Live Nation announced today its "No Service Fee Wednesday" offering for June 24 will eliminate the service fee on its popular 4-Pack program, which already offers fans a 4 ticket bundle at an average 17% discount. With the service fee eliminated on 4-Packs this Wednesday, music fans will enjoy a 40% average discount when compared to the regular price of 4 individual tickets.

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The new offer, which is valid for all 4-Packs at Live Nation ticketed amphitheatres, runs for 24 hours beginning on Wednesday, June 24 at 12:01 a.m. local time, only at LiveNation.com.

This WED, June 10, purchase your Poison tour tickets from http://www.livenation.com and pay no service fee!

Music
Formed by a group of aspiring rock musicians from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Poison moved to Los Angeles, California in search of fame. The band's roots, and those of glam metal in general, lay in America's east, and in particular, the sounds and images associated with the New York Dolls, KISS, Boston, Aerosmith, and Cheap Trick. These influences were transplanted to California in the late 1970s, mutated following the release of Van Halen's debut in 1978, and ultimately ignited into a colourful music scene on L.A.'s Sunset Strip in the 1980s. Their later work also has a very blues-influenced style.

Poison's music was characterised by relatively simple (but undeniably catchy) melodies and anthemic guitar riffs, and often the tunes seemed less important than the garish costumes, overblown hair, feminizing make-up, and frenetic stageshow, all delivered via the metal-heavy MTV of the mid to late 1980s. To many, Poison was the epitome of glam metal; for fans, this meant a straightforward celebration of hedonism; for critics, this meant music which was uninspired and unimportant.

Early years
Poison began life in 1984 under the name Paris and consisted of vocalist Bret Michaels, bassist Bobby Dall, guitarist Matt Smith and drummer Rikki Rockett. Moving to Los Angeles in 1985, they started playing the club circuit.

Smith, who was about to father a child and was concerned about the band's future went back to Pennsylvania. The band began auditioning replacement guitarists when Matt Smith left the group. After narrowing down the candidates to three - Slash, who would later join Guns N' Roses, Steve Silva from The Joe Perry Project, and C.C. DeVille, the band eventually agreed that DeVille's "fire" made him the best choice.

The band began to gain notoriety on the Sunset Strip for its theatrical live shows and striking "glam" image. Without money for effects, they would fill the stage with old Harley's and car parts, blow up car fuses and pour confetti onto themselves from boxes in the ceiling. Their live antics were, however, widely rumoured to have been copied from the band Kix [1]. Michaels' on-stage persona, in particular, bore a striking resemblance to that of Kix lead singer Steve Whiteman. Poison had long known of Kix, which had gained a local following in Hagerstown, Maryland, a short distance from Harrisburg, where Poison had their roots.

Michaels, Dall, Rockett and DeVille signed to Enigma Records in 1986 (see 1986 in music). Their debut album, Look What the Cat Dragged In was released on August 2, 1986. It included three hits, "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Want Action", and "I Won't Forget You". Sales for the album topped 2 million copies.

In 1987 the band also recorded a cover of the KISS song "Rock And Roll All Nite" for Less Than Zero's soundtrack.

Popular success
Poison's second album, Open Up And Say...Ahh!, which was released on May 21, 1988 (see 1988 in music) would ultimately go on to sell 8 million copies worldwide. The record included the band's biggest hit, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," along with other top 10 hits, "Nothin' But A Good Time" and the Loggins and Messina cover "Your Mama Don't Dance." By the time the band toured with David Lee Roth (in 1988 on the Skyscraper Tour), it was apparent that they had become a major live act.

Poison's third album, Flesh & Blood, released on June 21, 1990 was also highly successful. The record went multi-platinum, spawning three gold singles: "Unskinny Bop," "Ride the Wind," and the ballad "Something To Believe In." Flesh & Blood reached #2 on the American charts, providing the impetus for a further World Tour.

Poison recorded a number of performances during its 1990/1991 Flesh & Blood tour which were released in November 1991 as their fourth album, Swallow This Live.

Later years
Despite Poison's success, DeVille's cocaine and alcohol addictions had begun to cause strife in the band. Conflict between Michaels and DeVille culminated in a fistfight b