After nearly snaring -- but missing out on -- a Bob Dylan concert for Jerry Uht Park last year, Mandalay Entertainment has landed a date on the Rock n Roll Triple Play Ballpark Tour.
This event features three big-time rock bands -- Counting Crows, Live, and Collective Soul. They'll team up on July 31 at 6:30 p.m. at Jerry Uht Park.
Tickets will be $49.50 each and go on sale June 2 at the Erie SeaWolves' box office, by phone at (800) 456-1304, and online at www.seawolves.com. They will not be available through Ticketmaster.
In a nod to families, an adult ticket holder can bring one child 12 and under into the concert for free.
Capacity for the concert should be more than 7,500, said John Frey, the SeaWolves' general manager. If it's a brilliant summer night, this show could reach that because it's pretty strong lineup.
All three groups were huge at one point; all three have enjoyed plenty of smash hits over the years -- "Mr. Jones," "Hangin' Around," Accidentally in Love," "A Long December" (Counting Crows); "Lightning Crashes," "Selling the Drama," "All Over You," "I Alone" (Live); and
"Shine," "Run," "World I Know," "December" (Collective Soul).
Put 'em all together and that should make for a pretty satisfying rock and roll night.
All three bands have played Erie before: Live was last here in May 2000; Collective Soul (with Train opening up) played the Warner in June 1999; and Counting Crows performed at the Warner in April 2003.
All seats will be general admission for the show, including on the field.
Presales for tickets start on May 29 at CountingCrows.com. The site also gives a full listing of tour dates. Tickets also will be sold June 2 at FriendsofLive.com.
SeaWolves season ticket holders will have an opportunity to purchase tickets before June 2, said Frey.
Frey added that concert will be the first at the Uht since 1999 when Jessica Simpson and 98 Degrees played in Erie.
The Rock n Roll Triple Play Ballpark tour will include 23 of America's minor league parks, beginning July 22 in Wilmington, De., at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium, home of the Blue Rocks.
Adam Duritz of Counting Crows told Billboard magazine on Friday why he's excited about a tour of minor-league parks in smaller cities.

"I grew up in a college town and I've always loved those kinds of places," Duritz told Billboard. "That's why Counting Crows has always done so many tours outside the big cities. I'm definitely a city boy myself. Hell, I live in New York City. But this is a big country and, as much as I love a city, too many bands forget that there's a hell of a lot of America out there that's not New York or Chicago or L.A."