Dierks Bentley tour comes to town Wednesday
Destinee Biesemeyer
Last updated: 4/10/08 at 7:48 PM CST Section: University News
In less than a week, Bearcat Stadium will host country music stars Dierks Bentley, Bucky Covington and Luke Bryan as part of the Wide Open Throttle Tour.
"We sent out a survey to all students at the beginning of the semester to see which genre of music they want and we had a huge list of perspective artists and we filtered it down. That's how we came to decide on Dierks Bentley," Student Activities Council Concert Chair Brandon Matulka said.
Students' first choice was Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood, who were on tour together, but their schedules were already set, Matulka said.
After the artists were selected for the concert, it was up to SAC to get them here.
"It was actually kind of a tricky situation," Matulka said because their agent works with the musicians to try and fit Northwest into their touring schedule.
"Some artists take into account the size of the venue, but we were lucky that Dierks didn't have any stipulations. The biggest venue would be the football stadium and we are putting 3,500 people there for this event," Matulka said.
Also, it cost approximately $190,000 in total fees to prepare and host Bentley and the other acts Matulka said.
In his contract, Bentley was able to request specific things for SAC to provide.
"They wanted a vibe room with couches [in addition to] their dressing room. They didn't have anything weird, like some artists only want plain M&M's and only the yellow ones," Matulka said.
Tickets went on sale March 31 for students only. Public sales started April 7. Matulka estimated 1,600 tickets were sold the first day and expects the concert to sell out.
"There was a line back to the door, I waited for 30 minutes and was almost late to class, but it was worth it because Dierks Bentley is so freaking hot and we got front row seats," freshman Alishea Caby said. "I am excited because I will be really close and have never been to a real concert before."
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"We sent out a survey to all students at the beginning of the semester to see which genre of music they want and we had a huge list of perspective artists and we filtered it down. That's how we came to decide on Dierks Bentley," Student Activities Council Concert Chair Brandon Matulka said.
Students' first choice was Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood, who were on tour together, but their schedules were already set, Matulka said.
After the artists were selected for the concert, it was up to SAC to get them here.
"It was actually kind of a tricky situation," Matulka said because their agent works with the musicians to try and fit Northwest into their touring schedule.
"Some artists take into account the size of the venue, but we were lucky that Dierks didn't have any stipulations. The biggest venue would be the football stadium and we are putting 3,500 people there for this event," Matulka said.
Also, it cost approximately $190,000 in total fees to prepare and host Bentley and the other acts Matulka said.
In his contract, Bentley was able to request specific things for SAC to provide.
"They wanted a vibe room with couches [in addition to] their dressing room. They didn't have anything weird, like some artists only want plain M&M's and only the yellow ones," Matulka said.
Tickets went on sale March 31 for students only. Public sales started April 7. Matulka estimated 1,600 tickets were sold the first day and expects the concert to sell out.
"There was a line back to the door, I waited for 30 minutes and was almost late to class, but it was worth it because Dierks Bentley is so freaking hot and we got front row seats," freshman Alishea Caby said. "I am excited because I will be really close and have never been to a real concert before."
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posted 4/18/08 @ 12:10 AM CST
THIS WAS AN AWESOME CONCERT!!! I LOVED BEING OUTDOORS LAST NIGHT AND THE CROWD WAS GREAT. KUDOS - TO ALL OF THE HARD WORKERS ON SAC THEY ALL DESERVE PRAISE FOR WHAT THEY DO!! I WOULD TOTALLY ATTEND ANOTHER CONCERT AT NORTHWEST OUTSIDE IN THE GREAT WEATHER!!
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND BRING MORE COUNTRY!!!!
THANKS A HAPPY CUSTOMER
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