Popular '90s rock band Third Eye Blind will add State College to its list of stops on the band's fall tour, according to Mike Negra, executive director of the State Theatre.
"They are very interested in coming," said Negra. "They are very aware of State College and the inquiry came from them."
The band, which formed in 1997, will play the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave. on Monday, Oct. 12.
Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday and can be purchased at the State Theatre box office or online.
Negra said the possibility of tickets selling out may be likely.
"I'd be surprised if it didn't," he said. "We've never sold out in a day. I think that would be very exciting."
General admission tickets are $35, but it is not yet known what the student price will be.
Negra also said the San Francisco band will have an opening act.
However, it is not yet known who the performer will be, adding that the reaction so far to the announcement has been "great."
"I'm super excited by the show and the new album," he said.
He also said that the theater's small space will add to the show's appeal.
"What an intimate place to see a big band like this," he said.
Third Eye Blind's most recent album, Ursa Major, was released Aug. 18, according to the band's Web site. The album is also its first studio collection in five years.
Other October locations for the band's tour will include Utica, N.Y. and Storrs, Conn.
The band's lead singer/songwriter, Stephan Jenkins previously spoke at Penn State in 2008 without his band members, drummer Brad Hargreaves and guitarist Tony Fredanelli, in support of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Abbey Farkas (junior-film) has been a longtime fan of Third Eye Blind since high school and said that she will definitely be attending the show.
"Their sound is in a way very different from a lot of the things that I listen to," she said.
Farkas said she is a bigger fan of the band's older music, but has listened to its newer songs and will listen to more before the show.
Negra isn't surprised that the band's music appeals to the college population.
"Obviously, their music touches a nerve, and it's cross-generational," he said.
