Get ready for some serious P-Funk.
Last seen on campus in 1998, George Clinton and the Parliament/Funkadelic will play Page Auditorium at 8 p.m. March 19. The concert is sponsored by Major Attractions, a committee of the Duke University Union.
"Clinton's going to be a great show," said Union President Jesse Panuccio. "Last time he was here, students loved him, and I think he will sell out Page very quickly."
Student tickets priced at $10 go on sale Wednesday at the University Box Office in the Bryan Center, and $20 tickets for the general public will be sold starting Thursday. Students are limited to four tickets each.
Clinton, known for his wild dreadlocks and revolutionary melding of rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel and psychedelic rock into the melting pot now known as funk, will bring with him an eclectic group of accompanying musicians and singers, as well as elaborate stage setups, costumes and lighting.
Last year, Major Attractions brought in John Mayer to the IM Building just before his Rooms for Squares album skyrocketed to the top of the charts.
Campus Council has yet to announce the act for its annual Last Day of Classes. The Roots rocked a packed Main West Quadrangle in late April 2002 for that show.
In the fall, a consortium of student groups - including the Union, Duke Student Government, Campus Council and the Graduate and Professional Student Council - tried to bring in a major act to Cameron Indoor Stadium for this month.
The concert would have been the first in the famed basketball venue since 1996, and was originally scheduled for this Friday night. The preset date and a lack of time and financial resources prohibited organizers from booking an artist in time. Student officials hope to try again in the fall.
The lack of an available major venue on campus has made it difficult for groups like the Union to bring in the same high-caliber acts as the University's peers in large cities.
Page only holds about 1,200 concert-goers, making it difficult to land the types of names that an arena could bring in while still maintaining reasonable ticket prices. Cameron can host more than 4,000 fans, bringing acts like the Counting Crows and a Dave Matthews solo tour - both original prospects for the proposed concert this weekend - back into the picture.
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