News Taffy

The ASU Convocation Center will welcome the reigning Academy of Country Music Top Vocal Group of the Year and the CMA Vocal Group of the Year, Lady Antebellum, on Friday, Oct. 1, as part of the celebration of ASU's Centennial. The group has enjoyed back-to-back chart topping singles since the trio’s first number one hit, "I Run to You," from their first self-titled album. The band's most recently released cd, "Need You Now," includes the number one hit singles "Need You Now" and "American Honey."

Lady Antebellum has cracked the top 10 of Billboard magazine’s all-genre Hot 100 and even went No. 1 on iTunes all-genre singles chart. As part of the Centennial Celebration, 100 V.I.P. tickets will be sold for $100 (plus applicable fees). V.I.P. tickets will includea commemorative 100th anniversary concert Lady Antebellum-autographed chair to take home after the concert. The V.I.P. tickets, located on the floor of the first five or six rows, will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis only at the Central Box Office or by phone at 870-972-ASU1 or 888-ASU-FANS. All other tickets are $39.50 (plus applicable fees).

Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, June 4. Purchase tickets online (http://www2.astate.edu/tickets/), at the Convocation Center's Central Box Office, the concierge desk at the Mall at Turtle Creek, which takes cash only, or by phone at (870)972-ASU1 or 888-ASU-FANS. For details, contact Frances Hart, director of marketing, Convocation Center, at ext. 2236.