![]() It’s the involvement fair, too, so you’ve got all the clubs out there. ‘Everyone’s back on campus, all the freshmen are here now. ![]() ‘We talked about having an attitude for this Juice Jam and really giving it a personality, to be like, just this huge party, a welcome back party,’ Manley said. ‘We were speaking with an act, and they were like, ‘Oh, we want to do this date, but MTV just told us the VMAs are going to be that day, and they want us to be there.”īut Manley said that even though Jack’s Mannequin and The Cool Kids lacked the mainstream appeal of some of the other artists UU Concerts had considered, he felt the two, along with Gillis, would be successful in creating a party-like atmosphere at the festival. ‘People are going to be like, ‘Why don’t we have any Top 40, like Flo Rida? Where is Lady GaGa? Where are these people?” she said. Holley said that MTV’s schedule severely limited the number of artists available for support acts. While the two UU organizers were planning the concert over the summer, MTV announced its annual Video Music Awards (VMA) ceremony would fall on the same day UU had set aside for the festival – September 13. ‘There were even people who said, ‘You can’t put Girl Talk as a supporting act, he needs to headline,” Manley said. The enthusiasm voters showed for Gillis in the survey was among the strongest of any of the featured artists, said Kevin Manley, the UU co-director of concerts. Gillis performed particularly well in the poll, ranking as the top available support artist and the second-best available act overall, Holley said. Over the summer, UU Concerts conducted its first survey of the entire student body, asking for students’ preferences for both headline and supporting acts. He’s been all around, but he’s never played here. ![]() ![]() college area, playing at Cornell and Ithaca. ‘We’ve been throwing that name around ever since I’ve been here,’ Holley said. The festival’s opening acts will be the alternative rock quartet Jack’s Mannequin, and the hip-hop duo The Cool Kids.ĭeniece Holley, UU’s co-Director of Concerts, said UU had considered bringing Gillis to Syracuse University in the past and everyone within the organization was thrilled to see it happen. Popular mash-up artist Gregg Gillis – better known by the stage name Girl Talk – will headline the 2009 Juice Jam festival, University Union announced Sunday. ![]()
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