Free Federline tickets fail to entice fans

Concert organisers at the House of Blues in Los Angeles are giving away tickets to Kevin Federline's upcoming show Wednesday night to try and draw a crowd.

Britney Spears' estranged husband has had a lacklustre reception to his debut album Playing with Fire and several live shows have been cancelled due to poor ticket sales.

A source tells Hollywood website Defamer.com: "Friday night at the Frank Black show at House of Blues on Sunset, the staff at the queue outside were trying to give away tickets for Kevin Federline's 22 November concert there.

"Several of them had large stacks of tickets and were pleading (with little success) for incoming concert-goers to take a few tickets."

Federline's rap album sold less than 6,000 copies in its first week of release.