Keystone XL Opposition Concert Nearly Sold Out

By Chris Riback

Posted August 22, 2014 at 5:05am

The Associated Press reports that “organizers say nearly all the $50 tickets for a Willie Nelson and Neil Young concert organized by opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline have been sold.”

“The group Bold Nebraska said in a statement Thursday more than 6,500 of the 7,000 tickets for the Sept. 27 concert had been sold since Wednesday.”

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