January Jams, an annual tra­di­tion on cam­pus, is bring­ing rock ‘n’ roll music to Wink Arena on Jan. 21 to help beat the win­ter blues.

This year’s head­lin­ing band is Theory of a Deadman. Theory of a Deadman, com­monly abbre­vi­ated as TOAD, will be mak­ing its sec­ond appear­ance on FSU’s cam­pus. The band opened for 3 Doors Down in 2003’s January Jams.

TOAD’s 2008 album enti­tled “Scars and Souvenirs” has seen marked suc­cess with songs like “Wait for Me” and “Not Meant to Be”. The album is rapidly approach­ing plat­inum sta­tus. “Not Meant to Be”, which fea­tures the track’s co-writer, Kara DioGuardi, achieved Top 10 sta­tus on Music Choice’s video charts and was in rota­tion on MTV HITS in 2009.

Experiencing grow­ing pop­u­lar­ity, TOAD has been sched­uled to play at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Medal Ceremonies this win­ter. The band will per­form on Feb. 19 fol­low­ing the women’s snow­board­ing half-pipe medals. Being from Canada them­selves, TOAD’s web­site states that the group is look­ing for­ward to show­cas­ing some “unabashed Canadian pride” (the​o​ry​ofadead​man​.com).

Other bands per­form­ing this year include Halestorm, Adelitas Way, and Taking Dawn. Bands fea­tured in pre­vi­ous years have ranged from Chevelle to Nickelback.

This year’s con­cert is spon­sored by the Delta Chi fra­ter­nity along with radio sta­tion Y102.

Tickets for January Jams went on sale Monday, Jan. 11. Tickets can be pur­chased for $10 with a valid stu­dent ID; limit one ticket per ID. General admis­sion costs $20. Tickets can be pur­chased at the Rankin Student Center Information Desk and the FSU Ice Arena Box Office.

The event takes place at Wink Arena on Thursday, Jan. 21 begin­ning at 7 p.m. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Nick Maus at nmaus11@hotmail.com.