Getting Back to Normal

Getting Back to Normal It has been a rough couple of weeks in Boston and at MIT.   Wednesdays memorial service for Officer Collier has helped us to heal.   And tonight, well take another step in getting back to normal. Tonight is the annual MIT Spring Concert.   Every April, students bring a major musical act to campus for a huge concert. Going back half a century, the MIT Spring Concert has hosted some of the biggest bands ever, including the Grateful Dead, the Beach Boys, Aerosmith, R.E.M., and more. This years headliner is Macklemore.   You know, this guy: The concert will be in MITs Johnson Athletic Center.   The band Ra Ra Riot will open the show. While the Spring Concert is not the only venue for major bands on campus (e.g. Nirvana played at the annual Steer Roast in 1990), it has quite a list of bands that have played it: 2013: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis / Ra Ra Riot 2012: The All-American Rejects 2011: Jason Derülo / Janelle Monáe 2010: N.E.R.D. / Super Mash Bros. 2009: Ben Folds / Sara Bareilles 2008: Third Eye Blind / Howie Day 2007: Ying Yang Twins / Ozomatli 2006: CAKE / matt pond PA. 2005: Fabolous / Lloyd Banks 2004: Live / Slick Rick 2003: Jurassic 5 / OK Go 2002: Sugar Ray / Spin Doctors 2001: The Roots / Blues Traveller 2000: They Might Be Giants / Reel Big Fish 1999: Busta Rhymes 1998: Maceo Parker / Fishbone / Five Fingers of Funk 1997: Battle of the Bands (no headliner) 1996: Soul Coughing 1995: Sonic Youth 1994: Belly 1993: They Might Be Giants 1992: Violent Femmes 1991: Jesus Jones 1990: Psychedelic Furs 1989: ‘til tuesday 1987: Squeeze 1986: Ministry / Face to Face 1985: R.E.M. 1984: Cheap Trick / til tuesday 1983: The Tubes 1982: The Ramones 1980: Battle of the Bands (no headliner) 1977: Aztec Two-Step 1976: Don McLean 1975: The James Montgomery Blues Band 1974: Aerosmith 1973: Sha-Na-Na 1971: Chuck Berry 1970: The Grateful Dead 1969: Janis Joplin / Dave van Ronk / Chuck Berry / Julie Driscoll 1968: Jefferson Airplane 1967: The Brothers Four 1966: The Beach Boys 1965: The Rooftop Singers 1964: Maynard Ferguson 1962: Dakota Staton 1962: The Four Preps So, heres looking forward to a great concert and a great night at MIT.