As students filter onto the UA campus the weekend before the first day of fall classes, country singer Randy Travis will be playing to a suspected full house at Centennial Hall, UApresents officials said.

The 50-year-old Grammy Award winner will be performing new material from his most recent album, Around the Bend, on Aug. 22, as part of UApresents’ summer series that began with the B-52s’ visit to campus on June 24.

Centennial Hall has never hosted a country artist, so when Travis became available, UApresents saw its opportunity, said Mario DiVetta, publicity and marketing associate for UApresents.

“”We always wanted a country artist,”” DiVetta said. “”The way everything happened, Randy Travis just kind of fell into our lap.””

Due to Travis’ status as the first multi-platinum country music star, UApresents expects Centennial Hall to sell out its capacity of about 2,500, Di Vetta said.

“”It’s the right time … Students are coming back to school, and he just happened to be coming through,”” DiVetta said. “”So it just worked out perfectly.””

Tickets range from $25 to $60 and are currently being sold on the UApresents Web site and at the Centennial Hall box office. Call 621-3341 for more information.

Travis has 22 No. 1 hits to his name, along with six number one albums, five Grammy Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, according to a UApresents press release.