Avid fans of Charlottesville's own Dave Matthews Band are anxiously anticipating intense competition for tickets to see the kick-off performance of the band's summer tour at Scott Stadium.
The benefit concert is scheduled for 6 p.m. on April 21.
Tickets will go on sale Saturday, March 3 through Ticketmaster and the Scott Stadium ticket office. Ticket sales will be limited to four tickets on the field per person or six tickets in the stands.
Some students are planning ahead.
"I already have a group of friends that is going to take shifts camping out at Ticketmaster to get tickets for the show," second-year College student Pete Speed said.
Warehouse Fan Association members will be able to purchase tickets through a lottery process before they become available to the general public. At this point, officials have not indicated whether University students will have priority in buying tickets.
Proceeds will go to the Bama Works Foundation, the band's organization that gives money to non-profit groups, PK German Chairman Jbeau Lewis said. PK German is the University Programs Council committee that organizes all on-Grounds concerts.
Dave Matthews has performed at numerous benefit concerts from Farm Aid to the Tibetan Freedom Concert.
Some local groups that now benefit from the Bama Works Foundation include the Charlottesville Free Clinic, Municipal Band and Community Foundation.
Other groups supported by Bama Works include the Boys and Girls Club of America, the American Diabetes Association and Community Meals on Wheels, Inc.
The Dave Matthews Band announced the Charlottesville concert Friday after eight months of negotiations with University administrators.
Because of the Scott Stadium expansion project, officials could not accept the band's first request to play at the University two years ago, said Leonard W. Sandridge Jr., executive vice president and chief operating officer.
The band resumed negotiations with the University after the project's completion.
The 2001 tour will promote the Band's new album, "Everyday," scheduled to be released Feb. 27.
"The new album has a very different sound and a new producer. It should be a good concert," second-year College student Phil Jones said. "This will be the first time they've had a show in Charlottesville in years. It's a big homecoming for them"
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