On Nov. 2, revolution will find roots at Eastern.

The folksy, ska-laced sounds of O.A.R., or Of A Revolution, will fill Lantz Arena when the band comes to Charleston for the University Board’s fall concert.

UB Concert Coordinator Joe Atamian, a sophomore business management major, announced the concert Tuesday, saying the contract signing O.A.R has been settled for about a week.

O.A.R., with its grassroots following on college campuses, had always done well on UB concert surveys, Atamian said.

“College kids seem to really enjoy O.A.R.,” he said.

That made them UB’s first choice for a fall concert, but Atamian said the concert committee would have tried to bring in a hip-hop or R&B act if the O.A.R. deal failed.

The band’s fans followed the five-some through four indie albums, the most recent being 2002’s double-live CD “Any Time Now.” O.A.R. has switched to Lava/Everfine records for their newest release “In Between Now and Then” and have enjoyed some mainstream success.

“They’ve been getting some radio play and some MTV rotation,” Atamian said.

Tickets for the show are $13 for students and go on sale at noon in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union ticket office on Sept. 27.

The general public can start buying tickets for $20 starting at 10 a.m. in the ticket office Oct. 6. Floor seats will be sold, but fire codes will only allow 1,000 people on the floor at once, Atamian said.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. O.A.R. have not released who their opening act will be.