Boys Like Girls, Cute Is What We Aim For and Lights will headline the Verizon Wireless College Tour 2008 at Syracuse University.

The tour will be coming to SU for the third consecutive year at Goldstein Auditorium Oct. 1 at 8 p.m.

‘This came as a package deal,’ said Deniece Holley, the assistant director of concerts for University Union. ‘We went with a very indie show for Juice Jam. We got students’ and university members’ opinions for this show, and while we can’t please everyone, most people seemed pleased.’

Boys Like Girls is a Boston-area band composed of four male members, whose popular songs include ‘The Great Escape’ and ‘Thunder.’ The band’s influences include Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional, according to the band’s Web site.

‘Since Boys Like Girls is from the Boston area, I am pretty sure they have ties to students on campus,’ said Holley, a junior television, radio and film major.

Cute Is What We Aim For, a Buffalo, N.Y.-based group formed in 2005, will be opening the event. The group was named one of Rolling Stones’ 10 Artists to watch in 2006. Cute Is What We Aim For’s debut album, ‘The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch,’ was on the Billboard Top 200 Chart.

Lights, the third performer, is a solo artist from Toronto. Her most played songs are ‘February Air’ and ‘The Last Thing on Your Mind,’ according to her MySpace page. Her new EP is being released internationally today.

Holley said that Syracuse has an interesting demographic, in relation to musical taste and population, and that the pre-packaged band trio was very convenient because UU did not have to go out and find groups to play on campus.

This will be the third Verizon Wireless College Tour show on campus. The past two headliners for the tour were All-American Rejects and Gym Class Heroes.

Tickets are currently on sale at the Schine Student Center. Student tickets are $10 with an SU ID and $20 for the general public.

rseldrid@syr.edu

Published on September 22, 2008 at 12:00 pm