Dashboard Confessional to perform at St. Scholastica

Dashboard Confessional will perform at The College of St. Scholastica at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 4, in the Reif Gymnasium on campus. The gym is located in the Burns Wellness Commons. Doors open at 7 p.m. Chicago-based group Absentstar will open for the band.

Tickets are $25 general admission and $15 for St. Scholastica students; all tickets are $30 at the door. Tickets may be purchased in Tower Hall room 17B, on campus, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays or by calling (218) 723-6147. Phone reservations will be accepted through March 30.

Dashboard Confessional is a rock band from Boca Raton, FL, led by critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The band was formed in 1998 as a way for Carrabba to work outside the boundaries of his then band, Further Seems Forever.

His debut album, "The Swiss Army Romance," was filled with intimate, soul-bearing acoustic numbers and was followed by "The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most," which earned him his first gold record and the MTV2 Artist of the Year Award in 2002.

In 2003 the band's third album, "A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar," peaked at #2 on the United States Billboard charts. In 2004 the band recorded the song "Vindicated" for the film "Spider-Man 2."

The band's 2006 album "Dusk and Summer" received universal acclaim from such publications as Rolling Stone, Blender, Spin and the Los Angeles Times. It also produced the Top 40 hit "Stolen."

"The Shade of Poison Trees" is the band's fifth album, released in October 2007.

The band includes guitarist John Lefler, bassist Scott Schoenbeck and drummer Mike Marsh.

For more information contact Luke Moravec, St. Scholastica coordinator of student activities, at (218) 723-6147 or lmoravec@css.edu.