Given their laughable booking abilities, these Live Nation ticket promotions are pretty much meaningless nowadays, but still, when I find a new one, I like to post it up. For more information about the Coke 2-for-1 deal, you can head over to livenation.com/coketickets. So far, the only show worth mentioning is Devo at Irving Plaza (Nov 20-21, 2009), but these listings tend to change over time.

Save 10% on your order every time you shop at FreshDirect from now until November 15, just enter the code HELLOAGAIN1 at checkout.*

* As is always the case with these type of promotions, your mileage may vary.

For a limited time, FreshDirect is offering a 1 year DeliveryPass for $59 (which is a pretty good deal actually).

Click here to go to the Unlimited DeliveryPass page.
Add the One-Year Membership to your cart.

Enter the promo code FDDELIVERSYEA at checkout.
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This limited-time special offer expires November 15, 2009.

It’s Wednesday, so that must mean that Live Nation is having a ticket sale. Today’s offering is 2 for 1 tickets for 24 hours. Here are the links to the local clubs and what looks interesting to me:

Hammerstein Ballroom
11/13 Goodie Mob
11/22 Echo and The Bunnymen

Roseland Ballroom
10/09 Psychedelic Furs w/ Islands

Gramercy Theatre
10/22 Lisa Hannigan

Irving Plaza
10/08 Bob Mould

@LiveNation is also running a “scavenger hunt” on Twitter today, here are the details of that contest:

To participate, fans will simply have to know the answers to the questions tweeted throughout the day from Live Nation’s national Twitter account @LiveNation. The answer to each question will help fans answer the following one. To win, fans must be Live Nation Twitter followers, find the answers on LiveNation.com, and email the final answer to livenationcontest@attentionusa.com.

10 Grand Prize winners will each be awarded 2 VIP tickets to 2 shows at their local (< 150 miles) Live Nation Club or Theater, subject to availability. Each winner will get to pick two concerts to see (two tickets to each show) with VIP treatment inclusive of seats, parking, and VIP Club access.

The first question will be from @Roc4Life, Rocawear's online community, with the remainder coming from @LiveNation.

Holiday season is just around the corner, and while it can be a little hit and miss at times, there are usually a few good buys to be had during Dell’s 8 Days of Deals event.

Since I’ve been sort of mentioning the various Live Nation ticket promotions over the past few months, I figured I would mention this latest offering as well. Basically, for $50, you get to see “free unlimited” club shows for the rest of the year at The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza and the Gramercy Theatre (I’m just listing the New York venues here). It’s not clear if you get a crack at shows like Lenny Kravitz at The Fillmore, (which of course would make this thing worth it just for that), but if you look at what’s been listed on Live Nation’s website so far, the selection is pretty disappointing:

Club Passport Shows at The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza
Club Passport Shows at The Gramercy Theatre

PS It stands to reason that they could add the Roseland Ballroom and/or the Hammerstein Ballroom at any time.

Check out the full “Club Passport” press release after the jump.

LOS ANGELES – September 17, 2009 – For a limited time only, concert fans can buy The Live Nation Club Passport for $49.99, All-In and No Fees, and see every show at Live Nation clubs in their city for the rest of the year, subject to availability. If you’re a Live Nation Club Passport holder, and the show’s not sold-out, you’re in! The Live Nation Club Passport is available only at http://www.livenation.com.

Here’s how it works. Beginning today concert fans go to LiveNation.com and purchase a Club Passport. A list of participating shows will be immediately available. Every Monday thereafter, Passport holders log on to LiveNation.com/Passport or follow LiveNation on Facebook or Twitter to see the list of participating club shows in their city and to reserve their ticket. From here, Club Passport holders just bring their Live Nation Club Passport number and photo I.D. to the club’s box office and get right in, no extra charges, no hassles.

“This summer we helped concert fans save more than $14 million on nearly 800,000 tickets to shows in our amphitheaters through our weekly ‘No Service Fee’ offers,” said Michael Rapino, President and Chief Executive Officer of Live Nation. “Since then, I’ve heard from fans and artists alike saying they’d like us to make it just as easy and affordable to discover new artists in our clubs. With The Live Nation Club Passport we’re doing just that, helping fans discover up-and-coming artists, and helping those bands build new audiences.”

The Live Nation Club Passport is valid for participating shows at the following venues:

VENUE CITY
Avalon Los Angeles, CA
Bogart’s Cincinatti, OH
Egyptian Room at the Murat Theatre Indianapolis, IN
The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
The Fillmore Miami Beach Miami Beach, FL
The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza New York, NY
The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, MI
Gramercy Theatre New York, NY
Hollywood Palladium Hollywood, CA
House of Blues Anaheim Anaheim, CA
House of Blues Boston Boston, MA
House of Blues Chicago Chicago, IL
House of Blues Cleveland Cleveland, OH
House of Blues Dallas Dallas, TX
House of Blues Houston Houston, TX
House of Blues Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
House of Blues Sunset Strip West Hollywood, CA
House of Blues Myrtle Beach North Myrtle Beach, SC
House of Blues New Orleans New Orleans, LA
House of Blues Orlando Lake Buena Vista, FL
House of Blues San Diego San Diego, CA
Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA

Participating shows and venues. Based on availability. Parking not included. Cannot be combined with other offers. The Live Nation Club Passport is good for one person only and does not guarantee entry. Visit LiveNation.com for complete program details.

