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I think this is referring to today's show. Anyhow, enjoy this article from The Beacon and see if you can spot the inaccuracies and generally questionable commentary:

Campus Invasion Tour tops SPC's Season Finale Blowout
By Krystal Alvarez/Staff Writer
Published: Monday, April 5, 2004

The MTV Campus Invasion Tour is making its sixth stop on its 17- date tour at the Golden Panther Arena at the University Park campus Wednesday.

H****stank, Lostprophets and IMA Robot are the big acts performing at UP's largest concert of the year as part of the Student Programming Council's Season Finale Blowout.

The concert is smack in the middle of the SPC's busy week, full of events to celebrate the end of school year.

This particular concert was chosen because the bands are popular and generally liked, Concert Committee chair Emma Perez said.

"I just recently got the position and we were stuck at the end of the semester without an act. The [MTV Campus Invasion Tour] was within our budget and is something all students can enjoy," Perez said.

SPC is the largest funded organization on campus with a budget of $275,000 a year. Of that, the Concerts committee gets $55,000.

The Campus Invasion Tour itself cost $25,000 but with venue expenses, and food and production cost the event costs approximately $46,000.

Because the committee has spent part of it's budget on other concerts, the other SPC committees gave $10,000; the Student Government Association gave $5,000 and the rest is going to come from ticket sales.

The concert tickets are already available through Ticketmaster. They are priced at $7 with student ID in advance, $10 with student ID at the door and $15 for general admission.

The bands from the tour are climbing the pop charts with their hit songs and are being recognized because of MTV's exposure. H****stank is known for its past hit singles "Running Away" and "Crawling in the Dark." Most recently, the band dominated the charts with its single "Out of Control" and has released a new song, "The Reason," off the album of the same title.

IMA Robot is the most low-key act on the tour. The Los Angeles-based band is a wacky combination of new wave, punk and electronic. The band's video for "Dynomite," off their album Echoes, was on heavy rotation on the College Television Network but never made it mainstream.

The Lostprophets are climbing the charts with the hit single "Last Train Home" off the album Start Something. The bands music is a combination of new wave, pop, metal and punk.

[Edited on 4-8-2004 by draconian]