Singer also said he felt a survey would slow down council plans. Council members could gauge student feeling just as well by informal discussion, he said.
Robert M. Hyman '97-'98, council president and a sponsor of the concert, said that the extra time taken up by the survey would not prevent plans for a concert.
"While advance time is always helpful, it is still possible now to put on an exciting, community-building concert," he said.
Hyman also said he hoped that, whatever the survey results might be, the council would still try to put on a concert.
He said the council did not have any possible replacements for A Tribe Called Quest at this time.
It is also unclear whether the $5,000 Harvard Dining Services offered to supplement the Pepsi donation would be available if the council decided not to hold a concert, according to Hyman.
Hyman said that "it is unclear" whether HDS would be still be willing to donate the money for other purposes.