The Black Sheep
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Volume 1, Issue 2 • 3/21/13 - 3/27/13
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Amy Winehouse Cancels BJC Concert; Extending Arena’s Streak of Failure David Callanan wrote this The Bryce Jordan Center (BJC), formerly known as the Bon Jovi Center, for no apparent reason announced on Monday that Amy Winehouse will visit the entertainment venue, not realizing the songstress has been dead since July 2011. BJC Director of Sales and Marketing Bernie Punt announced the performance via Twitter when he tweeted to his 600+ followers, “The BJC will come alive on April 24th! #Winehouse #YOLO.” Minutes later, Punt deleted the tweet and said “We regret to inform you that Amy Winehouse has been dead for several years. We apologize and will try and stay up to date with music news.” When reached for comment, Winehouse added "
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The announcement of Winehouse’s cancellation didn’t come as a surprise to Penn State students, most of which said they have grown apathetic towards the scheduled acts at the university’s largest entertainment venue. “Since my freshman year it seems like they have only had the same four or five acts every year,” said Michael Brooks (senior). “It usually goes rap concert, dance pop concert, country concert, and ‘some band my uncle likes’ concert.” The scheduled visit to Happy Valley would have extended the streak of concerts aimed at a crowd older than Penn State’s student population. Other members of the student body were relieved when the concert was announced and subsequently cancelled. “It’s gotten to the point where the second they schedule a concert we know it’s going to be cancelled in a few weeks,” said freshman Connor McPherson. “At least it was almost immediate this time around.” The cancellation of the Winehouse show will be the fifth cancellation at the BJC in the past three years. In 2010, Atlanta rapper TI was scheduled to perform at the BJC but instead chose to violate his parole, get arrested, and ruin his career because State College was “the worst fucking place he has ever been to—even worse than Atlanta.” This past year, Lady Gaga became gravely ill once she found out she was playing at the venue, and every member of the band Green Day killed themselves during a 2012 tour when their manager informed them of their upcoming show at the BJC.
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The only artist who cancelled a concert due to illness but still performed at a later date at the BJC was electronic dance music superstar DJ Tiesto. Following his performance he said “I am Tiesto! I make music that go boom boom and it sound good. It no sound good in that place!” Some students agreed with the artists that the acoustics and overall poor management of the venue ruined the experience of concerts and other Penn State hosted events. “Have you ever been to a basketball game?” said Noah Cole (sophomore). “Only like two thousand people go and they still have less organization than a Rwandan refugee camp.” This outrage comes only a few weeks after the BJC charged students with prepaid season tickets for their final home game of
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the season against Wisconsin. During that game the arena also relocated the student section behind the pep band, while those who paid extra got to sit courtside. Most students expressed their hostility through Twitter and other social media platforms calling the BJC “the worst arena in the country.” Not all students agreed with the negativity and felt the arena got a bad rap, considering all the good they have done in the community. “I don’t understand why they get such a bad rap, I mean they host THON every year and that always goes pretty well,” said Michelle Williamson (junior). “Oh wait, never mind, that’s run by the students.”
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