If you go:What: Gym Class HeroesWhen: Oct. 12 at 9 p.m.Where: The QuadHow much: Free

Gym Class Heroes will play a free concert on the Syracuse University Quad on Oct. 12, as a part of the week’s Homecoming activities.

No tickets are required for the concert featuring the alternative hip-hop band most famous for its single ‘Cupid’s Chokehold.’ Anyone interested can head to the Quad to find a spot to watch the show, which will kick off at 9 p.m.

Sterling Proffer, the co-executive director of University Union Concerts, said that he is excited to feature the band as a part of this year’s homecoming.

‘We’re glad to bring them,’ he said, ‘especially in light of their recent success and the fact that they are from the Central New York area.’

The band, from nearby Geneva, N.Y., won the ‘Best New Artist’ category at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Gym Class Heroes performed its hit ‘Clothes Off’ during the show.

Beginning on Oct. 18, Gym Class Heroes will tour with Fall Out Boy, Plain White T’s and Cute is What We Aim For, as part of ‘The Young Wild Things Tour.’

The band’s second major label album, ‘As Cruel as School Children,’ released in the fall of 2006, has sold more than 500,000 copies in the United States. Gym Class Heroes opened for Gwen Stefani during her ‘Sweet Escape Tour’ this summer.

UU concerts and Verizon Wireless are presenting the concert, as part of the Verizon Wireless Campus Tour 2007. Verizon brought The All-American Rejects to SU last year.

Published on September 24, 2007 at 12:00 pm