The University Program Council's stage will remain silent this spring as the concert set for next Tuesday evening was officially cancelled Wednesday.
"We just got an email from Taio Cruz's agent saying he canceled," said Brittany D'Angelo, UPC director of major entertainment. "There were no specifics about it; nothing more was said."
Following notification of Cruz's cancellation, an online survey was quickly put together Monday to decide if Neon Trees, who were set to open for Cruz, should still come to campus.
"In order to have a good concert we needed at least 2,500 students attending," D'Angelo said. "So we needed 6,000 people to fill out a survey online and out of those 6,000, we needed at least 2,500 to say yes and that ended up not happening."
D'Angelo said all funds would be returned to the University and would go toward another concert in the fall semester.
"It was upsetting because we put so much hard work into it, and it was only a week out, and it just kind of fizzled out basically," D'Angelo said.
D'Angelo said she did not know if the funds for the canceled show would be combined with UPC's budget in the next fiscal year, which begins October 1, to potentially lure a better artist to campus or if two separate concerts would be held.
"I just want to apologize to the student body for any inconvenience," D'Angelo said. "No one saw this coming.
"Just know that student funds are still going to go toward a great concert, it's just not going to be next week."
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