip-hop, rock and pop without any of those shifts feeling particularly out of place. Live, that translates into a set that rarely sits still for long.

Opening with “Seven Seas,” Dirty Heads worked through an 18-song set that included “Burn Slow,” “Heavy Water,” “Oxygen,” “Rescue Me” and “My Sweet Summer.” Their cover of Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good” fit surprisingly well into the band’s relaxed Southern California sound before the set brought Rome Ramirez back out for “Lay Me Down.” Ramirez originally co-wrote and sang on the 2010 track, making his appearance feel more like a reunion between longtime friends than the typical opening-act cameo.

One of the biggest reactions came with “Vacation.” The song has taken on a second life online years after its original release, and hearing thousands of people immediately recognize it showed just how much new life social media can give an older track. Dirty Heads kept that momentum going through “Sloth’s Revenge,” “Island Glow” and “Sound Boy Killa” before closing with “Medusa.”

By the time 311 hit the stage, there wasn’t much of a warm-up period needed.

Nick Hexum came out looking ready to go from the first song, and the rest of the band matched his energy. Instead of saving the familiar material for later, 311 came straight out of the gate with “Beautiful Disaster,” “All Mixed Up,” “Come Original” and “Freak Out.” It was essentially a run of reminders of just how many recognizable songs this band has accumulated over more than three decades.

Visually, 311 had one of the coolest setups of the night. A massive video backdrop filled the stage with constantly changing imagery that ranged from colorful and psychedelic to downright trippy. It worked particularly well with the band’s music, adding another layer without taking attention away from what was happening onstage.

And there was plenty happening onstage.

“Sunset in July” and “Don’t Stay Home” kept the early momentum moving before “Champagne” and “You Wouldn’t Believe.” Their cover of The Cure’s “Lovesong” offered one of the night’s changes of pace before “Freeze Time” led into one of the most entertaining moments of the set.

During “Applied Science,” drummer Chad Sexton took center stage for his extended drum solo before the rest of 311 joined him on percussion. What began as a drum feature turned into a full-band routine, with the guys playing together and eventually tossing drumsticks back and forth to one another. It’s a piece 311 fans may already know well, but watching five musicians pull it off live still makes for one hell of a moment.

From there, 311 went right back into the catalog with “Beyond the Gray Sky,” “Creatures (For a While),” “Feels So Good” and “Amber” before finishing the night with “Down.”

What stood out most was how much energy the band still puts into these songs. Hexum and SA Martinez were constantly moving across the stage, while Tim Mahoney, P-Nut and Sexton gave the music the weight underneath them that makes 311 considerably heavier live than some of their biggest radio singles might suggest.

A co-headlining tour can sometimes feel like two unrelated concerts sharing the same stage, but this one made considerably more sense. Rome’s history with Dirty Heads connects him directly to the music that followed, Atmosphere brought another side of the hip-hop influence running through the night, and Dirty Heads and 311 share enough musical DNA that moving from one headliner to the other never felt like a hard reset.

Dirty Heads brought the loose, summer-party atmosphere. 311 brought the heavier edge, psychedelic visuals and the kind of live energy that has kept them on the road for decades.

By the time “Down” closed out the night, Ameris had gotten nearly six hours of music from four acts that approached the same mix of reggae, rock and hip-hop from completely different directions. For a late-August night in Georgia, it was a pretty fitting way to start closing out the summer.

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Setlist

• 311 – Beautiful Disaster
• All Mixed Up
• Come Original
• Freak Out
• Sunset in July
• Don’t Stay Home
• Champagne
• You Wouldn’t Believe
• Lovesong
• Freeze Time
• Applied Science
• Beyond the Gray Sky
• Creatures (for a While)
• Feels So Good
• Amber
• Down

• Dirty Heads – Seven Seas
• Burn Slow
• Bum Bum
• Heavy Water
• Oxygen
• Rescue Me
• My Sweet Summer
• Life’s Been Good (Joe Walsh cover)
• One of Those Days
• Lay Me Down (with Rome Ramirez)
• Better
• Moon Tower
• That’s All I Need
• Vacation
• Sloth’s Revenge
• Island Glow
• Sound Boy Killa
• Medusa

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