Weekend Ticketing: Ozzfest, New Cars & Blondie, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Bob Dylan
Tickets for the 11th edition of the hard-rock festival Ozzfest are set to go on sale over the coming days in many markets.
This year's bill includes tour namesake Ozzy Osbourne (but only on 10 of the tour's dates), System of a Down, Disturbed, Hatebreed, Lacuna Coil and a "major main stage band to be announced on May 23," according to a press release.
On-sales begin Friday (3/17) for the tour's stops in Hartford, CT; and Raleigh, NC. Tickets hit the market Saturday (3/18) for shows in Marysville, CA; Phoenix; Clarkston, MI; Columbus, OH; Noblesville, IN; Scranton, PA, New York, NY; Mansfield, MA; Camden, NJ; Virginia Beach, VA; and Bristow, VA. Ticket on-sales begin Sunday (3/19) for Mountain View, CA; and East Troy, WI.
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The Cars' original guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboardist Greg Hawkes have re-emerged with vocalist Todd Rundgren for a round of spring dates as The New Cars . They'll hit the road in May with fellow new-wavers Blondie.
Tickets for nearly all of the tour's 28 stops are scheduled to go on sale Saturday (3/18). [Click to search for The New Cars tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]
Tickets continue to roll out for the "Soul2Soul" co-headlining tour, featuring husband-and-wife team Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
On-sales begin Saturday (3/18) for the tour's stops in Grand Rapids, MI; Raleigh, NC; Washington, DC; and Milwaukee; WI.
Tickets are already on sale for many other shows. [Click to search for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]
Country mainstay Martina McBride is touring extensively this year, and tickets for her planed Sept. 16 gig in Phoenix hit the market Friday (3/17).
Tickets for many additional McBride dates are already on sale. [Click to search for Martina McBride tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]
Bob Dylan spends much of the spring on the road with Merle Haggard and The Strangers. Tickets go on sale Saturday (3/18) for the tour's upcoming stops in St. Louis; Memphis, TN; Jackson, MS; and Birmingham, AL.
Ticket on-sale information for many other artists--including Rob Thomas, Styx, Tony Bennett, Rob Zombie, Train, Gov't Mule and Melissa Etheridge--is available at liveDaily's Ticket Report.
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