David Nail

The secret is out — Gavin DeGraw and David Nail will be rockin’ the stage during Program Council’s Spring Concert.

Replace your glitter and glam with cowboy boots as SMU won’t be getting sleazy this year.

While this year’s artists may shock some students, Program Council believes the combination of pop artist and country singer will appeal to the majority of the student body.

“They would provide a variety of music for the students and we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to have such great performers here,” Courtney Blake Warren, Program Council’s concert chair, said.

Both artists have been on the Top 40’s charts this year and featured on a variety of radio stations. While DeGraw’s name is better known, Nail continues to make a name for himself in the country music scene.

“David Nail is a large country artist who has been rising to the top very quickly, with no signs of stopping,” Warren said.

Last semester, Program Council prepared a list of artists and each artist’s fees with an agent.

Once the list was finalized, they included it in their semester budget request for Student Senate.

Compared to previous years, Program Council received less money for the spring concert from Senate. Though the budget was less, they were excited to land two top performers.

President of Program Council Elise McDonald believes this year’s concert will be yet another full house.

“We expect to sell out McFarlin, which has about the capacity of the Ke$ha attendance last year,” she said.

The Daily Campus asked few students their reaction prior to announcing the artists.

“He’s [Gavin Degraw] a hell of a lot better than Ke$ha. I like his music, but I’m not sure if the rest of campus would be excited to go to his concert,” Senior Matthew VerBeek said. “I personally like his music but I don’t think the majority of men would say the same.”

SMU sophomore Gabi Beich is looking forward to the event.

“Gavin Degraw is the perfect fit for me since I’ve been listening to his songs since high school,” she said.

Tickets will go on sale March 1 at the Mane Desk. Students will be able to get one free ticket with their student ID.

Each additional ticket, and those for students without their ID present, cost $10. The concert will be on March 21 and doors will open at 7 p.m. 

Gavin DeGraw.