Every year, Drexel students repeatedly excel in academia-related competitions around the world, but this summer, one music industry junior has rocked-literally. Singer/songwriter Jonah Delso won a contest to open for the popular British group Coldplay July 25 at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center.
Delso submitted a video for his song "Elevator" through 93.3 WMMR's "Open for Coldplay" contest. Through an online voting process, Delso's music video was chosen as one of the top three contenders in the competition. From there, the members of Coldplay picked their favorite artist to play a 20-minute opening set to kick off the Philadelphia stop of their 2008 Viva La Vida Tour. Along with the performance, Delso received $2,000 and 10 tickets to the show for his friends and family members.
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