The indie-rock band Cold War Kids will headline the third annual Cage Rage Concert on Dec. 8. at the Carzo Cage.
Programming Board is still in the process of booking an opening band, according to Concert Board Co-Chair Nate Harada, a junior.
Tickets will go on sale on Nov. 13 through the TuftsTickets.com website and will be available at the information booth in the Mayer Campus Center for $10 per Tufts ID and $20 per guest ticket, according to Harada. Students will be allowed to purchase two guest tickets per ID.
The number of available tickets is not set in stone, though Office for Campus Life (OCL) Assistant Director David McGraw anticipates that 2,000 to 2,500 will be available.
Since this year's Cage Rage will take place the weekend after classes end and before reading period starts, Concert Board hopes the event will be a way for students to celebrate the end of the semester, Harada said.
"TDC [Tufts Dance Collective] is that Friday and Cage Rage is that Saturday, so we're hoping that's going to be a big weekend and people will be really excited about that," he said.
Harada highlighted that the Board is focusing on offering music genres typically not represented at Spring Fling concerts. This year's concert will continue the indie-rock vibe from last year's Cage Rage headlining act, Matt and Kim, he said.
"Traditionally, we don't have rap, but we try to offer something that's different from Spring Fling, usually because Spring Fling is a big name and is almost always hip-hop or something along that genre," Harada said. "This will give the student body something different."
Concert Board this year had many options for headliners, but Cold War Kids remained the number-one choice because the band is well known among students, according to Harada.
"Cold War Kids is a pretty big name for Cage Rage, we think," he said. "It's pretty recognizable, especially compared to some of the other options we looked at."
Cold War Kids has gained popularity since its formation in 2004. In 2011 the band released its third album "Mine Is Yours," which reached number five on Billboard's Top Alternative Albums list in the United States in February 2011.
Harada said Concert Board began the search this summer but only recently finalized the contract with the indie-rock band. Cold War Kids initially turned down the offer to perform at Cage Rage, requesting more money and a different concert date. However, the band reconsidered the opportunity after a schedule opening, according to Harada.
Cage Rage emerged two years ago as the result of combining the budgets of two to three smaller concerts generally offered in the fall semester into a budget for one larger event, according to McGraw. He noted that the Cage Rage budget is about a third the size of Spring Fling's.
Though past Cage Rage concerts have been successful, Concert Board is working on publicizing the event even more than in previous years, Harada said.
"We're really hoping to get the word out there, because it's a big event, and make this a big night for people," he said. "We're thinking it's going to be a really good show."
"For [the OCL] it seemed like last year went really well, so we're going to try to maintain an equal level of professionalism and safety and get everyone in and out safely and have a good time," McGraw added.
