Please pass information for this event on to your students. Thank You! Student Entertainment Events and Pepsi Present: Art Attack XXVIII Featuring Nelly & Brenton Duvall Nelly and Duvall bring a variation of hip-hop, rap and mash-up music to Maryland campus COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Student Entertainment Events and Pepsi are pleased to announce the 28th annual Art Attack concert, featuring Nelly and special guest Brenton Duvall. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium on Friday, May 6. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 with a valid UMCP ID and $20 for the general public and can be purchased at the Hoff Theater Ticket Office in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union or online at www.umdtickets.com. Tickets are currently on-sale. Rapper, singer-songwriter, executive producer and actor, Nelly, started his solo music career in 2000 with Universal Records. Well- known “Hott in Herre” and “Dilemma” were among the artist’s earliest music hits. In 2009, Billboard named Nelly the #3 Top Artist of the Decade. Most recently, Nelly released the album 5.0 with lead single, “Just a Dream.” Nelly will provide entertainment for all at Art Attack XXVIII bringing with him a sense of nostalgia for old fans, and creating memories for new fans. Visit http://www.nelly.net/ to hear the most recent music from Nelly. “Mean, Planes and Taylor Gangs” producer, Brenton Duvall got his start as a member of the Washington DC based music crew known as the Potomac Boys Club. Now considered by many to be the next big emerging DJ to hit the club scene, it is no surprise Duvall is currently a chart topper on heralded music blogs like HypeMachine. Known for his unique remixes and mash-ups of some of today’s most popular songs, Duvall is excited to be opening for Art Attack in his first hometown performance. To listen to Duvall’s “Mean Planes and Taylor Gangs” head to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNAodtrhcxw. “Student Entertainment Events continues the tradition of Art Attack by capping off a full day of events on McKeldin Mall with Nelly headlining our annual concert,” said Mike Goland, SEE Concert Director. “The Grammy award winning artist is to perform his old and new hits including Country Grammar, Hot in Herre, Ride Wit Me, and Just A Dream!” To arrange an interview or receive more press information for this event, including press passes and interview requests, please contact Chelsea Soobitsky, the Student Entertainment Events’ Public Relations Director, at (301) 314-8498 or via e-mail. When submitting a request, include your name, press affiliation, and contact information. Student Entertainment Events is the University of Maryland’s main student programming board. All programming emphasizes the mission of service to the campus community and to the Adele H. Stamp Student Union – Center for Campus Life. SEE considers diverse and broad-based interests when programming to the student body through concerts, comedy, lectures, performing arts, musical arts, special events and cinema. Chelsea Soobitsky Public Relations Director Liz Blackwood Incoming Public Relations Director Student Entertainment Events University of Maryland [log in to unmask] 301.314.8498 www.see.umd.edu