Other unis have better music. That’s obvious when you apply if you bother to do your research. So to serious moaners, go stuff it.
For those that are joking, this joke is getting kind of old…most of us have learnt to accept the cheese (because really we love it anyway).

As a side note, Tiesto is not an act that would attract more than a minority of students to a live event, in my humble opinion. And everyone knows The Klaxons are worse live.

Firstly, maybe Brett ought to have a go at writing a Nouse article himself and then see if he gets a fantastic response - somehow I doubt it!

Secondly, Brett seems to have forgotten that the Comment section of Nouse is not always about serious issues. Russell is just having a bit of a laugh here considering all of the entertainment that’s going on towards the end of term. His sudden switch to “I’m secretly looking forward to a bit of Alphabeat in a couple of weeks, and I know you are too” clearly outlines that this whole article is meant to be very light-hearted.

Thirdly, if you’re going to say that this is a “Terrible article” at least say why. You’re a uni student for God’s sake so you should be able to back up your argument. Perhaps you’re too stupid to realise that this article is all about having a laugh and maintaining the tradition of having a go at YUSU!

Leeds have a huge union complex. The entire university of london have a union complex in bloomsbury. UEA have a union building, Warwick has a huge arts centre. Leeds met has a pretty sizeable venue.

They’re all twice the size of York population-wise, and open to the public for these performances. There’s an established campus mini-tour for freshers’ that a lot of record companies are aware of, because these big unis have a track record of providing a top class service, be it bar staff, doormen, security etc…

Turn our eyes now to York. Vanbrugh dining hall is the closest we have to a decent sized venue, but it’s multi-purpose. It is, essentially, a dining hall. Doesn’t sound like the kind of venue thats going to convince the arctic monkeys’ management to book a slot at York.

We’re a small uni without an established venue for live music and without the location to build one. For the same reasons the charles has to shut at 11 - residents would almost certainly object. Heslington east should be an opportunity to change this - a student venue is on the map, but what form this will take is anyones guess.

The size of the union is also key. Yusu doesn’t exactly have the extensive payroll needed to organise such high-profile acts.(not elected officials, but people to do the organising.) The racecourse does, but they have a more extensive calendar than just our events.

The solution should be the barbican centre. It has the potential to be a 2000+ person venue, be it for the snooker, sit-down concerts or fully-standing gigs and DJ sets. Sadly the council have let the city down tremendously and sold it off to a developer for the equivalent of pence per day on a 50+ year lease.

But even if the barbican was available, the question still hangs in the air - who would actually play in York when leeds is so close? The city has no track record in music, even fibbers, our only established venue, doesn’t venture beyond the independent scene.

So upon who does it fall to change this? Partly on venue owners - keep an eye out for the duchess opening soon on stonebow, but partly upon the university to provide a venue which will be large enough and technically equipped for high-profile acts. Crucially it must be open to the public to boost ticket sales. The union itself must take music seriously at York. Funding is a serious issue when we rely on sponsorship to even put on woodstock. If there’s anything we’re not goot at, it’s making money. YUSU is politically minded as opposed to commercially minded. This must change if we are to operate a successful heslington east venture.

A perfect way for YUSU to test the water in the entertainment sector, incidentally, would be operating it’s own bar as soon as possible. Not that i’m plugging anything…