STARKVILLE – Grammy-nominated singer Natasha Bedingfield is set to headline this year’s Bulldog Bash on Oct. 3, Mississippi State University announced in a Wednesday press release.
Bedingfield, who is set to take the stage at Humphrey Coliseum at about 9 p.m., is a British pop-artist known for her hit songs including “Unwritten” and “Pocket Full of Sunshine.”
“We are super excited,” MSU senior and Bulldog Bash Director Sneha Cherukuri told The Dispatch. “We’ve … not able to sleep at night, thinking about ‘what is the reaction going to be?’ And for the most part, it’s been super positive.”
Bedingfield rose to fame in the early 2000s and has released four studio albums selling more than 10 million albums and 10 million singles worldwide, the press release said. She was nominated at the 2007 Grammy awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
The music festival, put on by Mississippi State’s Student Association, is typically held downtown each year and is funded by a portion of Starkville’s 2% food and beverage tax. The festival announced this year it will be held at The Hump on MSU’s campus instead of downtown, due to ongoing road construction on Main Street.
Due to the move to The Hump, the concert cannot accommodate its typical crowd of 15,000 and will limit capacity for safety reasons, Director of Student Activities and Adviser for Bulldog Bash Kylie Forrester said. The Hump’s capacity is roughly 9,100.
“You have to claim a ticket in order to get in, and that’s just … for safety, to make sure that we know how many people are in there, and that we’re not breaking any fire codes and making sure people have a safe and good experience,” she said.
Mayor Lynn Spruill said she expects Bulldog Bash to return to downtown after road construction is finished.
Some previous headliners for the event include Jason Derulo, Ludacris and Jason Mraz.
The opening act for the festival will be decided at this year’s Battle of the Bands slated for 6 p.m. Sept. 12 in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium.
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