Program Board bringing in Story of the Year
Alternative-rock band Story of the Year will make Mount Pleasant its final stop on the “Taste of Poison” tour.
Program Board is bringing the five-member group from St. Louis, Mo., to Rose Arena at 8 p.m. on Nov. 18.
“Program Board has been throwing the idea around of bringing a harder rock group to campus for some time,” said Kyle VanDeventer, Saginaw junior and Program Board vice president. “It's a tour package, so the opening bands have been with Story of the Year for some time.”
Greeley Estates and Monty Are I will open for the band.
Story of the Year started out in St. Louis in the late 1990s as Big Blue Monkey. The band played in-state shows until it received the attention of producer John Feldmann, who introduced the band to Maverick Records.
In 2002, the band changed its name to Story of the Year and moved to southern California. It took part in the Vans Warped Tour during the summer of 2003.
“I saw them at Warped Tour, and they really got the crowd pumped and going,” said Bloomfield Hills freshman Kaitlin Chagnon. “They’re fun to watch, and I think it’s a really great concert.”
Wellston sophomore Annette Castoro already has seen the band live, but she plans on seeing it again when it comes to campus.
“I want floor tickets because it’ll be more hard-core,” Castoro said.
Students can purchase $10 tickets for the upper bowl and $15 tickets for the floor at the Bovee University Center Box Office. The general public can purchase $15 tickets for the upper bowl and $20 tickets for the lower bowl.
“We are selling to the capacity of Rose Arena, which is near 6,000,” VanDeventer said.
