Boys Like Girls

Last year the University Program Council at UNC has chose to end the programming for the year in style by bring a popular band to play in the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

Last spring, UPC brought in the Denver band Flobots. They performed to a crowd of around 2800 students and people from around the Greeley community. The Flobots had achieved success during the previous year due to their positive lyrics that called youth to action to become involved with our countries political process through voting. Their music and success coincided wonderfully with the message of then, candidate for president, Barak Obama and the national movement of young people to become involved in the political process.

This year, the UPC has one-upped themselves by scheduling, arguably, a much more popular band to round out the years programming. On April 11, 2010 two bands will take the stage at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Ann Arbor, Mich. based band My Dear Disco will open up for Boys Like Girls.

My Dear Disco, a relatively unknown band, brings a unique mix of electro-pop, funk, rock, and techno to the stage while the hit group Boys Like Girls will perform hits such as “The Great Escape,” “Up Against the Wall” and “Five Minutes to Midnight.”

There is much anticipation for this event already. Events such as these large concerts, while expensive, attract large student audiences and are a great use of student fees.