BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – During tonight's Parent & Family Weekend Football game versus Nevada, WKU Athletics announced that country hip-hop artist Blanco Brown will perform a free, pregame concert on Tuesday, Oct. 14, prior to WKU Football's home game against FIU.
The one-hour concert will begin at 5:30 p.m. with kickoff set for 7 p.m. at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium. South Lawn will open at 2:30 p.m. for the concert festivities and space is available on a first-come basis. Pop-up tents for tailgating will be permitted on the perimeter of lower South Lawn, but space in the middle will be reserved and left open for those to enjoy the concert.
CONCERT/GAMEDAY TIMELINE
2:30 p.m. – South Lawn available for concert attendees and tailgating
4:40 p.m. – Topper Walk
5:30 p.m. – Blanco Brown concert
7 p.m. – Kickoff vs. FIU
Policies at the concert will mirror those inside Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium on gameday. For a full list of gameday policies, CLICK HERE.
Residential students should walk from their residence hall or apartment on campus, and commuter students should park in the Creason lot or PS3. Gameday parking will be enforced by 3 p.m.
Fans are encouraged to wear black, as Hilltopper Football will sport its black uniforms for a nationally-televised blackout game.
ABOUT BLANCO BROWN
Bennie Julius Amey III, known professionally as Blanco Brown, has worked as a songwriter and a producer within pop and hip-hop with acts including Fergie, Childish Gambino, Kane Brown and Chris Brown, earning a Grammy nomination, but he made a name for himself in country music by blending classically country and traditionally hip-hop sounds, as well as the storytelling of both styles, into what he calls "TrailerTrap."
With his new music, he's aiming to mix fresh sounds and impactful messages with the fun and sweetness of his biggest hits that have resulted in over two billion on demand audio streams: the platinum-certified #1 singles "The Git Up" – the viral hit that topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for 12 weeks and was the top-selling digital country song in the United States for 13 weeks with more than 1.4 billion audio streams and four billion video streams across platforms – and "Just the Way," a collaboration with Parmalee that has earned more than 504 million on-demand streams.
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