November 12, 2008

Country stars Gary Allan, Darius Rucker to perform at Purdue

Purdue Convocations is presenting the performance in cooperation with the Student Concert Committee.

Allan, who was called "country's mainstream maverick" by Rolling Stone, has sold more than 5 million albums, and had back-to-back platinum albums and two consecutive No. 1 albums on Billboard's "Top Country Albums" chart. His latest album, "Living Hard," features hits "Learning How to Bend," "Watching Airplanes" and "She's So California."

Darius Rucker's new album, "Learn to Live," was released in 2008 and hit No. 1 on Billboard's "Top Country Albums" chart and No. 5 on the Billboard 200. This achievement for Rucker, who is best known as the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning Hootie & The Blowfish, happened the same week that his debut country single, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It," hit the top of all three major industry charts.

Tickets are $35 for the general public and $30 for Purdue and Ivy Tech students and youth under age 19; prices include a facilities fee.

Tickets go on sale to Purdue and Ivy Tech Lafayette students, and Purdue faculty, staff and retirees with a current identification card at 10 a.m. Nov. 21 at the Elliott Hall of Music and Stewart Center box offices or at (765) 494-3933. Tickets for the general public go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 22 through Ticketmaster at (765) 743-5151 and https://www.ticketmaster.com.

Friends of Convocations may order advance tickets through noon Nov. 18 by calling (765) 494-9712.

Writer: Christy Jones, (765) 494-1089, christyjones@purdue.edu

Source: Abby Eddy, (765) 494-5045, aeeddy@purdue.edu

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

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