A string of music artists coming to campus continued Monday when the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, announced Death Cab For Cutie will perform April 18 at Breslin Center.
“Death Cab For Cutie has been an up-and-coming indie rock act that have finally made it big,” said Anthony Carlo, RHA’s director of special events. “We found out they that they were touring again and that they were looking to do some dates in the Midwest.”
Death Cab For Cutie last came to MSU in 2003 when they performed in the Union Ballroom.
“To go from the Union to the Breslin Center is a little bit of a change,” RHA President Mark Dobson said. “Just by our choice of venue alone, they’ve really increased in popularity.”
Carlo said he has hoped to bring the band back to campus for the past two years.
“We looked at a date this October but the deal fell through, and then I was approached again in November about doing them later in the year and we jumped on it.”
RHA has brought Motion City Soundtrack, Eric Church and Kings of Leon to campus during the 2008-09 school year.
Dobson said the fall semester didn’t have as many concerts as he hoped, and he believes bringing in higher profile artists can offset the difference.
“There’s been some years where we did a ton of shows but they’ve been relatively low in cost,” he said.
Kings of Leon performed Monday but most of that planning occurred in the fall, he said.
ASMSU also announced that rapper Asher Roth will open for Lupe Fiasco on Feb. 12 at the Auditorium.
This will be ASMSU’s second major concert this school year, with the first being the iVote concert in September. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
ASMSU and RHA pay the difference in price between student and public tickets.
ASMSU Student Assembly Vice Chairperson for External Affairs Kyle Dysarz said he hopes the concerts can help students who are feeling the effects of a slumping economy.
“That’s why we’re investing within the students,” Dysarz said. “Saving them money on those tickets in hopes that they will go out and buy tickets because they’re cheaper.”
Tickets for Death Cab for Cutie go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Students can buy tickets in person at Breslin Center or online at breslincenter.com.
Student tickets cost $25 and general public tickets cost $31.
The concert will open up with fellow indie rock bands Ra Ra Riot and the Cold War Kids.
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