JamBase — Virgin Mobile FreeFest! Virgin Fest 2008 by Jurick The 2009 Virgin Mobile Music Festival will now be a FREE event. Dubbed the Virgin Mobile "FreeFest", the all day free event will be held on August 30 at the beautiful, 40 wooded acres of Merriwe... more info

411 Mania — Big festival saved at the eleventh hour and now it's free... more info

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

Chorus.fm — You can watch a video of *Blink-182* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/blink182) performing "Feeling This" on Fuel TV in the replies. Submitted by SpacePunk more info

Topix — Having abandoned the idea of completing a full new album as "too ambitious" before its upcoming tour, blink-182 will instead have one new song ready before it hits the road on July 23 in Las Vegas. more info

411 Mania — Plus, will they give a flaming "F*ck"? more info