Arts | 4/3/08

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"Subject to change."

It's the stipulation that the Campus Activities Board has emphatically stressed in announcing the bands that are tentatively scheduled to play Tigerfest on Saturday, April 26. And it's left the annual concert without a definitive headliner.

Tigerfest is Towson's annual spring festival held on Burdick Field.

Three bands have been confirmed with contracts signed: Fire in the Hole, The Calling and Immortal Technique.

"We are still in contract debates with The Roots," student activities coordinator for programming Bridget Chase said. "We don't expect it to undermine them coming."

Chase indicated that the contracts for the three other acts were recently signed - Fire in the Hole confirmed when the band won the Battle of the Bands, Immortal Technique signed two weeks ago, and The Calling signed last week.

As for what's prolonging the signing of The Roots, Chase said it has to do with the contract ideals of the group and the University.

"It's just their agency and our legal counsel both wanting to have the strongest contract," Chase said.

Chase said that the difficulty with signing a contract has been unique.

"Usually the agencies are very flexible with University contracts," she said. "This has been a little more difficult than anything I've seen."

Chase hoped to have a contract signed as early as Thursday.

"We don't want to disappoint anybody," Chase said. "We don't want to falsely advertise anything."

Tickets for Tigerfest went on sale Tuesday with The Roots advertised as headlining the event. The CAB Web site also indicates the Roots will play.

Chase said that a contingency plan is in place if a final contract can not be signed.

"We probably won't get as big of a name," she said. "It's unlikely that we would find another enormous national band at such short notice."

The theme for this year's Tigerfest is "GRRr Gone Wild." Tickets for students are $3 in advance and $8 on the day of the event. For the general public, they are $8 in advance and $14 on the day of the event. They are available for purchase at the University Union Box Office and from Ticketmaster. The event is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. According to the CAB Web site, other activities for the event may include a mechanical bull, four-man jousting, water tag and the tiger slide.

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