W.I.L.D. moves to DUC Fun Room - Student Life

W.I.L.D. moves to DUC Fun Room

In light of the recent success of the Congress of the South 40’s shift to move outdoor concerts indoors, Social Programming Board has decided to move spring W.I.L.D. to the Danforth University Center Fun Room.

Tickets will be allotted to the most intoxicated and most obstinate freshmen in line, with additional tickets awarded for stealing the IDs of other students.

“Apparently The Pageant has a policy to turn away obviously intoxicated concert-goers, but the DUC Fun Room is a great time, all the time,” John Smith, DUC facilities manager, said shortly before winking.

Distribution will begin two days before the concert, April 25 at 5:30 p.m., but students already began to line up in front of the DUC Sunday evening, with the line circling back all the way to Liggett and Koenig Houses and past the Office of Residential Life by late that night.

Some students said they would be willing to miss weeks of classes and sorority mixers for the chance to join the one-tenth of their friends that manage to get tickets.

“There’re only 200 tickets that will be given out, but we encourage all students to line up because anything can happen,” Emma Trunsky, a member of SPB, said. “Maybe the first 100 students will get two tickets each or maybe the first two people will get 100 each.”

“Who doesn’t like some suspense?” he added.

Many students were excited by the change, citing the closer, more intimate environment that already exists day-to-day in the Fun Room.

“You know, I’ve only ever walked by and thought it looked cool, but the three kids always sitting there silently seem to have a really strong bond,” Yael Yang, a senior, said.

Disappointment with W.I.L.D. headliners in the past led SPB to hedge their bets this year by promising three headliners you’ve never heard of, rather than just one. The pressure on them is particularly intense with SPB needing to prove itself a fit replacement for the generally unpopular Team 31.

“We think that we might trick the entire student body into thinking we actually did a good job by making it seem like we brought three times the ‘talent,’” Jacob Tyler, junior and member of SPB said.

The one headliner announced as of Monday is Yeasayer, a California psychedelic-pop band that has booked an average of eight gigs a year since its formation in 2006. Lead singer Chris Keating expressed excitement about playing in a smaller venue.

“Usually we play major music festivals like Lollapalooza and Coachella, but with the sucky album we just released it’s getting a bit difficult to pay the bills,” Keating said. “Also sometimes it gets chilly outside and I forget to pack a sweater.”

The other members of Yeasayer could not be woken up for comment.

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