Students line up for Ke$ha tickets hours before release; Program Board expects sellout
Jake Scott will have waited in line 16-and-a-half hours for tickets to see Ke$ha by the time they are released.
The Cheboygan freshman waited in line solo starting at 3:30 p.m., playing games on Facebook to pass his time.
“I do not plan on sleeping (tonight),” Scott said.
Tickets for the Ke$ha concert go on sale 8 a.m. Friday. He said he loves Ke$ha and was excited when he found out she was coming to CMU.
“I was jumping up and down screaming, ‘Ke$ha is coming,’” Scott said.
Not far behind Scott sat Woodland freshman Kayla Bite and Grand Ledge freshman Dan Pelfrey.
The duo brought homework and computers to entertain themselves. They began waiting at 4:30 p.m.
“We had nothing else to do,” Pelfrey said.
Both Bite and Pelfrey said they were excited for the Feb. 25 concert.
At 7:20 p.m. Thursday, Program Board President Steve Lewis said there were about 42 people already waiting in line.
“We are expecting about 1,000 people (before 8 a.m.),” Lewis said.
Macomb sophomore Mike Greene sat about halfway down the line, playing cards with five of his friends.
“(I’m) having a good time with friends,” Greene said. “We are waiting on two more to get here.”
He said he was surprised CMU is supporting Ke$ha’s visit, especially since the name of her tour is the “Get $leazy” tour.
Lewis said there was a little concern about Ke$ha coming at first, but both University President George Ross and Stan Shingles, assistant vice president of University Recreation, were ultimately on board with the idea.
He also said the majority of RSO presidents said they would like to see Ke$ha perform at CMU.
“Ke$ha was the number-one choice,” he said.
There are 4,300 tickets to be sold for the concert, Lewis said, and the Program Board plans to sell out.
“We are hoping to be able to sell tickets to the public, but if it is sold out by students, that’s great too,” he said.
