ASUA will not be sponsoring any major concert productions alone next year, Dean of Students Melissa Vito decided last week.
Vito attributed the policy change to university-wide budget cuts as well as several meetings between the Associated Students of the University of Arizona and the University Activities Board, which spent the year competing for bookings.
The two groups sometimes scheduled concerts close enough that ticket sales were affected.
UAB has had concert-booking responsibilities for more than 10 years and ASUA only became interested in sponsoring concerts in the last year or two, said Senior Associate Dean of Students Carol Thompson.
Three ASUA-planned concerts have fallen through this year.
CatFest ÷ an annual spring concert put on by ASUA and UAB ÷ had the rock band Eve 6 headlining.
That band eventually withdrew because Max Collins, the lead singer, had a severe case of laryngitis.
ASUA tried to bring the band 311 to campus, although plans were never finalized.
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