Ke$ha first Program Board show in Events Center; new facility brings new opportunities for group

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Ke$ha is the first show Program Board will bring to the new Events Center, but the addition of the building will mean some changes for the group.

Steve Lewis, Program Board president, said the new Events Center gives the Program Board opportunities to do more things than they might have in the past and also gives new venues to familiar events like movie nights and comedy shows.

“There are a lot of other areas to use for things like movies nights and comedians,” the Allegan junior said. “Along with all the other things we do, whether they be smaller or bigger events.”

He said the new Events Center gives the Program Board the chance to attract other big-name acts like Ke$ha and are currently looking into bringing other mainstream musicians to campus.

“That’s one of our goals, (to bring in more musicians), we are currently looking for other concerts for even this year,” Lewis said. “But nothing is set in stone.”

Ke$ha

Lewis said Ke$ha will be the first concert at the new Events Center on Feb. 25 and he expects her to draw quite the crowd.

“We are hoping she sells the place out,” he said.

He said Program Board does not know who the opening acts are yet because Ke$ha has yet to announce the full lineup for the “Get Sleazy” tour.

Lewis said tickets will go on sale Friday for students and will be priced at three different levels: $20 for lower tier seats,  $16  for middle-level seats and $13 for higher-level seats.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Dec. 9, he said, and are priced at $25, $20 and $16 depending on seat location.

He said the decision to bring Ke$ha to campus was not solely that of the Program Board, but that it received input from other organizations on campus.

“It wasn’t just our decision,” Lewis said. “We talked with different Greek organizations, (Minority Student Services), and athletics and all the students associated with them.”

Program Board wasn’t originally planning on bringing Ke$ha to campus, but her schedule made it an easy decision, he said.

“She kind of fell into our laps, actually,” he said. “It worked out completely perfect for us, she is playing in Chicago the day before and in Detroit the day after, so it worked out great.”

New York graduate student Colin Walker said he isn’t sure if he is going to go to the show or not.

Walker said he thinks it is “really cool that CMU could bring a main-stage act like that to campus.”

“If a lot of my friends decide they want to go maybe I will,” Walker said. “But that is the only way I go to concerts typically, because it’s better amongst friends.”

Marcus Freeman said he does not plan to “Get Sleazy” with Ke$ha, especially because of how fast tickets will sell out.

“Tickets will sell out before I even think about it,” the Rochester sophomore said. “The same thing happened with Demetri Martin.”