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Meet and Greet - Great the Meat
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05-04-2015 7:03am#1
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When Peter Gabriel played Eastern Europe last year, he had special packages available. Bassist Tony Levin documented how well that went. Typically around ten people, but with some exceptions.
Lodz, Poland: two (2) people:
Bratislava: one (1) person. So he got invited on stage, by himself, for the soundcheck:
:pac:From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut
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€555?? :eek::eek:
I think you'd wanna sit down with them, smoke cigars and drink the finest of brandy wearing monocles for that amount of money.
When Limp Bizkit played (yeah, yeah) there was a guy going around with a sign saying "Meet and Greet €50" and I was semi tempted, but also figured that was too much just for awkward Fred.
A tenner seems reasonable enough, if you're a big enough fan.
I've only ever done the arrive early/wait until after the show for some acts/musicians. And in the end, I waited around for Fred to come out
But sure, any excuse to look at Awkward Avril http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/11-breathtakingly-awkward-pictures-of-avril-lavigne-and-her#.iwDxOEVJ :rolleyes::pac:0 -
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Motley Crue wrote: »You should check out the Rihanna pictures from a similar situation....she doesn't mind her fans have a little touch
Fair play, I'm no fan of Rhianna, but she does seem to make an effort with her meet & greets, as evidenced here
Also, check out Kelly Clarkson's meet 'n' greet pics, some of them are brilliant!0 -
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StaticAge11 wrote: »Meet and Greets are one thing but what are the opinions on the paid guitar lessons some bands are doing? Big fan of Mastodon, when they came for a gig last year I saw ads that Bill was giving guitar lessons to the first 10 people who mailed him. I mailed, he responded telling me that it costs 150 euro for the 20 minute experience. Big fan of Mastodon but really could not justify that expense!
I seen that and was curious, but not a big enough fan to be one of the first ten to meet and learn some tricks from their idol.
€150?? I honestly thought it was a "good thing for the fans" for free, don't I feel foolish now? >.<;
:o
And also a little disappointed
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I've had quite a few Meet and Greets over the years and never paid for any, here's my experience
IRON MAIDEN
Think it was May 1990 and i won a competition on Radio 1 to play paintball with Iron Maiden and Thunder, great day out but only Bruce and Janicj turned up from Maiden, so a few years later, on the Virtual XI tour i contacted the management, told them about winning the comp and only 2 turned up and asked if they could sort me, my mate and small son out for a Manchester gig, arrived and were given passes, along with some FC winners, met Nicko and Jan before the gig, went onstage to sing Heaven Can Wait then went backstage after and met them all (apart from Blaze), that's the experience the FC got at the time, and it was free, just had to win the draw
METALLICA
Far and away the worst experience i've had, was backstage at Dynamo Festival in Holand, late 90's and got talking to a record company girl, she gave me a pas for the Meet and Greet, the exact same the Fan Club were getting, now i fcukin love Metallica but this was just garbage
All lined up, told whatever band members came out a max of 2 items each to sign, no photo's and try not to talk too much.
Jason came out and signed everything and talked, James came out, heard Apocalyptica on the stage (which we were on the side of) and ran up to see them, came back 10 mins later , by which time the security guy shouted only 1 auto per person and no chat.
That was it, over, Lars and Kirk never bothered their arse, although i've heard it has changed for the better now (even though apparently James has stopped doing them)
DROPKICK MURPHYS
Far and away the best experience ever, they launched their Signed and Sealed album in Dublin last Jan with 2 gigs, they were selling Meet and Greets for 125Euro, with all proceeds going to the bands Claddagh fund.
2 days before the gig i won a pair on Nove
Turned up at 5pm, were given an album, exclusive t-shirt and this smart as fcuk poster, limited to 125, signed by the artist, it was a real thick material too.
Went into the main arena and Al jumped down, came over with a cooler of beers and gave us all one, told us to help ourselves to what was left.
The band then did a soundcheck, playing 6 full songs, chatting to us inbetween, must have been around 20 of us there.
They finished then came down and chatted to us all for 30mins. I asked Ken if they'd ever consider leaving Boston for Paddy's day and playing Dublin, he said it was a great idea, look what happened this year
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Think it was May 1990 and i won a competition on Radio 1 to play paintball with Iron Maiden and Thunder, great day out but only Bruce and Janicj turned up from Maiden
What an experiencewent onstage to sing Heaven Can Wait then went backstage after and met them all (apart from Blaze)
I take it back! Bloody hell! So how did this come about then? Did everyone get to join in or was it during a soundcheck or something? Were you introduced onstage? Did you play an instrument as well?late 90's and got talking to a record company girl, she gave me a pas for the Meet and Greet
Did you at least give her the thank you she was after? lolJason came out and signed everything and talked
What a guy. I probably would have been just happy with that myself. I remember James Hetfield being really arrogant when I met him, and this was pre-rehab - least in the early 90's you could excuse his behaviour on being drunk lolI asked Ken if they'd ever consider leaving Boston for Paddy's day and playing Dublin, he said it was a great idea, look what happened this year
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Motley Crue wrote: »What an experience
I take it back! Bloody hell! So how did this come about then? Did everyone get to join in or was it during a soundcheck or something? Were you introduced onstage? Did you play an instrument as well?
Did you at least give her the thank you she was after? lol
What a guy. I probably would have been just happy with that myself. I remember James Hetfield being really arrogant when I met him, and this was pre-rehab - least in the early 90's you could excuse his behaviour on being drunk lol
I give you full credit for that decision
The Maiden thing, we turned up before the gig and were given passes, told to meet at the front bar at a certain time, there was about 15 or so of us, we were taken backstage and Nicko and Jan came out, Nicko gave me a set of sticks for my lad, sound guy he was. As we were leaving the bands guy told everyone to be there at the end of the 3rd song, which we were, we were then taken round the back of the stage and onto the stage to sing the chorus of Heaven. I had my lad on my shoulders and stood right behind 'Arry, and next to Slaven Bilic (ex West Ham player).
Funny thing i remember is we were in the wings waiting to go on, and Nicko was lobbing sticks at us
When we met the band after they were all so fcukin cool, Dave Murray has to be one of the nicest guys in the business.0 -
DROPKICK MURPHYS
Far and away the best experience ever, they launched their Signed and Sealed album in Dublin last Jan with 2 gigs, they were selling Meet and Greets for 125Euro, with all proceeds going to the bands Claddagh fund.
2 days before the gig i won a pair on Nove
Turned up at 5pm, were given an album, exclusive t-shirt and this smart as fcuk poster, limited to 125, signed by the artist, it was a real thick material too.
Went into the main arena and Al jumped down, came over with a cooler of beers and gave us all one, told us to help ourselves to what was left.
The band then did a soundcheck, playing 6 full songs, chatting to us inbetween, must have been around 20 of us there.
They finished then came down and chatted to us all for 30mins. I asked Ken if they'd ever consider leaving Boston for Paddy's day and playing Dublin, he said it was a great idea, look what happened this year
I went to see these guys for the first time on paddys day just gone. Don't own an album, went accompanying a friend. Ended up on stage with them and had a long chat with Ken after as he hung around to chat with fans. Lovely guy! Just feel ashamed I'd no idea who he was before the gig though...0 -
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