{"id":82,"date":"2014-03-20T14:39:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T18:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2014-03-20T14:39:33","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T18:39:33","slug":"new-politics-coming-april-24-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"New Politics coming April 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 150%\">MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/span><\/b><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%\"> New Politics, an alternative rock band from <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/New-Politics-.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"83\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=83\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/New-Politics-.jpg?fit=1200%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Politics\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/New-Politics-.jpg?fit=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83 alignright\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;margin: 2px\" alt=\"New Politics\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/New-Politics--200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/New-Politics-.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/New-Politics-.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/New-Politics-.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Copenhagen, Denmark, will perform in concert at Decker Gymnasium <cite><span style=\"font-style: normal\">\u00a0on Thursday, April 24 at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/cite><\/span><cite><\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\">With a sound described as a blend of &#8220;punk, pop, and electronically induced dance rock,\u201d New Politics is touring the U.S., performing their own concerts as well as opening for Paramore and Fall Out Boy in some venues.<\/span><\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\">The trio of David Boyd, S\u00f8ren Hansen, and Louis Vecchio have released two albums: <\/span><\/cite><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%\">New Politics<\/span><\/cite><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\"> in 2010 and <\/span><\/cite><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%\">A Bad Girl in Harlem<\/span><\/cite><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\"> in 2013. Their best known singles are <\/span><\/cite><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%\">Yeah Yeah Yeah<\/span><\/cite><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\"> and <\/span><\/cite><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%\">Harlem<\/span><\/cite><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\">.<\/span><\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\">For more information about New Politics, go to <a title=\"New Politics\" href=\"http:\/\/newpoliticsrock.com\" target=\"_blank\">newpoliticsrock.com<\/a><\/span><\/cite><cite><\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\">The concert is presented by the Student Activities Office (SAO), in collaboration with the Mansfield Activities Council (MAC), MU Student Government Association (SGA), Health Sciences Student Government Association-Sayre Campus (HSSGA) and WNTE-FM. It is supported by student activity fees.<\/span><\/cite><cite><\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\">\u201cWe are extremely pleased to be able to present New Politics in concert as a true collaborative student effort aimed at hosting a band that is new, upcoming, bold, high energy, very talented, and by all accounts on a course to break into the big time this summer.\u201d<\/span><\/cite> <cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\">Steve Plesac, director of Student Activities and Student Programming, said.\u00a0 \u201cAll the stars aligned for us to host this band, and now is the time to experience their show before they are limited to playing only larger venues and on larger tours.<\/span><\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%\"><strong><cite><\/cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Tickets go on sale Monday, March 24<\/span> <\/span><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\">at the MU Campus Bookstore in Alumni Hall. Bookstore hours are \u00a0Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m.-2 p.m. or on-line at <a title=\"mansfield.tix.com\" href=\"http:\/\/mansfield.tix.com\" target=\"_blank\">mansfield.tix.com<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%\">Tickets are $5 for MU students, $10 for MU employees and alumni and $15 for the general public. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"HeaderChar\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%\">All tickets are general admission, with bleacher seating and standing room only on the gym floor.<\/span><\/span><cite><\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><cite><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 150%;font-style: normal\">An opening act for the concert will be announced at a future date.<\/span><\/cite> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 New Politics, an alternative rock band from Copenhagen, Denmark, will perform in concert at Decker Gymnasium \u00a0on Thursday, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=82\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Politics coming April 24<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-1k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":164,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=164","url_meta":{"origin":82,"position":0},"title":"Gentlemen Hall to Open for New Politics","author":"Terry Day","date":"April 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Gentlemen Hall will be the opening act for New Politics at Decker Gymnasium \u00a0on Thursday, April 24 at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m. The Boston-based indie band has released two albums, an EP and in 2013 released a single, Sail into the Sun, which received\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Gentlemen Hall","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Gentlemen-Hall-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":631,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=631","url_meta":{"origin":82,"position":1},"title":"The All-American Rejects to Headline Spring Fling","author":"Terry Day","date":"April 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 The All-American Rejects will perform in concert at Karl Van Norman Field on Saturday, May 2 at 9 p.m. Their performance will be the culmination of a full day of music and fun for MU\u2019s annual Spring Fling, sponsored by the Student Government Association (SGA). 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