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UA brings Foo Fighters in spring
Brian Washburn
Issue date: 11/26/07 Section: News
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The alternative-rock band Foo Fighters is coming to the UA Monday, Jan. 28.
The time for the concert has not yet been determined but will probably be around 7 p.m., said senior Grant Spencer, public relations chair for the UA headlining concert committee.
"At the beginning of the year, the committee looked at what bands at a headlining level that tour have albums coming out soon and will have a national tour," Spencer said. "From there, we just looked at who we could get and who we would have a chance to give an offer and be accepted.
"We all agreed that the Foo Fighters were the best bet and that a lot of students would love it, Spencer said. "They have a good fan base on campus and we had a good feeling they would accept our offer."
About 5,000 tickets for the show will be made exclusively available to UA students and will be free because of the headliner student fee, Spencer said. The remaining number of seats, about 3,000, will be open to the public and will go on sale Nov. 30. These tickets will be about $30 and can be purchased through the Ticketmaster Web site, Spencer said.
"On Nov. 29, starting at 6:30 a.m., [the UA] will start handing out student tickets at the Union on the fourth floor," Spencer said. "Students need to present a valid student ID to get a ticket, but a student can present up to two IDs to get a maximum of two student tickets if you need to get one for a buddy or a date.
"There will be two options for student tickets. They can either choose to have assigned seating or they can choose general admission, which is standing-room only floor space," he said.
"[The headlining concert committee] wants to take measures to ensure that plenty of students can take advantage of the free student tickets," Spencer said. "That's student money going in to purchasing those tickets and it's not fair if a bunch of non students use them.
"We are also in talks about having ID scanners, kind of like at the football games, to make sure they are students, but we are not sure yet," he said. "We just want to deter people from getting a free student [ticket] and then scalping them to the public."
The time for the concert has not yet been determined but will probably be around 7 p.m., said senior Grant Spencer, public relations chair for the UA headlining concert committee.
"At the beginning of the year, the committee looked at what bands at a headlining level that tour have albums coming out soon and will have a national tour," Spencer said. "From there, we just looked at who we could get and who we would have a chance to give an offer and be accepted.
"We all agreed that the Foo Fighters were the best bet and that a lot of students would love it, Spencer said. "They have a good fan base on campus and we had a good feeling they would accept our offer."
About 5,000 tickets for the show will be made exclusively available to UA students and will be free because of the headliner student fee, Spencer said. The remaining number of seats, about 3,000, will be open to the public and will go on sale Nov. 30. These tickets will be about $30 and can be purchased through the Ticketmaster Web site, Spencer said.
"On Nov. 29, starting at 6:30 a.m., [the UA] will start handing out student tickets at the Union on the fourth floor," Spencer said. "Students need to present a valid student ID to get a ticket, but a student can present up to two IDs to get a maximum of two student tickets if you need to get one for a buddy or a date.
"There will be two options for student tickets. They can either choose to have assigned seating or they can choose general admission, which is standing-room only floor space," he said.
"[The headlining concert committee] wants to take measures to ensure that plenty of students can take advantage of the free student tickets," Spencer said. "That's student money going in to purchasing those tickets and it's not fair if a bunch of non students use them.
"We are also in talks about having ID scanners, kind of like at the football games, to make sure they are students, but we are not sure yet," he said. "We just want to deter people from getting a free student [ticket] and then scalping them to the public."
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