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NEWS RELEASE

Embry-Riddle and Touch-N-Go Productions Present Gym Class Heroes in Concert

Daytona Beach, Fla., March 31, 2008 -- The hip-hop based rock band Gym Class Heroes will perform at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach campus Friday, April 4, with opening acts by Kidz in the Hall, Tyga, and I Am the Avalanche. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 8 p.m.

The performance is presented by the student-run Touch-N-Go Productions.

“As Cruel as School Children,” the recently released album by Gym Class Heroes, features hip-hop rock melodies and intricate lyrics inspired by a broad assortment of 1980s musical influences ranging from Radiohead to Prince.

Admission to the concert is free for members of the Embry-Riddle community with Eagle Card and up to three guests (no tickets needed); $10 for local college students and military with ID; and $15 for the general public. Tickets are cash only and are now on sale at the Embry-Riddle Information Center located in the university’s Student Center. For more ticket and concert information, call (386) 226-6000. Will Call tickets will be available at 6:30 p.m. April 4 at the ICI Center; for these tickets, call (386) 226-6047.

Touch-N-Go Productions has provided Embry-Riddle with years of high-quality entertainment, including concerts by Third Eye Blind, New Found Glory, Bowling for Soup, and Everlast and performances by comedians Carrot Top, Frank Caliendo, Jim Breuer, and Carlos Mencia.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. The university educates more than 34,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through its Worldwide Campus at more than 130 centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.

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