Bands selling 'meet and greets'

XHonusWagnerX - 1-17-2008 at 09:50 AM

I just got this email from the Megadeth mailing list and they are selling the oppurtunity to meet the band. Im not sure what it would cost to just get a ticket to the show, but it cant be more than $50 and the meet and greet package is $275!!!!

Ive seen other celebritys doing this too. Who the fuck do these people think they are?? I have no problem when its for charity, but this is really lame!!

Plus for the Megadeth one there are lame restrictions about what you can bring and what you can do.

- You cant get any Metallica stuff signed
- You cant bring a camera!
- You get one photo with the band taken by their photographer. Thats means its a cheesy digital print.
-Limited to 40 packages??? Thats $11,000 the band makes for just being fucking decent people to their fans!

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Deluxe meet & greet packages are also now available exclusively to MFC members at the MegaFanClub !

Package includes:

Megadeth Meet and Greet Package - Gigantour North America - April-May 2008 ($275 USD)

* One General Admission Standing or Reserved Seated ticket
* Exclusive Meet and Greet with Megadeth
* Autograph session (includes signed Gigantour 2008 collectable 8X10)
* Personal Photograph with the band
* Official Megadeth Meet and Greet VIP Laminate
* Set of Special Megadeth Guitar Picks
* Exclusive Megadeth Bandana

*Please note:
This unique meet and greet experience is your opportunity to interact directly with Megadeth.
Meet and greet instructions will be emailed to each confirmed guest (1) weeks prior to show date.
You may bring one extra item only to be signed.
No shoes, cigarettes, alcohol or drug related products or paraphernalia, bootleg items of any kind, and Metallica related product will be allowed.
No fan cameras will be permitted. Our professional photographer will be there to take your pic with the band.
All tickets will be sent via regular mail. Official laminate, guitar picks, bandana and 8X10 collectible will be distributed at the meet and greet session.
Space is limited to 40 packages per show.

XHonusWagnerX - 1-17-2008 at 10:24 AM

Velvet Revolver 'Meet and Greet' package $300

Exclusive Preshow Meet and Greet with members of Velvet Revolver
Autograph session (includes 8X10 Velvet Revolver photo)
Personal Photograph with the band members
Official VIP Laminate
Set of exclusive Velvet Revolver guitar picks
Official Velvet Revolver-New Years Eve event T-shirt

XHonusWagnerX - 1-17-2008 at 10:27 AM

Dream Theater $350

* One Premium Reserved Seated Ticket within the first 6 rows in front the stage, or GA PIT ticket (where applicable)
* Exclusive Preshow Meet and Greet with Dream Theater
* Autograph session (includes 8X10 Dream Theater photo)
* Personal Photograph with the band
* Official Dream Theater Meet and Greet VIP Laminate

Please note:
This unique meet and greet experience is your opportunity to interact directly with Dream Theater!
This special meet and greet will begin before showtime.
Meet and greet instructions will be emailed to each confirmed guest (2) weeks prior to show date.
During the autograph session, guests are encouraged to bring Dream Theater memorabilia for the band to sign (please limit up to 2 items per guest, guitars included).

chris - 1-17-2008 at 10:28 AM

lame

XHonusWagnerX - 1-17-2008 at 10:31 AM

Duran Duran... They give you a CHANCE to WIN access to the meet and greet and it only costs you $365

Duran Duran VIP Seated Package

The premier way to experience one of the most iconic bands of our time! Going to a show as a VIP will be a concert going experience like you will not soon forget!

Your evening will begin with your official VIP Check in Session. From there, you will go to your VIP Pre Show Reception, where you will get ready for a night of great music right along side your fellow VIP Package purchasers!

VIP's in the Seated section will have a ticket for the 1st 3 rows of the Balcony!

And, as always, the VIP Experience purchasers will be in a drawing for a Meet and Greet with members of Duran Duran! You could be one of the lucky winners (plus a guest) randomly selected to meet the band the night of the show.

