“First a YouTube act, then a band in real life. The venue is the Legendary Ford Hall, a 500-capacity facility in Hapeville that began as a car dealership and has served as a church. (That’s what Billy Strings is charging at State Farm Arena.) The most famous unknown cover band from Smyrna is charging $100 a seat for two shows on Dec. Twelve years and 83 million YouTube views later, Foxes and Fossils is staging its first ticketed concert as a headliner. More than a year after they stopped performing, Foxes and Fossils started tasting fame and began earning revenue from their internet views and merchandise. Quietly, those videos began to gain an audience. They existed only on YouTube, where Tim posted videos of their old performances. ![]() ![]() ![]() The “Fossils,” including Sammie’s father Tim Purcell, the founder of the band, recognized that without the Foxes, they weren’t going to draw a crowd. The “Foxes” were the young female members of the band, including Adams, Sammie Purcell and Chase Truron.
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