WICHITA, Kan. -- Grammy Award winning, A&M Octane recording artists Maroon 5 have announced plans for a college exclusive nationwide tour that includes a stop in Wichita, Kan., at Charles Koch Arena on Nov. 22. 

The multi-city tour will launch at Murray State in Kentucky on Nov. 2, and make 11 stops before wrapping up at Wichita State in November. Hip-hop MC, griot, and singer/songwriter K’naan will serve as the tour’s opening act on all dates.

Tickets will go on sale starting with college student pre-sale on Thu., Sept. 24, and the general public on-sale to occur on Mon., Sept. 28. Tickets on both dates will be available for purchase starting at 10:00 a.m.

WSU students will need to come to the Koch Arena box office and show a valid WSU student ID to be eligible for the pre-sale. The general public will be able to order via the internet, phone or in person at the box office.

Maroon 5 has also announced plans for a major contest giving one lucky fan $15,000 using Twitter and TwitVid. Concert-goers will be required to take a video of themselves at the show and submit it to twitvid.com/maroon5. Fans can learn more about the contest at twitvid.com/maroon5 or maroon5.com. 

In addition, the band will be running several contests to win tickets to the show.  Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine will be challenging students to tennis matches at each tour stop in exchange for tickets.  Fans will have to follow Maroon 5’s twitter at twitter.com/maroon5 to find out where and when Valentine will be hitting the school’s courts.  

Singer Adam Levine will also be giving fans unique and creative opportunities to win tickets through his twitter account at twitter.com/adamlevine.  Follow Adam for a chance to win at each stop on the tour.

Capturing their first of three GRAMMY Awards as “Best New Artist” of 2005, and going on to sell more than fifteen million albums worldwide, Maroon 5 won over fans and critics alike with the hybrid rock/R&B sound they introduced on their debut album Songs About Jane. They followed up with the double platinum album, It Won’t be Soon Before Long, that included hits like “Makes Me Wonder” and “If I Never See your Face Again.” The band’s releases have gone gold and platinum in over 35 countries around the world. 

-Wichita State-