Includes:

- A Ticket in the 1st 3 rows of the Balcony
- VIP Check-In In Area
- Exclusive VIP Gift Merchandise
- Chance for a Meet and Greet with members of Duran Duran
- Special VIP-Only Reception
- A VIP Souvenir laminate
- A night of great music with Duran Duran!

PACKAGE COST: $365.00

CONVEINENCE FEE: $14.95

XHonusWagnerX - 1-17-2008 at 10:33 AM

Hmmm.... you can meet Ozzy for a grand!

Platinum Package is available for only $999.99 and includes:

-1 Ticket within the first 5 rows on the floor
-Meet & Greet with Ozzy Osbourne
-Picture with Ozzy Osbourne
-Exclusive Pre-show party
-Tour poster signed by Ozzy and his band
-Exclusive tour shirt
-VIP commemorative laminate
-Exclusive Gift Bag
-VIP parking
-Backstage shopping for cool tour merch

panzerkreuzer - 1-17-2008 at 10:38 AM

:lol:

gavin - 1-17-2008 at 10:41 AM

where do i begin with this?

chris - 1-17-2008 at 11:07 AM

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Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
Hmmm.... you can meet Ozzy for a grand!

Platinum Package is available for only $999.99 and includes:

-1 Ticket within the first 5 rows on the floor
-Meet & Greet with Ozzy Osbourne
-Picture with Ozzy Osbourne
-Exclusive Pre-show party
-Tour poster signed by Ozzy and his band
-Exclusive tour shirt
-VIP commemorative laminate
-Exclusive Gift Bag
-VIP parking
-Backstage shopping for cool tour merch

Backstage shopping? WTF?

random - 1-17-2008 at 11:15 AM

Hmmm, not sure about Dream Theater, but here's my guess for the others... when you blew a few million either up your nose or in your vein (or both) at the height of your band's popularity, you still have to find a way to maintain that rockstar standard of living into retirement... hence selling "meet & greets".

Speaking of, I was watching the Megadeth "Behind the Music" on youtube the other night... those guys were a fucking mess.

BDx13 - 1-17-2008 at 11:19 AM

this is what happens when you download music and artists are forced to get creative about how to make money on the road.

actually, ticketmaster has been offering premium "VIP" packages like this for some time, although i think the meet and greet part is new. used to just be better seats, a special program, signed cd and a drink or something.

XHonusWagnerX - 1-17-2008 at 11:26 AM

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Originally posted by BD
this is what happens when you download music and artists are forced to get creative about how to make money on the road.

Even for people that agree with that being a justifiable reason for them to charge, I really cant see them charging THAT much money. I remember meeting Megadeth for free at a Strawberries store when 'Countdown to Extinction' came out and all I had to do was wait in line for 2 hours and buy the CD.

Voodoobillyman - 1-17-2008 at 11:53 AM

I would consider this for Motorhead......and thats it.

panzerkreuzer - 1-17-2008 at 12:01 PM

where´s the kiss meet and greet. normally they´re the first with such ideas.

JawnDiablo - 1-17-2008 at 12:05 PM

that's insane.
My buddy bought a cd when he went to see High On Fire at the TLA a few months ago and the dude seling it was like, do you want to come hang out? he went and hung with the band and talked about guitars and crap. apparently they were real nice dudes too,
paying for the oportunity to meet dave mustaine? what does he cure cancer with his fretting hand or something?

BDx13 - 1-17-2008 at 12:05 PM

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Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX

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Originally posted by BD
this is what happens when you download music and artists are forced to get creative about how to make money on the road.

sure... but that's when people people still bought cds.

i understand your point, but bands are trying creative ways to make money now that cd sales have been in decline year after year. look at what they're offering... that cost of that poster and shirt and buffet shit probably totals like $12, so it's a huge profit item for whoever is organizing it. and to be fair, it's certainly not the band. like everything else, i'm sure this is managed by someone else and they get a cut.

and honestly, i'm not a big dream theater fan, but there are some bands i'd pay three bills for a front row ticket to see. for some people, shit like that is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and that is who this is marketed toward.

