monday, january 15, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 17
Complex availability restricts
concerts UPC chairperson
By Kent Warneke
Because of scheduling difficulties, a lim
ited number of concerts are in sight for this
spring, according to the Concerts
Committee chairperson for the University
Program Council.
"All we can do is keep in constant con
tact with various agents and promotors and
keep our ears open for groups going on
tour and then decide if we want to try for
them," said Stuart Kolnick, when talking
about the difficulty of scheduling concerts
for UNL.
"If we do think that we would like
them to appear in Lincoln, because of a
good crowd appeal and other reasons, then
we go ahead and try to buy a show of the
tour to be performed at Lincoln or go
through a promotor," Kolnick said.
"The main thing is just to let the
promotors and agents constantly know
that we are interested in bringing shows to
Lincoln."
Jethro Tull appears as the most likely
candidate for a spring performance in Lin
coln because of the assuredness of a Tull
concert tour and also his promotor's
interest in Lincoln.
Tull likely
"Tull looks to be a leading candidate
for a show in Lincoln in the late spring,"
Kolnick said. "He's performed at Omaha
recently and drew around 10,000 people
and that's enough for us.
"But we're still at the mercy of the pro
motor until he calls us up and gives us a
definite answer," Kolnick said.
"Led Zeppelin, Elton John and the
Rolling Stones all could possibly have a
tour in the near future and if that happens
we'll look into each of them."
A Bob Dylan show in Lincoln in the
spring is another possibility, based on the
information Dylan's promotors have given
out.
"Dylan's promotors tentatively
thought of an Omaha concert in the fall of
last year which went through and then a
show in Lincoln in the spring," Kolnick
said.
The concerts committee is at a disad
vantage because of the limited availability
of the Sports Complex, an ideal setting for
a major concert performance.
Complex use limited
"Right now, the Sports Complex is off
limits to us from around Nov. 1 through
March 15 because of the basketball
season," Kolnick said. "Only if a very
major show came along that would be very
profitable, would the Sports Complex
agree to let us use their facilities.
"That really only leaves us a four-week
time slot in the spring to book concerts,
since we really don't want to schedule one
during either dead week or finals week,"
Kolnick said. "And that's a very slim time
for performers to be on tour and also going
through the Midwest.
"We're really at the mercy of the pro
motors and the groups themselves," Kol
nick said. "If they know they're good and
we can't offer them what they think they
deserve, they'll go elsewhere," Kolnick
said.
"Most big name performers want a large
percentage of the take and also a flat fee at
an absolute minimum, but some promotors
can be talked down to a flat fee," Kolnick
said.
"Fleetwood Mac and Crosby, Stills and
Nash each made approximately $60,000
when we had them last year and we made
around $5,000 apiece."
Lincoln does offer one major advantage
for tour-going performers, Kolnick said.
"We are in a prime routing position,"
Kolnick explained. "We're right in the
middle of major touring stops in the mid
west, such as Denver, Kansas City and Chi
cago and instead of a long flight, groups
may want to break it up and schedule one
more performance in-between playing
dates."
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