Photo gallery: A&O Blowout 2012
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Sameer Gadhia (right) and Jacob Tilley (left) of Young the Giant perform “My Body.”
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Nas raps "Hip Hop is Dead" off his 2006 album by the same name. The New York emcee also performed some throwback hits from his early albums.
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Northwestern basketball player Drew Crawford shakes hands with Young the Giant’s Sameer Gadhia. The team presented the band with a commemorative basketball on behalf of the NU athletics department.
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Sameer Gadhia, lead vocalist of indie band Young the Giant, opens A&O Blowout with "I Got." Northwestern students sang along with the band's hit song.
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Students in the front row of the concert cheer for Young the Giant as the band performs "Cough Syrup."
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Juniors Kawther AlBader, Priyanka Jethwani and Lena Sabih (left to right) chant the name of Young the Giant’s lead singer, Sameer Gadhia.
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Rapper Nas invites the A&O Blowout crowd to chant lyrics to samples from his favorite 1990s rap songs. He opened the annual fall concert with "Nas the Don."
October 14, 2012
Welsh-Ryan Arena transformed from a basketball court into a concert venue Friday night for A&O Blowout featuring rapper Nas and rock band Young the Giant.
A&O chairman Logan Koepke said he was pleased with attendance at the fourth annual show, though an official count was not yet available. Ticket sales increased dramatically among freshmen, with 55 percent of the Class of 2016 buying the $10 passes, A&O spokeswoman Shelly Tan said.
“We were really happy with the freshman ticket sales,” she said. “It’s great to start the year off in that manner.”
— Cat Zakrzewski
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