Time is out for those students who have not yet purchased their Commodore Quake tickets, according to Campus Student Events. As of Friday night, there are no tickets available.

Lil Wayne sales were ahead of last year's Kanye West sales by one week, according to Director of Campus Student Events Dwayne Elliott. In contrast, Kanye West tickets did not sell out until 3:20 p.m. on the day of the concert.

"(This year) we sold almost 2,500 tickets the first day tickets were on sale. We had more people waiting in line this year than (for) Kanye West. Two tickets are being sold on Craig's List for $225, so these are the hottest tickets in town right now," said Elliott.

Despite the popularity of Lil Wayne, Elliott recognized that students have complained about having an "urban act" for Quake over the past four years and for the last two years at Rites of Spring.

"To clarify, we actually submitted offers for rock/alternative acts for the last three years, and they always backed out at the last minute ... Also, rock bands are really expensive, so it is hard to find the right headliner that is popular to the general student body," said Elliott.

A Rites of Spring survey estimates the cost of Green Day to be over $500,000, and Taylor Swift to be over $200,000.

In response to a student-created Facebook petition to get Coldplay to perform, Elliott said that if Coldplay were to come to Quake, student tickets would have to be at least $90 due to budget limitations. In addition, Elliott noted that some artists do not even play college venues due to size and acoustics issues.

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