7/25/2008

Live Nation's "Summer Concert Stimulus Package": Shows for Just $10 a Pop

Wow, business must be really bad when gougers like Live Nation are offering select shows with name acts for $10 each. The again, when you look at those sad lineups $10 is more than enough. (Surcharges apply, of course.)

Here's what they're offering in the NYC area (check your local area listings or the Live Nation website:

Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach
July 30 - Poison with Dokken, Sebastian Bach
Aug 1 - Maroon 5/Counting Crows with Sara Bareilles
Aug 6 - Stone Temple Pilots with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Aug 10 - Judas Priest/Heaven and Hell with Motorhead, Testament
Aug 12 - Boston/REO Speedwagon
Aug 22 - Regeneration 80's Festival: Belinda Carlisle, Human League, Flock of Seagulls, ABC

PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug 2 - Opie & Anthony's Traveling Virus: Rich Vos, Jim Norton, Patrice O'Neal, Bob Kelly, Otto George, Mike Birbiglia, Nick DiPaolo, Greg Giraldo
Aug 7 - Maroon 5/Counting Crows with Sara Bareilles
Aug 9 - Judas Priest/Heaven and Hell with Motorhead, Testament
Aug 10 - Boston/Styx
Aug 12 - Ten Dollar Day with Dokken, Sebastian Bach
Aug 22 - Toby Keith with Montgomery Gentry, Carter's Chord, Mica Roberts, Trailer Choir

Nassau Coliseum
Aug 6 - Mayhem Festival: Slipknot, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Mastodon, Underoath, Machine Head, Walls of Jericho, Black Tide, Suicide Silence, The Red Chord, Five Finger Death Punch, 36 Crazyfists, Airbourne