After canceling his concert last spring, Phillip Phillips will finally perform at St. Thomas this fall, but he won’t be the only headliner on campus.

Assistant Director of Campus Life Krysten Edwards confirmed St. Thomas Activities and Recreation is in the process of negotiating Phillips’ contract to perform at St. Thomas in addition to a regularly scheduled fall concert. STAR is still working to settle on a date.

Junior Andrea Peterfeso said she was eager to see Phillips’ performance before he canceled it for health reasons in May.

“I’d love to see him,” Peterfeso said. “The anticipation of him canceling builds (the concert) up again. I’m really excited.”

When Phillips canceled, 90 percent of that concert budget rolled over into the fall activities budget. Most of the rollover will fund his rescheduled date.

Phillips was originally scheduled to perform an acoustic outdoor concert on the John P. Monahan Plaza last spring, but he will play at an indoor venue yet to be decided this semester because of fall’s unpredictable weather. Edwards said the change in venue will also change the style and cost of the concert.

“We wouldn’t have an acoustic show indoors,” Edwards said. “It would have to be a full-band concert, and there are extra costs because of that.”

Freshman Tim Stammeyer, who described himself as a Phillips fan, said he’ll clear his schedule for the event, but he thinks STAR should have used the extra budget for a different activity.

“I think that that money could be used to do something crazy different, and, if it sits well with the students, we could make that an annual thing instead,” Stammeyer said.

Phillips announced online Wednesday that he will be touring nationally with John Mayer later this fall, but Edwards said Mayer’s name has not come up in discussions for St. Thomas’ concert.

As for the survey sent to students via Facebook last semester, Edwards said STAR is fielding artists that are touring college campuses and using the survey as a reference for possibilities. Artists on that survey included Florida Georgia Line, Christina Perri, Trampled By Turtles, Little Big Town and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros.

“Country music was the big winner, and I think pop came in next,” Edwards said about the spring survey.

“Country’s a big summer thing; it’d be a great concert,” Peterfeso said. “I think the (other) fall concert should be early in the year.”

Although the survey was intended to provide student input, senior Chester Forsman said he wasn’t aware of any STAR outreach for suggestions.

“I work at Tommie Central and I didn’t know anything about it, and that’s not a good sign,” Forsman said. “They need to make sure people see it.”

Anastasia Straley can be reached at stra0669@stthomas.edu.