After the fiasco that was Dayglow, an electronic music performance meets paint party, hit campus, Student Entertainment was looking to start fresh this semester with a show that would prove to be both popular and safe.

At the Dayglow performance, which took place in April 2012 in the Field House, “[t]here were two arrests, both for criminal trespass, both non-students,” according to University of Maine Police Chief Roland LaCroix, adding there had been 16 medical transports from the Field House and “another 60 or 65 treated and released [for] real minor stuff.”

Details about police and ambulance activity following Saturday evening’s Pretty Lights show were not available from UMPD at press time, but according to vice president of Student Entertainment Sarah Goode, there was no excess of police activity.

“We’re especially happy with the fact that there were no major injuries or transports, and we think this is a reflection of the safety plans we put in place,” Goode wrote in an email.

The only major snag in the show happened after electronic artist Kap Slap’s opening set, when there was a 20-minute delay before performer 3LAU was able to take the stage, during which Dean of Students Dr. Robert Dana got on stage and said the show would not resume “if we don’t get about a thousand of you off the floor.

“Those of you who need to be in your seats, go up to your seats,” Dana said to the crowd. “If you don’t belong on the floor, go up to your seats. We’re not going to start until you go up to your seats.”

Many attendees who had purchased general seating tickets instead of floor tickets were seen hopping over the boards and standing on the floor area.

“[T]here are certain realities to hosting an event of this size on campus,” Goode wrote. “It was the responsibility of the university police to make a call regarding the safety of the floor, they brought their concerns to us, and we all worked together in real time to make sure the rest of the concert was safe for everyone there.”

After Dana’s appeal to the audience, 3LAU addressed the crowd.

“It was 11:30 p.m. last night in Las Vegas,” he said. “U.S. Airways calls my phone and says my flight’s delayed. I’m not going to make it to UMaine tomorrow. So I call my travel agent, and she says there’s nothing I can do. I’m f—–, right?

“But I go online and I find a flight leaving in one hour that has two connections that will take me 17 hours to get from Las Vegas to Maine. So I got in my f—— car, I drove at 110 miles an hour, thank God I didn’t get a ticket, and I’m f—— here!

“So, if you want me to play tonight, unfortunately, some of you have to move up into the seated section. What that means is that y’all are going to have to rage extra f—— crazy up there and jump around and s—. But I cannot get on and play and Derek [Vincent Smith], Pretty Lights, cannot get on and play until some of you guys clear the floor. So don’t let my 17 hours go to waste. Let’s f—— rage, alright?”

After about 20 minutes, the floor was sufficiently cleared and Dana again took the stage, this time to thank the crowd for their cooperation.

“Have fun up there in the seats,” Dana said. “If you get too hot in here, go up to the seats. We’re going to start in just a minute. I don’t want anyone else on the floor. If you want to get off the floor, go up.”

When the show resumed, ticket holders who arrived late were not allowed into the venue, which Goode says was a decision made by UMPD and was “out of [Student Entertainment’s] control.”

Goode said that Student Entertainment will do everything in its power to avoid issues like these in the future.

“For these concerts, as you can imagine, there are a ton of moving pieces, and we do our best to develop good relationships with quality contractors to ensure that we can count on them holding up their side of the bargain,” she wrote. “Sometimes these partners don’t live up to the high expectations that we have. We’re doing a post-game analysis to see what can be done in the future over the next couple weeks.”

Kap Slap and 3LAU’s sets consisted primarily of up-tempo electronic dance music that contained samples of popular pop songs from the past few years, as well as samples from nostalgic hits like “Otherside” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and “Clocks” by Coldplay.

Attendees, primarily donning skimpy neon-colored clothing, sang along with recognizable lyrics and filled Alfond Arena with thunderous cheering. By the time Pretty Lights finished his headlining set, which was more focused on original material, including some from his latest release, his 2013 album “A Color Map of the Sun,” the crowd instantly launched into a “one more song” chant, after which Pretty Lights returned to the stage and performed for about 20 more minutes.

According to Goode, about 2,600 tickets were sold, which “surpassed expectations.”

Goode said Student Entertainment was pleased by the performances of the artists and how they dealt with the delay.

“We’re very happy with the quality of the performance from the artists, and their cooperation with the brief delay,” Goode wrote. “They were ecstatic about the crowd when we spoke to them after the event, and we’ve [heard] great things from the students as well.”

Ultimately, Goode was pleased with the show and that its primary beneficiaries were UMaine students.

“We sold most of the tickets we offered, and unlike some previous shows, most of the attendees were [UMaine] students, which is the population we serve,” Goode wrote.

Sarah Goode is also the business manager for The Maine Campus.