GW will welcome two musical performing acts to campus this spring within almost one week of each other.
Grammy award-winning artist Sheryl Crow will perform in Smith Center April 22 as part of the Stop Global Warming College Tour. GW will be Crow's last stop and free tickets will be available to students, faculty and staff who have a valid GWorld.
Also announced Wednesday is that Regina Spektor will headline this year's Spring Fling, the annual outdoor concert sponsored by Program Board. The Moscow-native Spektor has risen to fame in the last three years with her album "Begin to Hope," which was released last year and hit No. 20 on the Billboard 200 records chart.
Director of Media Relations Tracy Schario said both events point to GW's ability to attract high-caliber acts.
"GW is unique in that here we are in an urban environment and there are so many events that students can go to off campus, yet we still have an incredible array of politicians, entertainers and performers that we bring to the University and that come to the University," she said.
Crow is touring with environmental activist Laurie David, who served as a producer for Al Gore's Oscar winning film "An Inconvenient Truth" and is also comedian Larry David's wife. Crow will end her 12-campus tour April 22.
Schario said representatives from the tour contacted GW and other area Universities and opted for a stop in Foggy Bottom.
"From a University perspective, we welcome the tour," she said.
The tour's major push is to increase publicity about global warming, which Schario said is an issue important to many GW students.
"We have a number of student groups that are champions of green issues and so from a student perspective, it definitely helps them raise their visibility for what those students are doing to keep GW green," she said.
According to a University press release Wednesday, Crow and David will be joined by country music stars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
Grammy award-winning artist Sheryl Crow will perform in Smith Center April 22 as part of the Stop Global Warming College Tour. GW will be Crow's last stop and free tickets will be available to students, faculty and staff who have a valid GWorld.
Also announced Wednesday is that Regina Spektor will headline this year's Spring Fling, the annual outdoor concert sponsored by Program Board. The Moscow-native Spektor has risen to fame in the last three years with her album "Begin to Hope," which was released last year and hit No. 20 on the Billboard 200 records chart.
Director of Media Relations Tracy Schario said both events point to GW's ability to attract high-caliber acts.
"GW is unique in that here we are in an urban environment and there are so many events that students can go to off campus, yet we still have an incredible array of politicians, entertainers and performers that we bring to the University and that come to the University," she said.
Crow is touring with environmental activist Laurie David, who served as a producer for Al Gore's Oscar winning film "An Inconvenient Truth" and is also comedian Larry David's wife. Crow will end her 12-campus tour April 22.
Schario said representatives from the tour contacted GW and other area Universities and opted for a stop in Foggy Bottom.
"From a University perspective, we welcome the tour," she said.
The tour's major push is to increase publicity about global warming, which Schario said is an issue important to many GW students.
"We have a number of student groups that are champions of green issues and so from a student perspective, it definitely helps them raise their visibility for what those students are doing to keep GW green," she said.
According to a University press release Wednesday, Crow and David will be joined by country music stars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
