Summer Tours Rock On Despite Economy

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Happy Memorial Day everyone, hope you're all having a good day!

Sales for concerts is booming despite the recession according to mysanantonio.com.

As with movies, tickets for tours are going strong, and concert promotion business are using what they call value ticketing. That means, that multi ticket sales are split into two groups, "four pack" or "family pack."

Editor-in-chief at Pollstar, Gary Bongiovanni says that spending some hard earned cash at shows isn't as bad as it may seem, "things are holding steady. That's a good thing. With the economic worries, splurging on concert tickets doesn't seem so bad."

Above all the other venues in the nation, the AT&T Center is the best place to indulge in some live music. Mostly because it has replaced the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. John Sparks from the Center offers his two cents, "it's been good across a wide spectrum of shows. You have to have a wide variety because people don't want to go to the same old thing all the time. They need that time out on the town."

Earlier in the month, country singer Kenny Chesney has attracted over 12,000 fans. Metallica is entirely sold out, and Disney boy band, the Jonas Brothers will soon follow suit. These two upcoming shows will attract at the very least, 16,000 music lovers.

Creed, Coldplay and Green Day are expected to have significant numbers as well. Who else will perform at the AT&T Center? The Vans Warped Tour will appear mid-summer, Tool is coming in July, and George Lopez will film a live comedy stint for HBO August 7th.

That's not all! A young female pop star is returning to the San Antonio AT&T Center this coming fall, and will attract 17,000 followers. Jamie Foxx is also said to perform!

For those of you who love ethnic music, Splashtown is launching their Grammy-studded Tejano music series in the summer. You can expect to see acts like Ram Herrera, Chente Barrera and Ruben Ramos all on the same night. The show is free with park admission which totals up to $15.99 for individuals that bring a Big Red soda bottle!

Concert promoter, Glenn Smith adds that package shows and festivals will offer the biggest bang for your buck, "what is in right now, and I'm seeing it across the country, 'value' is in."

Speaking of summer tours, in another article from ca.sys-con.com, Blink 182 have the top ticket of the week from TicketLiquidators.com. They are the the top provider for hard to find, low priced tickets.

It was announced today that it offers admission entry to the North American tour for the SoCal punk rockers. The article also states that the guys may also perform new songs from their upcoming sixth album expected to drop in 2010, let's not forget their fan favorite hits like, "Dammit".

Blink will hit the road on a 47 date tour with supporting acts such as: Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Chester French and Taking Back Sunday on select dates. 

Managing Editor for TicketLiquidator, Alexandra Owens says this is going to be the tour of the year, "Blink 182 fans are ecstatic in anticipation of the reunion of this popular group after a few rocky episodes involving the bands members. We encourage the band's followers to comparison shop online and discover that TicketLiquidator.com offers low-priced Blink 182 tickets to the tour starting at thirty-three dollars a piece as well as affordable tickets to the other popular concert tour sin 2009."

According to comScore, TicketLiquidator is the second most used ticketing website. Not only do they sell passes for concerts, they also do theatrical and sporting events. Adding on to this, their inventory includes over 4 million tickets for more than 83,000 events. 

That's right everyone! We're not going to let a little recession get in our way of experiencing awesome live shows, see on the road. Be there or be square!

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