Live Nation’s Latest $10 Ticketing Day: Long Island Metalheads, Where Have You Gone?

Continuing its fun practice of temporarily discounting concert tickets in the hopes of getting butts into its venues’ seats, Live Nation has sent out an e-mail to New York-area mailing list subscribers touting its “Summer Concert Stimulus Package,” which cuts the ticket prices for select shows to $10 for one day only and which I would have called the “Business Sucks Sale,” because, c’mon, that’s a lot funnier and more honest. (And here’s the obligatory note that the “convenience” charges added to the tickets after the fact nearly double the listed price, but that little piece of info isn’t any fun to pass along, now, is it?) Among the shows are the Slipknot-headlined Mayhem Festival, which also includes Mastodon and Underoath on its bill; Judas Priest shows at both Jones Beach and the PNC Bank Arts Center; some sort of Opie and Anthony-sponsored “comedy” show; and bills that include both Poison and Sebastian Bach. The full list of shows after the jump.

Nikon 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

I wonder, if WLIR was still around, would the Regeneration Festival need the help? I guess we’ll never know.

[Thanks to ML]