Concert News

Live Nation launches concert week with $25 tickets to shows across U.S.

You could see Janet Jackson for $25.

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Live Nation has brought back Concert Week, in which the entertainment conglomerate offers a flat-rate discount on concert tickets: namely, $25 all-in tickets to more than 3,800 shows across North America in 2023.

The week-long ticket offer includes more than 300 acts across a wide variety of genres, including Hip-Hop, Country, Latin, R&B, Metal, Pop, Rock, K-POP, Electronic, and Comedy.

Concert Week is relevant for venues of all sizes: from clubs and theaters, to amphitheaters and arenas.

Artists range from 5 Seconds of Summer to Beck & Phoenix, Bebe Rexha, Big Time Rush, Don Toliver, Fall Out Boy, Janet Jackson, Kountry Wayne, Larry June, Maroon 5, Marca MP, Shania Twain, and Snoop Dogg. The full lineup of acts is listed below.

Concert Week all-in tickets include all fees upfront in the $25 cost. Taxes will be added at checkout as applicable to each city, state, and venue.

How concert week works: From May 10-16, visit LiveNation.com/ConcertWeek to see the full list of participating events. Once you've selected a show, look for the ticket type labeled “Concert Week Promotion,” add the ticket to your cart, and proceed to checkout.

How to find participating shows: Filter your search on LiveNation.com/ConcertWeek by participating events, venues, or artists. Set the location to the closest city and the site will refresh to only include participating shows nearby.

How to buy tickets: Tickets will be available starting with Verizon and Rakuten presales beginning Tuesday, May 9. The general onsale for Concert Week will begin on Wednesday, May 10 at 9 am through Thursday, May 16 at 11 pm, or while supplies last.

Verizon Presale: Verizon will offer customers an exclusive presale for select shows beginning on Tuesday, May 9 at 9 am-11 pm. Verizon customers can unlock access by linking their Ticketmaster and Verizon accounts (linking can be completed anytime in advance, or during the presale window). For more details visit Verizon Up.

Rakuten Presale: Rakuten members can purchase presale tickets starting Tuesday, May 9 at 9 am through 11 pm, while supplies last.

Participating shows include:

$NOT, 3 Doors Down, 5 Seconds of Summer, Alejandro Fernández, The All-American Rejects and New Found Glory, The Get Up Kids & More, Angela Aguilar, Anita Baker, Arcangel, Avatar, Avenged Sevenfold, BABYMETAL & DETHKLOK, Bacilos, Bad Friends with Andrew Santino & Bobby Lee, Barenaked Ladies, Beartooth & Trivium, Bebe Rexha, Beck & Phoenix, Becky Robinson, Ben Schwartz, Big Time Rush, Bill Maher, Boy George & Culture Club with Howard Jones and Berlin, Breaking Benjamin, Bret Michaels Parti-Gras, Brooks & Dunn, Bryan Adams, Charlie Puth, Chelsea Handler, The Chicks, Colin Jost, Counting Crows, Darius Rucker, David Spade, Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe, Dermot Kennedy, Dierks Bentley, Disturbed, The Doobie Brothers, Don Toliver, Dream Theater, Edén Muñoz, Eladio Carrion, Electric Callboy, Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Fall Out Boy, Foreigner, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls and The Interrupters, Fuerza Regida, Garbage & Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Ghost, Godsmack and Staind, Goo Goo Dolls, Gov't Mule's Dark Side of the Mule, Hank Williams Jr., Hayley Kiyoko, Hunter Hayes, Incubus, The Interrupters, It’s Time Feat: Naomi Raine, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Natalie Grant, Taya, Tamela Mann, Katie Torwalt, Janet Jackson, Jason Aldean, Jason Leong, Jelly Roll, Jesse & Joy, Jimmy Carr, Jimmy Eat World & Manchester Orchestra, Jon Pardi, Keith Urban, Kevin Hart, KIDZ BOP Kids, Kountry Wayne, Larry June, Leon Larregui, Lewis Black, Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire, LL Cool J, Logic, Louis Tomlinson, Lovett or Leave It, Luke Bryan, Lynyrd Skynyrd & ZZ Top, Macklemore, Maisie Peters, Måneskin, Man With A Mission, Marca MP, Marco Antonio Solís, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Maroon 5, Matchbox Twenty, Miranda Lambert, Mudvayne, Nickelback, NMIXX, The Offspring, The Original Misfits, Outlaw Music Festival feat. Willie Nelson & Family, Pantera, Parker McCollum, Pentatonix, Pepe Aguilar, Pepe Aguilar Presenta Jaripeo Sin Fronteras, P!NK, Quinn XCII, Ray LaMontagne, Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart, RuPaul's Drag Race, Sad Summer Fest: Taking Back Sunday, The Maine, PVRIS, Sam Hunt, Sam Morril, Santana, Seal, Seven Lions, Shania Twain, Shinedown, Slightly Stoopid, The Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Too $hort & More, Stassi Schroeder, Stavros Halkias, Subtronics, Summer Block Party Presents Jodeci, TARJA, TLC & Shaggy with En Vogue and Sean Kingston, Tony Baker & KevOnStage, Trey Kennedy, VALLEY, Villano Antillano, Volbeat, W.A.S.P., Walker Hayes, The Warning, Waterparks, Weezer, Whiskey Myers, Wizkid, Wu-Tang Clan & Nas, Yellowcard, Young the Giant with Milky Chance, Yungblud, Zac Brown Band, and more.

