Live Nation Drops Service Fees on Lawn Tickets Every Wednesday This Summer

To ease those recession blues just a little, Live Nation announced that it will ditch service fees on Wednesdays this summer on lawn tickets with an initiative called "No Service Fee Wednesdays."

Live Nation touts the move as a benevolent one, and went as far to refer to itself as becoming "Free Nation" this summer, given its service-fee slashes.

While there are definite savings to be had, some have found the wording of the company's press release a tad hard to swallow. Idolator, for instance, pointed ou t that "free" doesn't account for the fact that "people will presumably have to pay face value for the tickets they're purchasing on Wednesdays (lol, words!)."

Still, fans should save around $9-$12 on tickets in the $20 to $25 range, according to the Associated Press. The savings begin today, and the 24-hour sales will continue every Wednesday throughout the summer. Artists of the 43 concerts to be affected by the promotion include Phish, Coldplay and Aerosmith.