Marc Santiago
(360) 213-8792
January 31, 2009
Three 6 Mafia Concert
Pullman WA- Oscar award-winning rap group performs at Washington State University this Saturday in front of a sold-out crowd in the CUB Ballroom.
Junior Communications major Shayna Cole is one of the many students who waited in line on the first day tickets went on sale and within two days the tickets sold out. “I love Three 6 Mafia’s music. I can’t wait to see them in concert,” she said.
The Student Entertainment Board’s Concerts Programmer, Christian Kollgaard, knew that it would be a high selling concert. Kollgaard thought that he would bring something new to the table. He said he knew that students would like Three 6 Mafia because they are a popular group amongst the student body.
Junior Communications major Nico Clairmont also enjoys listening to Three 6 Mafia. He bought two tickets for him and his girlfriend. “Three 6 Mafia has some dope beats. Me and my buddies listen to their music when we pre-funk for parties,” he said. “Their music is also good for those long car rides back to the west side.”
Three 6 Mafia consists of two rappers, DJ Paul and Juicy J. Opening for Three 6 Mafia are rap artists Dirty Nasty and Andrea Legacy. Students might be most familiar with Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy’s songs “1980” and “My Dick.”
To get Three 6 Mafia to campus the Student Entertainment Board paid $25,000 and another $5,000 for Dirt Nasty and Andre Legacy. With cost of the concert being so high the Student Entertainment Board needs to make sure everything runs smoothly.
With the 1400 people attending the concert, the Student Entertainment Board plans on hiring a crowd management staff or CMS to make sure everything is in line.
There will not be any bag searches or pat downs because it goes against CMS policies.
“CMS will be more on the look out for paraphernalia in the crowd,” Kollgaard said.
Three 6 Mafia’s recent achievement was their American Music Award for Rap/Hip-Hop music group. Some of their popular songs were “Stay Fly,” and “Lolli Lolli (Pop Dat Body),” (which won the award).
“I’ve been to a ton of concerts and I’m looking forward to adding Three 6 Mafia to the list,” Clairmont said. “When my roommates told me that they were coming to campus I as so stoked and I knew I had to get tickets.”
We hope that there will not be any problems and things go smoothly, said Kollgaard. He hopes that the concert will be filled with high energy and that everyone enjoys the Student Entertainment Board’s choice of groups.
For more information please visit the Student Entertainment Board website:
CONTACTS:
Shayna Cole
(360) 7980669
Nico Clairmont
(425) 299-0029
Christian Kollgaard
Concerts Programmer
(509) 335-3503
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