Green Bay Reporter

With football returning to Lambeau Field for the regular season on Sunday, Sept. 15, fans can celebrate the new season with "Kickoff Weekend," presented by SiriusXM, Ticketmaster, and Polaris.

Prior to gameday, the weekend will be highlighted by a free concert featuring American rock band Counting Crows, beginning at 5 p.m. outside Lambeau Field in the stadium's northwest side parking lot on Saturday, Sept. 14.

Parking for concertgoers is free in the Lambeau Field lots and is first-come, first-served. Attendees are welcome to bring blankets and chairs to use during the show, and food and beverages will be available for purchase in the Lambeau Field parking lot and at Titletown.

The Lambeau Field Atrium, including the Packers Pro Shop, Lambeau Field Stadium Tours, the Packers Hall of Fame, and 1919 Kitchen & Tap will be open for regular hours.

The celebration will continue the next day with Sunday afternoon's game against the Indianapolis Colts. The Lambeau Field parking lots will open at 8 a.m., and gates will open at 10 a.m.

Game sponsors include SiriusXM, Ticketmaster, and Polaris. Game attendees will receive a "Kickoff Weekend" flag upon entering the game. Kickoff is set for noon.

For more information about "Kickoff Weekend," please visit packers.com/kickoffweekend.

About Counting Crows:

For more than two decades, the GRAMMY and Academy Award-nominated rock band Counting Crows have enchanted listeners worldwide with their intensely soulful and intricate take on timeless rock & roll. Exploding onto the music scene in 1993 with their multi-platinum breakout album "August and Everything After," the band has gone on to release seven studio albums, selling more than 20 million records worldwide. They are revered as one of the world's most preeminent live touring rock bands.

In October 1996, their double-platinum sophomore studio album "Recovering the Satellites" debuted at number one. This further solidified their growing reputation as one of America's leading alternative rock bands. Following this early success, Counting Crows released "This Desert Life" (1999), "Hard Candy" (2002), "Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings" (2008), "Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)" (2012), "Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow" (2013), and "Somewhere Under Wonderland" (2014).

In 2004, Counting Crows recorded the chart-topping song "Accidentally in Love" for the animated motion picture Shrek 2. The track earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 2005 Academy Awards, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song, and a GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

In September 2014, Counting Crows released their critically acclaimed seventh studio album "Somewhere Under Wonderland," which debuted at No. 10 on the charts. The Daily Telegraph heralded it as "...the best collection of songs since their debut." The album consisted of nine sprawling tracks around rich sonic tapestries that yielded some of Counting Crows' most grandiose yet intimate songs to date.

2018 marked 25 years since the band's inception and sent Adam Duritz, Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, David Immergluck, Millard Powers, and Dan Vickrey back on tour for their "25 YEARS AND COUNTING" tour. In 2021, Counting Crows ranked #8 on Billboard's Greatest of All Time: Adult Alternative Artists' 25th anniversary chart.

After seven years without new music releases from Adam Duritz and Counting Crows came Butter Miracle: Suite One in May 2021 to rave reviews. The band also kicked off their first tour since 2018 with The Butter Miracle Tour from 2021 through 2023 with sell-out performances across North America Europe Australia New Zealand.