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Win Four Box Seats at the Hollywood Bowl, plus Food, and Free Parking

Concerts at the Hollywood Bowl have a way of becoming historic, if you ask us. Maybe it's the rich history, or the casual class of the whole place, or the handpicked and careful bookings that have pretty much only given us the best of the best of musical performers.
One of the nicest charms of the Bowl is the freedom to bring your own picnic basket or small cooler, which makes up for the lack of parking.
Which is why this contest is pretty much the awesomest thing ever: Enter to win four box seats to one of the upcoming shows listed after the jump, plus free parking, plus four free picnic baskets from Gelson's. And let's just say that one of the shows you can choose to possibly win is Massive Attack with TV on the Radio.
Click here to enter to win the Grand Prize of four box seats, parking, and picnic baskets to
Gotan Project, Zero 7 - August 27
Video Games Live - September 21
Totally 80's: Human League, Psychedelic Furs, ABC - September 23
Massive Attack, TV on the Radio - September 24
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