For the first time in 42 years — since the Carter Administration — Purdue University's All-American Marching Band will perform Saturday at halftime without The Drum, which weighs a quarter of a ton ...

Purdue will be looking for an upset win against Notre Dame on Saturday but will be without one of the key components of it program – "The World’s Largest Drum." When the Purdue All-American Marching ...

A Purdue icon will not be making the trip to Notre Dame when the Boilermakers take on the Fighting Irish this Saturday. For the first time in 42 years, Purdue’s All-American Marching Band will perform ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin's Longhorn Band is unveiling its new custom-built bass drum, which is even larger than its original drum, at the home game against Iowa State ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) — Purdue’s big drum is no longer a good fit at the Notre Dame Stadium. The bass drum — said to be more than 7 feet in diameter and nearly 4 feet wide, but not the “World’s ...

Assistant drum major Arista Whitson offers a behind-the-scenes look at the traditions and preparations of the UW Marching ...

While many aspects of college have changed this year due to the unrelenting coronavirus, college marching bands throughout the Big Ten are finding ways to endure. Each of the Big Ten bands have had ...

Jim Mitchell, a former University marching band drum major who performed the national anthem before each Gophers football home game, died March 16. He was 59. Mitchell, of Minneapolis, died of an ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue's All-American Marching Band will be without The World's Largest Drum Saturday. The legendary drum can't fit in Notre Dame Stadium, ESPN reported Thursday night. For the ...