Live Nation waives service fee Wednesday

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