Fountain Fling to Feature Spoon

On Wednesday morning, Program Board and the Mount Vernon Programming Council announced that Spoon will be playing at this year’s "Fountain Fling."

An Indie rock band originally from Texas, Spoon released their best selling album, Gimmie Fiction, in 2005. The album debuted at the tenth spot on the Billboard 200. Their latest album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga was released in July 2007. One of the band’s most popular songs is “The Way We Get By,” from the album Kill the Moonlight, which was popularized by the television series The O.C.

Spoon will be flying in from a performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to perform at the event on April 25 from 3 to 7 p.m.

Fountain Fling this year is a combination of both the Spring Fling and Fountain Day events and will include a barbeque, giveaways and student performances. Program Board announced that the event was moved to the Mount Vernon campus after they learned that the Smith Center would not be available as a rain site for Spring Fling due to scheduled construction projects. Instead, Fountain Fling will be held on the Mount Vernon Quad and will be split between the parking garage, Lloyd Gym and the Mount Vernon Pub in the case of rain. Students on the Foggy Bottom campus should head to Fountain Fling via The Vern Express, which is located at the corner of 23rd and H streets (next to Fulbright Hall), and will be making departures continuously (every 5-10 minutes) from both campuses throughout Fountain Fling.

- Monika Wysocki