N.E.R.D., Earthtone scheduled to rock Homecoming concert
N.E.R.D. will perform at VCU’s Homecoming concert Friday night at the Siegel Center with local band Earthtone opening.
More than 9,000 students voted in a VCU portal survey conducted in September by the Homecoming Committee. The survey asked students to pick from 10 bands they would like to see perform at homecoming.
N.E.R.D. will perform at VCU’s Homecoming concert Friday night at the Siegel Center with local band Earthtone opening.
More than 9,000 students voted in a VCU portal survey conducted in September by the Homecoming Committee. The survey asked students to pick from 10 bands they would like to see perform at homecoming. N.E.R.D. was the winner. T-Pain ranked in second place and M.I.A. in third, Homecoming Marketing Chair Jalyce Mangum stated in an e-mail.
According to interim program coordinator Krista Carson, students kept pushing for N.E.R.D. to perform after they had been a contender for last year’s homecoming concert.
“They have a very diverse crowd,” Carson said. Carson said tickets are selling very well so far.
“We are hoping to pack it out with at least 3,000 (people) and we’re getting close to that,” Carson said. According to Mangum, Earthtone was chosen to be the opening band by the Homecoming Committee.
“They are one of the most popular student bands at VCU,” Mangum stated. “We wanted for them to have the opportunity to play for their peers in a large arena.”
Earthtone member Brad “Oblivion” Caudle said he has been a fan of N.E.R.D. since the latter’s 2002 release “In Search Of.”
“It was definitely an honor to be recognized as talented enough to even open for them,” Caudle said.
Jonathan “Jon Q” Quigley, a mass communications major and Earthtone member, said N.E.R.D. fans would enjoy what Earthtone has to offer.
“If N.E.R.D. was to go all-acoustic it would be a similar representation to what Earthtone is doing,” Quigley said.
Brad Doggett, a sociology major and Earthtone member, said the band is looking forward to a fun show.
“We have never experienced anything like this in Richmond,” Doggett said. “We’re very pumped and hoping everybody comes
out.”
VCU Homecoming Concert 2009 begins Friday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $11 in advance for VCU students with a valid VCU ID, $21 for the public and $21 for everyone the day of the show. Tickets are available at the Siegel Center Box Office, Break Point, all Ticketmaster locations and by phone at 828-7267.
