The Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace will be headlining Spring Fest on April 21, according to a report on Buffalo's WEDG 103.3 The Edge.
Student Association officials would not confirm the band's performance, but SA President Dela Yador said he hopes to make a formal announcement sometime this week.
Yador did confirm the concert's Friday date at Alumni Arena.
"It was real tough, as usual, getting bands locked down," Yador said, "so we had to lock it for the 21st."
Yador declined to comment on the WEDG report, made by a disc jockey last week, and said the entire line-up would be announced, as usual, only after all contractual loose ends are tied up.
If confirmed, Our Lady Peace will have some competition that night -- pop-punk bands Fall Out Boy and All-American Rejects are scheduled to play at HSBC Arena. The Canadian group most recently performed in last summer's Live 8 concert in Ontario. In 2005, they released their sixth album, "Healthy in Paranoid Times."
Last April, Snoop Dogg was the headliner for Spring Fest, and although the concert was largely called a success, SA was criticized for having two rap and hip-hop fests in a row. Promising that this year's Spring Fest would be a rock concert, SA has run into trouble finding big-name acts, since there are several major concerts going on at the same time that are drawing high-profile talent.
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