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Movie Review

The life of an actor is far from rosy in dramedy Misty Green

Photo courtesy of A24

Rosalind Eleazar in Misty Green.

For every well-known/successful actor in Hollywood, there are thousands of others whose lives are more tenuous as they struggle to find work. The new film Misty Green is about one such actor who, after a period in the limelight, now finds herself on the outskirts of the industry, just hoping to find her way back in.

Misty (Rosalind Eleazar) won an Emmy for a 2000s-era TV show that still gets her recognition, but not much work. Still living in the apartment of a recently-deceased man with whom she was having an affair, Misty spends her days sleeping in and her nights getting blitzed on alcohol and drugs. She seems to be heading nowhere fast until a few things coincide to break up her routine.

The man’s wife (Amy Landecker) shows up and tells her she has seven days to vacate the apartment; Misty’s brother, Jay (Daniel Kaluuya) — who is bipolar — arrives after being kicked out of his facility for non-payment; and Jordan (Chris Rock), a former colleague with whom she had a falling-out, reappears in her life, offering a possible chance to rehabilitate her image.

Written and directed by Rock (his first feature since 2014’s Top Five), the film is a funny and excruciating look at how the entertainment industry might actually work. Misty is her own worst enemy thanks to late nights fraternizing with unsavory characters like Zach (Adam Driver), who deals in drugs and women in equal measure, but her frustration proves warranted when her agent, Randy (Topher Grace), and casting directors like Rhonda (Tracie Thoms) hardly give her the time of day.

Misty tries her best to stay positive, but when jobs like singing in a bar are the best she can do, the mountain seems insurmountable. Rock does an effective job of demonstrating the elements that are within and without Misty’s control that affect her ability to regain her position in the industry. The chip on her shoulder is almost as big as the bias some have against her, and other negative circumstances don’t help matters much.

There are many small touches that Rock and his crew put in the film to give it an air of authenticity. Filming in Los Angeles (a rarity these days), Rock uses both subtle and overt shots of homeless people in the city, suggesting that the line between the haves and have-nots is a fine one, especially with Misty on the verge of not having a place to live. He also has cameos from a few of his funny friends, including a bit of meta-casting of Anthony Anderson (who has faded a bit after starring in Black-ish) in a bit part as a cop.

Eleazar, a British actor best known for appearing on the Apple TV show Slow Horses, is a magnetic presence as Misty. The character herself is somewhat cringey in her decision-making, and Eleazar sells every bit of her righteous indignation and self-defeating actions. The supporting cast is great across the board, including Rock, Driver, Kaluuya, Thoms, Grace, Anna Kendrick, and Rich Sommer.

Misty Green makes you rage against the Hollywood machine, laugh at the various ways different people deal with its maddening quirks, and hide behind your fingers as Misty chooses options that don’t help, either voluntarily or because her back is against the wall. It’s a powerhouse of acting that gives a unique angle on the inner workings of Hollywood, one that ironically might be competing for awards at year’s end.

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Misty Green is now playing in theaters.

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