National Concert Week is here with $20 tickets for many big LI shows

National Concert Week is back — and so are the $20 tickets.

Live Nation’s annual celebration of summer concert-going includes reduced prices on tickets to more than 2,800 events across the country, including some shows at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum, NYCB Theatre at Westbury, and Long Island Community Hospital Amphitheater at Bald Hill.

For TLC’s T-Boz, concerts will always be special, whether they are her own or someone else’s, so she was happy to be part of National Concert Week (the group performs Aug. 1 at Jones Beach). She said her daughter told her to ask TLC fans why they see the group so often in concert because neither one of them understood it.

“They said that, for them, it had sentimental value,” said T-Boz, who will once again tour with Chilli in TLC all summer. “For some of them, it saved their lives from suicide. Some of them, if they were going through obesity when I wrote ‘Unpretty,’ it saved them from going through self-esteem issues. So they have an emotional connection with us and a lot of them grew up with us, through different trials and tribulations in their lives. … Music has that effect on people anyway. It gives you a memory.”

T-Boz said she is looking forward to TLC’s tour with Nelly and Flo Rida this summer, which includes the stop at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Aug. 1.

“We didn't realize how many fans we had in common,” T-Boz said of Nelly, who TLC toured with alongside New Kids on the Block. “And when you go out with someone and you forget how many hits they have and you sit there and go, ‘Oh my god, I forgot that Nelly did that song!’ We thought it would be ideal to do it again. We thought it would be fun to headline a tour together. ... So here we are and here we come.”

In addition to the summer tour, T-Boz is planning her “T-Boz Unplugged” fundraiser on June 6, where she will pay tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle. While she has been active in philanthropic causes for years, she learned that using a concert to raise funds worked best. “When you learn and you're educated and you feel good and you're dancing and partying,” T-Boz said, “while you're also saving a life at the same time, you can't get better than that.”

There’s a full, searchable list of artists participating in the promotion, which runs through May 7 or while tickets last, at ncw.livenation.com.

The Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater shows included are: BLI Summer Jam (June 14), KTUphoria (June 15), Toby Keith (July 6), Third Eye Blind & Jimmy Eat World (July 11), Wiz Khalifa (July 16), Kidz Bop (July 21), 311 & Dirty Heads (July 26), Nelly, TLC & Flo Rida (Aug. 1), Dierks Bentley (Aug. 2), Train & Goo Goo Dolls (Aug. 3), Bryan Adams & Billy Idol (Aug. 4), Korn & Alice in Chains (Aug. 6), Smashing Pumpkins & Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (Aug. 9), Jon Bellion (Aug. 10), Slipknot (Aug. 28), Bush & Live (Aug. 29), Brad Paisley (Aug. 30), Breaking Benjamin (Aug. 31), The Who (Sept. 15).

NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum shows include: Luis Miguel (June 12).

NYCB Theatre at Westbury shows included are: Fab Four (May 3), Brian Regan (May 11), ABBA: The Concert (May 16), Keith Sweat (May 18), 70's Soul Jam (June 1), David Bowie — Live on Mars (June 2), Happy Together (June 15), Chicago (June 17-18), Buddy Guy & Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (June 19), Neil Sedaka (June 23), Dionne Warwick with Darlene Love (June 27), Michael McDonald + Chaka Khan (June 28), Billy Gardell (July 12), Tyler Henry (July 17), Vic Dibitetto (July 27), Bill Medley (Aug. 13), Janis Ian and Livingston Taylor (Aug. 15), Elvis Tribute Spectacular (Aug. 16), Doo Wop Extravaganza (Sept. 8).

Long Island Community Hospital Amphitheater at Bald Hill shows included are: Yes (June 14), The Fest (July 3), moe & Blues Traveler (July 11), Freestyle Feast (July 13), Brett Eldredge (July 27), Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band (Aug. 17), Saturday Night Summer Fever festival (Aug. 24).