Rapper hits sold out PAC Friday night
Katie Luers
Issue date: 9/4/08 Section: University News
Fans flocked to the student services desk Aug. 25, selling out the Tech N9ne concert within 36 hours. About 1,100 people purchased tickets for Friday's show.
Tech N9ne will return to Maryville to perform in front of a new crowd at the Performing Arts Center.
The rapper performed at Northwest about six years ago. The Student Activities Council decided to bring him back to campus after a survey showed a high interest among students.
The concert doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the concert will begin at 7:30. The only concert entrance will be the front door to the Performing Arts Center.
Tech N9ne is artist Aaron Yates from the Kansas City area. He remained an underground artist until the late 1990s and has grown consistently since then.
Tech N9ne is willing to accommodate, Sarah Smith, student activities council graduate assistant, said.
"He seems down to earth and easy to get along with," Smith said.
Many students were asking the Campus Activities Office for more information as soon as the concert was announced.
"We put up the poster, right as you're leaving the Union, and people were already coming to the office," Assistant Director of Campus Activities Candice Wolf said, "Asking 'When can I get tickets? When is he coming?'"
The ticket sale opened 8 a.m. Aug. 25 at the Student Services desk. The tickets sold out by 3:20 the following afternoon.
SAC concert committee chair Brandon Matulka said a survey was a large deciding factor for the fall concert.
The survey put out by the SAC asked students their preferred genre of music. Then it asked what artist they prefer within that genre.
"Tech N9ine was the most widely accepted by students for the price range," Matulka said.
SAC tries to rotate between genres. Last fall, the school hosted an alternative band, Hellogoodbye, and last spring a country artist, Dierks Bentley.
"A lot of people thought after the country concert that we were just going to keep bringing country artists back," Wolf said. "We're trying to show people that we're bringing in a diverse group of artists."
A lot of work goes into each concert. This fall, about 20 to 30 students are involved in the preparation. The students have worked on planning the event since July. These students are all part of the SAC organization and helped with all the concert details.
These details include providing food for the band and a place for them to stay.
Aramark is catering barbeque for the band the night of the concert, Wolf said.
Seating for the concert is on a first come, first serve basis.
There is no food or drink permitted in the Performing Arts Center, including no alcohol or tobacco. Security will check people at the door.
"Hopefully the concert will get students excited about being at Northwest," Wolf said.
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Katie Luers
Issue date: 9/4/08 Section: University News
Fans flocked to the student services desk Aug. 25, selling out the Tech N9ne concert within 36 hours. About 1,100 people purchased tickets for Friday's show.
Tech N9ne will return to Maryville to perform in front of a new crowd at the Performing Arts Center.
The rapper performed at Northwest about six years ago. The Student Activities Council decided to bring him back to campus after a survey showed a high interest among students.
The concert doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the concert will begin at 7:30. The only concert entrance will be the front door to the Performing Arts Center.
Tech N9ne is artist Aaron Yates from the Kansas City area. He remained an underground artist until the late 1990s and has grown consistently since then.
Tech N9ne is willing to accommodate, Sarah Smith, student activities council graduate assistant, said.
"He seems down to earth and easy to get along with," Smith said.
Many students were asking the Campus Activities Office for more information as soon as the concert was announced.
"We put up the poster, right as you're leaving the Union, and people were already coming to the office," Assistant Director of Campus Activities Candice Wolf said, "Asking 'When can I get tickets? When is he coming?'"
The ticket sale opened 8 a.m. Aug. 25 at the Student Services desk. The tickets sold out by 3:20 the following afternoon.
SAC concert committee chair Brandon Matulka said a survey was a large deciding factor for the fall concert.
The survey put out by the SAC asked students their preferred genre of music. Then it asked what artist they prefer within that genre.
"Tech N9ine was the most widely accepted by students for the price range," Matulka said.
SAC tries to rotate between genres. Last fall, the school hosted an alternative band, Hellogoodbye, and last spring a country artist, Dierks Bentley.
"A lot of people thought after the country concert that we were just going to keep bringing country artists back," Wolf said. "We're trying to show people that we're bringing in a diverse group of artists."
A lot of work goes into each concert. This fall, about 20 to 30 students are involved in the preparation. The students have worked on planning the event since July. These students are all part of the SAC organization and helped with all the concert details.
These details include providing food for the band and a place for them to stay.
Aramark is catering barbeque for the band the night of the concert, Wolf said.
Seating for the concert is on a first come, first serve basis.
There is no food or drink permitted in the Performing Arts Center, including no alcohol or tobacco. Security will check people at the door.
"Hopefully the concert will get students excited about being at Northwest," Wolf said.
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