If you’re in the market for a new Nano or possibly a new iPod Touch, you might have noticed that they seem to cost the same about everywhere you look. However, if you’re looking pay less than retail, there are a few outlets where you can save a buck or two. Costco carries iPods at their brick and mortar locations, and as of this weekend, the iPod Nano 8GB was retailing for $139.99, which is $10 less than MSRP. They didn’t have anything else in stock at the time, but if my memory serves me correctly, when it was $399 everywhere else, the 32GB 2nd Generation iPod Touch used to sell at Costco for $369. In terms of other bargain locations, Adorama (on 18th St in Manhattan) typically has the best prices for iPods across the board. Before the new models were announced, Adorama was selling the 32GB 2nd Generation iPod for $359, which was the lowest I’ve seen it offered anywhere, online or offline. I’m not sure what their pricing will be on the new line of iPods, they should be getting them in stock towards the end of this week. The only catch of course, with buying an iPod from Adorama is that you have to be able to get to the store and while Manhattan is a big city, there a still a lot of people who won’t be able to take advantage of the in-store special. Finally, Amazon.com itself is actually a good place to get a discount on an iPod even before you employ the methods I’ll be talking about below. For instance, if you check the site right now, you’ll see that the new Black iPod shuffle is $59.00 (instead of $79.98) and the new 8GB iPod Touch is $189.99, $10 below MSRP.

More on how to get 10% at amazon.com after the jump.

So, what’s this you say about getting an additional 10% off at Amazon? How does one do it you ask? Well, it’s easy, more of less, if you’ve got a little patience and access to at least 2 Amazon.com accounts. First things first, pretty much anyone and everyone can get 4% off any Amazon.com purchase if they buy the item through an affiliate link. To sign up for the amazon affiliates program, go to amazon.com/associates and fill out the application. Once you become an associate (membership is free), you’ll be able to generate URLs for items that look a little like this: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002L6HDQA/YourAssociatesID. Then, anytime someone buys an item using your link, you will earn a 4% commission on the sale. The only catch with the Associates Program is that you cannot purchase an item for yourself with your own referral link. So here’s where the second account comes in: I’m sure most people know someone with an amazon account aside from themselves, a spouse, a parent, a close friend, etc., you get the picture. So as not to violate the terms of the associates program, you need to get them to purchase the item for you, which is fairly simple: you just send them the link with your ID in it and then they buy the item, and presto you get 4% off. Granted, you need to square away the finances of the transaction and make sure that person ships you the item and doesn’t pocket it for themselves, but if it’s someone you trust, it’s unlikely that that will happen.

OK, so I’ve described how to get 4% off, but where does the other 6% come from? Well, the remaining 6% also involves a little bit of planning I guess, but it’s not really so difficult. The other day, when I was purchasing an Amazon.com gift card, I realized that I could earn a commission on that transaction, so I used my Associates ID and bought the gift card through the following link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00067L6TQ/bumpershine-20. That purchase earned me a commission of 6%, and while I didn’t use the GC for myself, the thought occurred to me that I could have used it in combination with one of my own purchases. If you’re a little confused by what I just said, here’s a summary of the “three special steps” you need to get 10% off any qualifying purchase (auctions and zShops item are excluded) at amazon.com:

1. User 1 signs up for Amazon.com Associates program
2. User 2 purchases a gift card using user 1’s referral link (earning 6% cash back for user 1) and sends to user 3.
3. User 3 buys an item using user 1’s referral link and sends it to user 1 (earning 4% cash back for user 1)

Alternatively, (but this method is untested), you could do this:
1. User 1 signs up for Amazon.com Associates program.
2. User 2 purchases a gift card using user 1’s referral link an chooses “print gift card” option. (This will definitely earn 6% commission for user 1.)
3. User 2 buys item for item user 1 using user 1’s referral link and the gift card they have just printed out. (I’m not 100% certain this step will garner an additional 4% commission, though I suspect it will work just fine.)

Pretty simple right? OK, OK, OK, it’s not that simple, especially if you actually have to involve two separate members of your family to do the deal, the far easier method is to have one Machiavellian user with control over multiple accounts run the whole show (not that I am advocating that in any way). Good luck, but most of all, don’t blame me if you screw it up!

