LiveNation is having a $10 Blowout sale this Thursday for lawn tickets to a pretty substantial amount of the remaining shows at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavillion this summer as well as the Idina Menzel show at Koka Booth. The sale is taking place on Thursday ONLY from 10am-10pm. Discounted tickets have to be purchased from a special Livenation website dedicated to the event here. Concerts included in the promotion are:

IDINA MENZEL
JULY 20 at Booth Amphitheatre

311 & SNOOP DOGG with Fiction Plane
JULY 23 at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion

PROJEKT REVOLUTION FEATURING LINKIN PARK, CHRIS CORNELL, THE BRAVERY, BUSTA RHYMES, & MORE
FRIDAY JULY 25 at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion

MAROON 5 / COUNTING CROWS with Sara Bareilles
JULY 29 at Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion

The New Kids on the Block are together again and coming to North Carolina, playing a show in Charlotte October 30th at the Time Warner Cable Arena. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday July 18th at 10am from livenation.com, Ticketmaster outlets, and by phone at 704-522-6500.

If you made it out to the Ben Folds concert at Koka Booth in May you may remember a group of people (one gentleman in particular) who was insistent on yelling out requests in between songs, requests that were incomprehensible either due to his volume, or perhaps his lack of sobriety  at the event. After one such outbust Ben played a song he created for the man poking fun at his outbursts.

Valerie over at Triangle Music noticed that the song now titled "Baby Rabbits" has been uploaded to Ben's MySpace page. If you were at that show in Cary its worth another listen, and another laugh.

North Carolina based The Avett Brothers signed an agreement with American/Columbia records this week, with whom they will release their next record. The Avett Brothers are leaving behind Ramseur Records who have worked with the Brothers on their previous albums. In a letter to fans they said "It is our sincere hope, in regard to this news,that our ongoing relationship with Ramseur Records is understood. There have been,and will be no hard feelings or abandon-based resentment from either party involved. The Avett and Ramseur camps remain strongly and truthfully connected, both personally and professionally. There has been no change in these matters through this momentous transition."

The Avett Brothers are playing at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre later this month on July 26th.

From Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Walnut Creek on Saturday, to American Aquarium at The Pour House Music Hall on Sunday this weekend brings a lot of great music to the triangle. Here are some of my picks for music to check out this weekend.

FRIDAY:

Brooks Wood Band, Cougar Magnum, Old Avenue
V21 Productions-117 S West St, Raleigh
919-749-3838
8pm
$8

A Rooster for the Masses, Captain of Industry, Sea Cow
The Pour House Music Hall- 224 S Blount St, Raleigh
919-821-1120
10pm
$8

SATURDAY:

Regina Hexaphone
The Cave- 452 ½ W Franklin St, Chapel Hill
919-968-9308
10pm

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Walnut Creek Amphitheatre- 3801 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh
919-834-4000

SUNDAY:

American Aquarium
The Pour House