MTV.com News — Franz Ferdinand, Taking Back Sunday, Public Enemy, more also join August 30 show in Maryland.By James Montgomery Blink-182 Photo: Jared Milgrim/ FilmMagic Perhaps taking a page from the Osbournes' concet-planning playbook, or perhaps reali... more info

VH1 News — The 2009 Virgin Mobile Fest will be free this year, with Blink-182, Weezer and others taking the stage at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, on August 30. more info

Rolling Stone — This year’s Virgin Mobile Festival has a ticket price recession-minded music fans will love: none at all. Billboard reports the August 30th event at Maryland’s Merriweather Post Pavilion will be free for 35,000 fans. Tickets will first be distrib... more info

Stereogum — Citing "all the bad news about the economy and the layoffs," Virgin Mobile has rebranded its fourth annual American music festival the Virgin Mobile FreeFest, and has reduced its price of admission from a lot of dollars to no dollars at all. An ex... more info

Virgin Mobile Festival organizers announced this year's event is free for the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md.With headliners Weezer and Blink-182 35,000 free tickets will be given away... more info

Pasta Primavera — Tonight in Baltimore the Talking Head has a solid night of entertainment lined up for all with Sri Aurobindo and Strangers Family Band.  If you make your way down to Columbia, Maryland Merriweather Post Pavilion has a night of classic rock featuri... more info

Rolling Stone — Styx made a surprise appearance at the White House Briefing Room in Washington, DC, yesterday after press secretary Robert Gibbs ended his daily briefing, the Huffington Post reports. The band was in town for tonight’s concert at the Merriweather P... more info

Live Daily — The Flaming Lips [ tickets ] have set up a few road dates in August ahead of the expected release this fall of the band's new double album, "Embryonic." The psychedelic rock veterans will hit 10 cities on the two-week trek, kicking off the outing ... more info

Live Daily — Celtic punk rockers Flogging Molly [ tickets ] will mount a two-month US road trip this summer, all in support of last spring's "Float." The first portion of the US outing begins with a July 3 headlining appearance at Rothbury Festival, followed b... more info

Live Daily — John Legend [ tickets ]'s forthcoming summer trek continues to expand, with the soul man adding a heap of new dates to the tour, which backs his latest studio album, "Evolver." The new dates on the outing, which gets underway June 27 in Muskegon, ... more info