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Lena Seino

Headline:
Gym Class Heroes Comes to Pullman

Summary:
With their unique blend of hip-hop, rock, soul and punk music, Gym Class Heroes will be taking the Washington State University campus by storm.

The award winning Gym Class Heroes will perform October 18th, in the Compton Union Building, also known as the CUB. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert will start at 8 p.m. All tickets are general admission. Tickets for this event will be $25 for W.S.U. students and $35 to the general public. Tickets went on sale Tuesday September 8th and will continue to be available until all 14 hundred tickets are sold out.

Annie Brooks, concerts programmer for the Student Entertainment Board, is a fan of Gym Class Heroes and expects the concert to be sold out therefore suggests students to getting tickets early.

Brooks said she got the idea for booking Gym Class Heroes one day when she was listening to music on her laptop and Cupid’s Chokehold came on, and thought they would deliver a great performance.
Renae L. Dahlquist, director of the Student Entertainment Board said, SEB paid about $38,000 to get Gym Class Heroes to Washington State University.
With singles such as "The Queen and I”, "Cupid's Chokehold", "Clothes Off!!" and "Cookie Jar," Gym Class Heroes have made their mark on the dance and club seen and this concert will be no exception.

Junior hospitality business management major, Michelle Wallace was one of the first to buy her ticket when they went on sale. Wallace said, “ I wanted to make sure I got a ticket, because last year when Three 6 Mafia came the tickets went really fast!”

Dahlquist said they have hired the same crowd management team they have at Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. She also said features such as police and Emergency Medical Technician will be present. “There will be no bag checks but were hoping people won’t bring a lot of stuff with them.” Dahlquist said.

Gym Class Heroes has four members; lead singer Travis McCoy, guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo, drummer Matt McGiney, and Eric Roberts on the bass.

Gym Class Heroes have released several CD’s since 2001when they premiered the album “For the Kids”, “The Papercut Chronicles” in 2005, “As Cruel as School Children” in 2006, and “The Quilt” in 2008. At the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards they were also nominated for Best Group and won Best New Artist. In 2007 they were also nominated for Ultimate Urban at the MTV European Music Awards.

Brooks expects the show to go smoothly and said, “I have an awesome team to back me up so I have a good feeling about this.”

Brooks said she is in the works of planning up to two more large concerts for the 2009 to 2010 school year but has yet to confirm any artists.


For more information please visit the Student Entertainment Board website:
http://seb.wsu.edu/seb.aspx

Also visit Gym Class Heroes official website
http://gymclassheroes.com/
This article was written by Lena Seino,
http://j305seino.blogspot.com/



Sources:
Annie Brooks- Concert programmer
Annie.brooks@email.wsu.edu
360-903-1348

Renae Lisa Dahlquist
renae_dahlquist@wsu.edu
509-335-3503

Michelle Wallace- student
Michelle.wallace@email.wsu.edu