MOBILE — The Reese’s Senior Bowl, along with supporting sponsor Airbus, announced that GRAMMY and Academy Award-nominated rock band Counting Crows will perform at Mardi Gras Park in downtown Mobile upon the conclusion of the evening’s carnival parades at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2024.

Previous Senior Bowl concerts have taken place on Friday night of game week; however, this year’s free event has been moved to Saturday to accommodate the Senior Bowl 75th Anniversary Legends Gala, which will be held on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Battle House Hotel.

“We’re fired up to be getting Counting Crows to play our Senior Bowl concert,” Reese’s Senior Bowl Executive Director Jim Nagy said. “They have an incredible playlist of songs and put on an incredible live performance. Senior Bowl 75th Anniversary game, Mardi Gras parades, and the Counting Crows — February 3rd is going to be a great day for the City of Mobile!”

For more than two decades, Counting Crows — made up of frontman Adam Duritz, Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, David Immergluck, Millard Powers, and Dan Vickrey — 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, and is revered as one of the world’s most preeminent live touring rock bands.

“Airbus is proud to be a community partner of the Senior Bowl,” said Daryl Taylor, the Senior VP of Commercial Aircraft Operation for Airbus in the U.S. “The Senior Bowl is one of the many reasons Mobile, Alabama is a wonderful place to raise a family and pursue a career in aerospace here along the Gulf Coast. I know our team and their families will enjoy all of this year’s Senior Bowl festivities, and Airbus congratulates all the student-athletes who have earned an invitation to showcase their talent in Mobile as they pursue a professional career in the NFL.”

In 1996, the band's double-platinum sophomore studio album, “Recovering the Satellites,” debuted at No. 1 and further solidified their growing reputation as one of the leading American alternative rock bands in the world. A follow-up to their early success, Counting Crows went on to release “This Desert Life,” in 1999, “Hard Candy,” in 2002, “Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings,” in 2008, “Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)” in 2012, “Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow,” in 2013, “Somewhere Under Wonderland,” in 2014 and “Butter Miracle: Suite One,” in 2021. 

In 2004, Counting Crows recorded the chart-topping “Accidentally in Love,” for the animated motion picture “Shrek 2.” The instant success of 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 2021, Counting Crows ranked No. 8 on Billboard’s Greatest of All-Time: Adult Alternative Artists 25th-anniversary chart.