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"Virgin Mobile made a big announcement yesterday about their annual music event, being held this year on August 30th in Columbia, Maryland. It's going to be free. (Well... free-ish, Ticketmaster will still charge for ticket... Virgin Mobile made a big announcement yesterday about their annual music event, being held this year on August 30th in Columbia, Maryland. It's going to be free. (Well... free-ish, Ticketmaster will still charge for ticket delivery if you don't want to pick them up on site.)\n\nAccording to the organizers, the country's depressed economic state led to the decision not to charge for tickets. Instead, five dollar donations will the solicited for The RE*Generation, an organization that helps finance homeless youth agencies across the country.\n\nThe lineup for this year's fest includes: Blink-182, Weezer, Franz Ferdinand, The National, Jet, Girl Talk, The Hold Steady, and Taking Back Sunday.\n\nTickets for the 2009 Virgin Mobile FreeFest (it's new name) will be available on ticketmaster.com at 10 a.m. EST this Saturday, June 27th. Virgin Mobile customers get an early crack at tickets via a pre-sale starting today. According to festival producer Seth Hurwitz, all tickets are free, parking will be free and in-person ticket pickups at the Merriweather Post Pavillion or the 9:30 Club in D.C. will also be free.\n\nFor more, go to virginmobilefestival.com."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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