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...approval comes after failed attempts by the council in December to bring the bands Blind Melon and Digable Planets to Harvard. In both cases, the council allocated funds for the concerts but was later rebuffed by the bands themselves...
Mann, dismayed by such unreliable members of the entertainment industry, decided to do the work himself by directly contacting booking agents. Acting as his own promoter, Mann negotiated a cut-rate deal with the agent representing Blind Melon. The concert was quickly and almost unanimously approved by the Council, Evidently, however, the manager of the band disapproved of the paltry $14,500 offered by the Council and the show was summarily cancelled...
Deals struck earlier in the year to bring "Blind Melon" and "Digable Planets" fell through. The contract for "They Might Be Giants" must be approved by the council in a vote scheduled to occur on February...
...difference between this signing and the earlier, failed ones, is that the council now has the contract in hand and cannot be turned down by the band. Mann said he expects the same kind of council support that the Blind Melon resolution received--members voted 50-1 in December to bring the band to Harvard...
Following failed attempts to bring the Digable Planets and Blind Melon to campus, the Undergraduate Council last month signed a contract with yet a third group, They Might Be Giants, for an April 28 performance...