Live Nation waives service fee Wednesday

Live Nation has announced another No Service Fee Wednesday deal, this time dropping online service fees for some concerts at White River Amphitheatre and the Gorge for all four-pack and six-pack groups of tickets sold on July 1, 2009. Shows included: Aerosmith, Crue Fest 2, Def Leppard & Poison, Pain in the Grass featuring Slipknot, New Kids on the Block, Mayhem Festival featuring Marilyn Manson and Slayer, Rod Stewart and the Blazed & Confused Tour with Slightly Stoopid and Snoop Dogg.

Concert promoter Live Nation continues its Wednesday ticket deals this week, dropping the service fees for online ticket sales purchased on July 1 in groups of four or six.

Those four-pack and six-pack groupings are also heavily discounted — an average of 40 percent over buying four tickets individually, and an average discount of 54 percent over the purchase of six individual tickets. Service fees typically add $9 to $12 per ticket.

Live Nation's local venues are White River Amphitheatre in Auburn and the Gorge Amphitheatre in Eastern Washington. The July 1 no-service-fee deal applies to the following shows:

• New Kids on the Block (White River, July 7)

• The Mayhem Festival featuring Marilyn Manson and Slayer (White River, July 14)

• Blazed and Confused tour with Snoop Dogg and Slightly Stoopid (Gorge, July 18)

• Crüe Fest 2 (White River, July 27)

• Rod Stewart (White River, Aug. 7)

• Aerosmith with ZZ Top (White River, Aug. 17)

• Pain in the Grass featuring Slipknot, Mudvayne and Chevelle (White River, Aug. 22)

• Def Leppard with Poison (White River, Sept. 12)

The offer — the latest in a string of so-called "No Service Fee Wednesday" deals — lasts for 24 hours starting at 12:01 a.m. July 1, only for tickets sold at www.livenation.com.

Raina Wagner, Seattle Times NW Ticket editor