LiveNation offers $10 lawn tickets to select shows

If you're finding the recession taking a hit on your concert calendar, LiveNation is here to lend a hand. Bizarre but true!

This Friday, May 15, from 10am to 7pm, LiveNation will offer $10 lawn seats to select concerts at Walnut Creek with no service fees if you purchase tickets at the venue box office. A similar promotion is being held for Charlotte's Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on Saturday, May 16. The $10 price is also available online but will include service fees, likely doubling the cost of the ticket.

Included shows at Walnut Creek:
June 8: No Doubt, Paramore and The Sounds
June 23: Bad Company and the Doobie Brothers
July 5: 311, Ziggy Marley & The Expendables
July 7: Aerosmith and ZZ Top
July 24: Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Black Stone Cherry
August 1: Nickelback, Hinder, Papa Roach and Saving Abel
August 7: Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick
August 23: Crue Fest 2

[UPDATE: We received a question about the box office fees so we thought we'd share with you an image of what the promotion specifically said.]

Schoolkids to have day after 4th of July sale

Here's a little plug for Schoolkids Records on Hillborough St. in Raleigh. The store will have a day long sale on July 5th where all used CDs will be $2 off and all new CDs and vinyl will be $1 off. The sale excludes any items that are already on sale.

So head down to Hillsborough St. on Saturday and beef up your record collection, support an independent record store and save a few bucks.