Fela!, the story of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti, played to packed houses and rave reviews when it debuted Off Broadway in 2008, and since nobody loves a hit like Broadway, they’re bringing the show back on the boards starting this fall. Previews for Fela! begin on October 19, 2009 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, in advance of a November 23 opening. Brooklyn’s Antibalas afrobeat ensemble will once again supply the music for Fela!, and Sahr Ngaujah will reprise his role as Fela Kuti.

Here’s how to get discount tickets for Fela! On Broadway:

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Check out NY Mag’s “Fall Preview” article on Fela! over here.

Hey, I always post about the Tourneau sample sales, so here you go people:

Famous Brand Name Watches*
(New and Pre-Owned Watches)
*Excludes Rolex and Patek Philippe

Also a selection of:
Fine Jewelry and Writing Instruments (Yay Pens!)

50% – 70% Off Retail Prices

Saturday, Sept. 12th through Thursday, Sept. 17th, 2009
9:00am to 6:30pm Daily

To be held at:
SOIFFER HASKIN
317 West 33rd Street
Must have photo ID to enter the building
Credit Cards Only (No Cash or Check Accepted)

Strollers not allowed. No children under 12 will be admitted.

PS I went to the last one, and while I didn’t buy anything, there were deals to be had.

Receive 10% off your ENTIRE online purchase. Offer Valid 07/26/2009 – 09/02/2009 For a Limited Time Only, receive 10% off purchases at Barnes & Noble.com. From classics to the newest titles in books, DVDs and CDs, you’ll find millions of exciting items. And remember, standard shipping is free on orders over $25. Click here to get the offer. Use any American Express Card when making your purchase.

PS I’m actually not 100% sure you need to use an Amex when purchasing, though the offer is certainly being extended through American Express. You need to use your American Express when purchasing to get the 10% off, also this offer cannot be combined with your B&N Membership Discount (if you have one).

Tickets to this year’s FYF Fest on September 5, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA are only $8 until 5PM PST on August 29, 2009 (Buy Tickets Here).

Seems like a pretty great deal to me, check out the impressive lineup below:

FYF Fest 2009 Lineup
Black Lips . Lightning Bolt . Tim & Eric . Lucero . Converge . Dillinger Escape Plan . Dan Deacon . Fucked Up . The Thermals . Glass Candy . No Age . Torche . Japanther . Times New Viking . Darker My Love . Carbonas . Peanut Butter Wolf . Crystal Antlers . Mika Miko . Wavves . Nobunny . Telepathe . Cold Cave . Har Mar Superstar . The Strange Boys . Dios . Woods . NinjaSonik . Kurt Vile . Eat Skull . Avi Buffalo . Grabass Charlestons + more bands and comedians.

Heaven & Hell with Coheed and Cambria
Aug 25, 2009
WaMu Theater at MSG
New York, NY
Discount: 2 for 1 Tickets
Discount Dates: Saturday, Aug 22 – Sunday, Aug 23 10AM-10PM
Buy Tickets

Heaven and Hell is Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice.

I guess the US Open isn’t immune to the recession either.

US Open Tennis Day Sessions
September 8 – 11, 2009
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Flushing Meadows, NY
2 for 1 Password: BTMBLAST
Buy Tickets

PS I would jump on this deal before it sells out.

2009 Summerstage Ticketed Shows
08/10 The Pretenders, Cat Power at SummerStage – $37.25 4 Pack (Buy Tickets)
08/29 Paul Van Dyk at Rumsey Playfield – $33.75 4 Pack (Buy Tickets)
09/02 Black Crowes at SummerStage – $10 Papa Johns Tickets (Buy Tickets | Password: PAPAJ)
09/03 Counting Crows at Rumsey Playfield – Full Price $59.50 (Buy Tickets)
09/25 Phoenix at Rumsey Playfield – Full Price $32.00 (Buy Tickets)
09/26 Phoenix at Rumsey Playfield – Full Price $32.00 (Buy Tickets)

Like fellow Summerstage performers, The Pretenders, tickets for The Black Crowes September 2 show at Central Park are also now available for 4 for $40 ($10 each) with the use of the Papa Johns password, PAPAJ (Buy Tickets). (They are also running the same 4 for the price of 3 promotion which you can purchase without a password.)

In other Crowes news, the band has announced that they are giving away the second disc of their new album for free via digitial download if you purchase the first disc, Before The Frost:

Anyone who buys that album will get a free download code for a second album, called “…Until the Freeze.”

The freebie will feature nine songs – eight new and original songs, plus a cover of Stephen Stills’ “So Many Times.”

Both albums were recorded live in front of an “intimate audience” of fans over a five night period at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. [Hear This! (NYPost.com)]

I know everyone loves the idea of getting something for nothing, but when you’re paying $14.49 for a single album, it seems that the band has already factored the cost of the additional second “free” album into the single disc purchase price. In fact, I imagine that the Black Crowes will come out ahead of the game by giving away the “bonus disc” via digital download as opposed to producing and manufacturing a second physical CD (of course, I’m just talking out of my ass here).