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Show . t. !MONL'AY, SEPTEMBER 17,-1001 UNIVERSITY IOURNAL ARTS PAGE 15 Fuel to heat up Centrum Oct. 29 BY PETE SORENSON JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Hard rock bands Fuel and aliva will perform Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Centrum Arena. "The market (in southern Utah) is bug for this type of bow," Darry Alton, of Bay id Promotions, said "These kids aren't into soft mu ic. Th y want music that is mor edgy, and that' what Fuel is." A meeting took place Thursday to disc details of the how and promotion of the event. "Fuel · bigger than Vertical H rizon," Alton aid, referring to a concert hi company promoted last fall. • ur tickets ace going to ell rio matter what." The concert will open with n w band Breaking Point, then aliva will warm listeners up before Fuel take center stage. "The days of boy band are dead,• Alton aid. "Rock bands have more meaning in the songs they sing. They don 'c sing for little girls." Tickets will go on al in the Centrum Arena box office aturday at 8 a.m. ats for tudents are $23 for floo.r seats and · 20 for other eats in the arena. General admission seats co t $25 to $28. "Ifsrudents want good seat they'll need to line up and wait in line, n Mindy Benson, director of student activities, said. "When students call the box office that morning and we're busy, we write their names down and then get their tickets when there's a b.reak." Security and patron behavior during the how we.re concerns discussed during the meeting. "H people tart bumping boulders, good time, but we need them to be safe. We don't want any problems.n . Pennsylvania-base!l band Fuel is still celebrating the succe of its second Band members of Fuel: Jeff Abercrombie, Carl Bell, Brett Scallions, and Kevin MIiier will be performing In the Centrum Arena Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. - circling, or forming mo b pits, they will be taken out of the concert immediately," Alton aid. "We want people to jump up and down and have a album, omethi'}g Like Human, which was released last·September. The aJbum went gold in the United tates within five weeks of its release and has now achieved platinum tatus. The hit single from that album, "Hemorrhage/ per¢ 12 weeks at number one on Ba/board's ~Modern Rock Tracks" chart. ingles "Innocent" and "Bad Day" also pent tim in the Top JO p ts of the mod m rock chart. In March 1998, Fuel released its first aJbum, Sunburn, which included the ingle " him.mer, " nam d the "m t played track on modem rock radio" by R&R magazine. Before the release of Sunburn, the band released three albums- Fue4 Porcelain and Hazleton- on a mailer, more ind pend nt seal . Fuel was invited to perform at the Rocle 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inJu1y of this year, and spent 1 S weeks touring with Acrosmith during the summer. aliva is a Memphis, Tenn..-based band often describ d as a mix of ha.rd rock, hip-hop and grunge. Tbe ingle "Your Disease" was featured on the "Dracula 2000" oundtrack. The group has released a self-titled album and, more recently, the albwn Every ix econds. Breaking Point, which'· opening before both bands just released their debut album, Coming ofAge. The band members credit evendust as inspiration. Alth ugh the band is not well-known yet Alton is excited for them to open. "Who knows they could be the next Metallica, n he said. AU SUU tudents can enjoy tbe concert bu Alton expects the mo t upport from""underground " art lovers. Students display new art exhibits BY CATHERINE CHAN JOURNAL TAFF WRITER A ne art exhibit in the Convention Center Lobby of the harwan mitb Center will display nLdent artwork and be run by art major tude ts. "Gbleral.ly, it is the pace available for us to exhibit student artwork," Tiffany Carter, one student in charge of the exhibit, said. · Four tudents who manag the exhibit this semester will receivethre credit hours for doing so. Th credit is upper divi ion credit that gives art majors and minors practical experience in .running an art gallery. "This is an excellent learning experi nee for us," Carter said. "We p nd a lot of tim outside of the classroom." cart r aid she and oth r students learn how to organize and chedule an art how and aJso publish all artwork submitted by students. • The student art exhibit · not an actual gallei:y, unlike the one in the Braithwaite Liberal Arts Center. art.er aid the gallery there has a how once a year whil udent art exhibits occur thre times during the seme ter. The first how was ight o eeo the se oad sh w will be a print how and the third i a competition how wber rudenc Will be awarded prizes for ubrnitting th b t work. Carter aid date and · tim for the how , which ar till being planned, will be adverti ed. tudent art exhibit are lmpo.rtant not only as a chance for art tudents to learn how to run an art gallery, but to allow tudents to di play artwork, Carter said. USF OFFERS THURSDAY DISCOUNTS Visit the Utah Shakespearean Festival Box Office In the Randall L. Jones Theatre any Thursday during the fall season (now through Oct. 20) show your student I.D. and get a ticket for either 'Around the World In 80 Days' or 'The Fantastlcks' for just $5. Here, Charles Metten (left) as Henry, Kristin Carbone as Luisa, Rob Hancock as Mortimer, and Thomas Scott Parker as Matt appear In the producHon of 'The Fantastlcks.' |