Upon signing a contract with the punk band New Found Glory, theTufts Concert Board locked down a main act for its annual Fall RockShow.
The show will take place the night of Wednesday, Oct. 27 in theDewick-MacPhie Dining Hall.
"New Found Glory has [come to] colleges before, but thisparticular concert is a return to college shows after about aone-year hiatus," Concert Board Co-Chair Adam Drobnis said. "Theyhave never played Tufts before and we were lucky enough to getthem."
Concert Board deliberated over several bands throughout thesummer and fall until they were wooed by New Found Glory's punkaesthetic.
"Due to the overwhelming success of Less than Jake at SpringFling last year, and the fact that we haven't had a punk band forthe Rock show recently, we decided to pursue a punk act," Drobnissaid.
"This is an amazing opportunity to provide a large venue,large-scale band in a very small, intimate setting," he said.
Tickets for the Rock Show will go on sale for $10 Wednesdaymorning at the ticket booth in the Campus Center. Tickets will beonly available to Tufts undergraduates, and officials will onlyissue one ticket per student ID.
Four hundred tickets are available for the concert, 50 of whichare now in Tufts radio WMFO's possession. The radio station willgive away tickets to students through radio shows.
Funding for the Rock Show comes from the Concert Board's budget,which in turn derives from the Student Activities Fee.
The Concert Board's budget is set before the school year startsand the Board did not ask the Tufts Community Union (TCU)Allocations Board for additional buffer funding, according to TCUSenate Historian Andrew Caplan.
Students have mixed opinions on Concert Board's decision tobring New Found Glory to Tufts.
"Hell, I'm excited," said sophomore Sam Cohen, who plans onattending the concert. "They're from my hometown [Coral Springs,FL]," Cohen said. "They used to be nobody but now they'rehuge."
Not all students are equally pleased.
"[I'm] not a fan," sophomore Jeremy Jo said. "I probably won'tgo see them. I have heard them before on the radio, but I neverwillingly listened to them or bought any of their CDs."
According to Drobnis, New Found Glory is available to play atTufts because the band will be in the area for another performance.The band plans to play Thursday, Oct. 28 with Green Day at theWorcester Centrum.
"We heard about the outside chance of getting New Found Gloryand proposed it to Concert Board," Drobnis said. "Like all concertsthey were picked through a vote in a Concert Board meeting."
Last year's Fall Rock Show brought Ozomatli, an Afro-Latin bandfrom Los Angeles, to Dewick.
