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Live Nation Sweetens Lowered Prices By Offering A Free Frank and Soda On Sales This Wednesday

3:30 p.m. · July 6, 2009 · by Mike Burr

The economic downturn has hit live music hard, but Live Nation is prepared to make the decision between going to a concert and eating just a little bit harder. Becuase the company really cares about music fans (and filling its vast venues), it is now prepared to offer a thirty dollar lawn seat, fees, and parking to a host of shows. Also included in the price is (drumroll please) a free hotdog and soda! The promotion will run for twenty-four hours on July 8, and will be good for the concerts of the following artists at all Live Nation venues:

311

Aerosmith

The Allman Brothers Band

Blazed & Confused Tour / Slightly Stoopid - Snoop Dogg

blink-182

Brad Paisley with Dierks Bentley

Coldplay

Creed

Crosby Stills & Nash

Crue Fest 2

Def Leppard with Poison and Cheap Trick

Depeche Mode

The Fray

George Strait with Blake Shelton and Julianne Hough

Incubus

Jason Mraz

Kid Rock & Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Killers

New Kids on the Block

Nickelback

No Doubt

O.A.R.

Rascal Flatts with Darius Rucker

REO Speedwagon & Styx

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival featuring Marilyn Manson & Slayer

Rod Stewart

Toby Keith with Trace Adkins

While it's nice to see that Live Nation is exploring ways to keep itself, and by proxy, live music alive, it may find that fans of bands like Marilyn Manson and Slayer aren't really a "free hotdog" crowd. The company should also scale back calling the combo "dinner," lest it seem like a large, shyster corporation. Oh, wait.

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