If you've ever bemoaned ticket fees for big concerts, then be thrilled because at least one of the perpetrators wants to try and make it right.
UPDATE NO. 2: The list is live, and we spent the morning clicking around to see which concerts were included. Feel free to do the same here, and let us know what ticket you got (or what's already run dry) via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Today Live Nation announced a one week sale where tickets to select concerts will cost just $20. The "All-In" ticket includes all service charges and fees. Yes, that means that one $20 bill will get you into more than 2000 summer shows across the country.
TOGETHER AGAIN
Janet Jackson will play Tampa's MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on August 7
The tickets are available for one week only (April 30-May 8), and more than three dozen Bay area concerts — including Erasure, Maroon 5, Hall & Oates, G-Eazy, Smashing Pumpkins and Steely Dan — are on the list (see the full list below).
UPDATE: In an email, Live Nation added that lawn and reserved seat availability will vary by show and that not all Bay area shows listed below will be participating on a local level. "There will be reserved seats for $20 for some shows while supplies last," a Live Nation rep told CL. "Fans will have to wait until the micro site is live at 8 a.m. [to see which shows are participating]."
There will be reserved seats for $20 for some shows while supplies last.
Also included on the specials sheet are comedy shows (Kevin Hart), magicians (David Blaine) and ex-vice presidents (Joe Biden).
Not on list, however, are two MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre concerts by Kendrick Lamar (May 22), Dave Matthews Band (July 25).
More information is available via livenation.com.
Nationally Touring Artists With Live Nation's $20 All-In “National Concert Week” Ticket Offer
(*denotes Tampa Bay area show, although not all shows will be participating in special pricing)
311 / The Offspring
*3 Doors Down / Collective Soul (July 11 at Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg)
5 Seconds of Summer
*Alan Jackson (May 11 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Arcade Fire
Avenged Sevenfold / Prophets of Rage
Backstreet Boys
Beck
Bon Jovi
Brad Paisley
*Breaking Benjamin / Five Finger Death Punch (August 11 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Bush / Stone Temple Pilots / The Cult
*Charlie Puth (August 31 at Amalie Arena, Tampa)
*Chicago / REO Speedwagon (July 21 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Chris Brown (July 6 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa) [yo, stop beating people up, dude]
*Coheed and Cambria / Taking Back Sunday (July 7 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Counting Crows / LIVE (July 31 at Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg)
*David Blaine (June 6 at Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
Dead & Company
*Def Leppard / Journey (August 18 at Amalie Arena, Tampa)
Dierks Bentley
Dwight Yoakam / Lucinda Williams / Steve Earle
Enanitos Verdes / Hombres G
*Erasure (July 7 at Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
Foreigner / Whitesnake / Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening
*Game of Thrones (September 21 at Amalie Arena, Tampa)
*G-Eazy (September 7 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Godsmack / Shinedown
Gov’t Mule / The Avett Brothers
*Hall & Oates / Train (June 22 at Amalie Arena, Tampa)
Halsey
*Imagine Dragons (August 10 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Janet Jackson (August 7 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Jason Aldean
*Jeff Beck / Paul Rodgers / Ann Wilson (August 26 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Joe Biden(June 4 at Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg)
Juanes / Mon Laferte
Keith Urban
*Kesha / Macklemore (August 5 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Kevin Hart (August 4 at Amalie Arena, Tampa)
*Kid Rock (October 12 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
KIDZ BOP LIVE 2018
Kygo
Lady Antebellum / Darius Rucker
*Lindsey Stirling / Evanescence (August 17 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Logic (June 17 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Luis Miguel
*Luke Bryan (June 23 at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa)
*Lynyrd Skynyrd (April 25 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Maroon 5 (June 16 at Amalie Arena, Tampa)
*Miranda Lambert / Little Big Town (August 3 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Ms. Lauryn Hill (July 29 at Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg)
NEEDTOBREATHE / JOHNNYSWIM
*Niall Horan (September 22 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
ODESZA
Ozzy Osbourne
Paramore
*Pentatonix (August 9 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Poison / Cheap Trick
Post Malone
*Rascal Flatts (July 20 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Ray LaMontagne
Rise Against / AFI
Rob Zombie / Marilyn Manson
Rod Stewart / Cyndi Lauper
Shakira
*Shania Twain (June 2 at Amalie Arena, Tampa)
*Steely Dan / The Doobie Brothers (May 14 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Styx / Joan Jett and the Heartbreakers (June 17 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*The Smashing Pumpkins (July 25 at Amalie Arena, Tampa)
*Thirty Seconds To Mars (June 30 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Vans Warped Tour (August 4 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
*Weezer / Pixies (June 23 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa)
Zac Brown Band