JawnDiablo - 1-17-2008 at 12:09 PM

blah I got to drink with the Joe Coffee dudes at CBGB and I didn't even pay to get in...this crap is all madness now that I actually read it

when I was a kid you could go to the bar across the street from the Tower Theatre and chances are you'd be able to meet bands that were performing because they went there for dinner beforehand.
Alice Cooper was a real nice dude.

bombidol - 1-17-2008 at 12:09 PM

Plutonium 20 Bulls Each Package is available for only $12999.99 and includes:

-1 Ticket within the first 170 rows on the floor
-Meet & Fuck with 20 Bulls Each (women only)(Manly handshakes for the boys)
-Teabagging from the band
-Exclusive Pre-show hookers and blow session
-Balls/Tits signed by the band
-Exclusive tour cum rag
-VIP commemorative used condom
-Exclusive face punch with picture!
-VIP Used spittoon
-Backstage shopping for cool drugs

JawnDiablo - 1-17-2008 at 12:13 PM

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Originally posted by bombidol
Plutonium 20 Bulls Each Package is available for only $12999.99 and includes:

-1 Ticket within the first 170 rows on the floor
-Meet & Fuck with 20 Bulls Each (women only)(Manly handshakes for the boys)
-Teabagging from the band
-Exclusive Pre-show hookers and blow session
-Balls/Tits signed by the band
-Exclusive tour cum rag
-VIP commemorative used condom
-Exclusive face punch with picture!
-VIP Used spittoon
-Backstage shopping for cool drugs

finally a worthy deal!

BDx13 - 1-17-2008 at 12:16 PM

hahahahaaa!!!

bombidol - 1-17-2008 at 12:21 PM

If Thorp put out our new EP next month I have been authorized to give up to 4 free Plutonium Packages to staff working at the label. Its something you can tell your grandkids about.

defstarsteve - 1-17-2008 at 12:22 PM

well....
back in my day of working road shows, and dealing with rock star pricks,
the meet and greats were not free....
you wanted to meet the band you brought ass or grass.... a nice looking girl or a nice bag...
and you had to know someone either with the booking agent or the tour package to get the goods delivered
and of course those people needed a taste as well...

this is why I was drawn more to punk
no rock star attitude, no stages, the people in the crowd are the people playing the music, no bullshit...

as long as you put people on a pedestal they will expect to be there

we are a culture that has only 8x10 glossy heros...
these people have done nothing to deserve this kind of treatment yet get it showered upon them...
for what?
playing guitar, writing a few lyrics, being in a movie or tv show...
and then they give themselves awards and people watch that crap too...

while our veterans are getting their benefits cut
police are shot and killed in the street (not that I like cops but fucking getting killed for a 30 grand a year)
firefighters....

we are a country with no heritage and there is no one to look up to but backstabbers, theives, liars, and rapists.

at least oj is in jail for now

upyerbum - 1-17-2008 at 01:14 PM

It would be worth the 275$ to punch him in the face. We have a long tradition of punching "rock stars" out around here. Self-important douchebags. If this was for charity I can see it, but holy fuck, come on, hang up your fucking instruments and join the lecture circuit, you could talk about coffee.

MikeCore - 1-17-2008 at 01:16 PM

This has NOTHING to do with downloading just greed. Bands have always made more money touring then from selling records unless maybe you where The Beatles.

Discipline - 1-17-2008 at 01:30 PM

I remember a couple of years ago reading about clubs paying Paris Hilton $100,000 to come hang at their club for a night and drink for free because it would draw people to the club and make it a "cool place to be." Fucking disgusting.

newbreedbrian - 1-17-2008 at 01:46 PM

that's beyond weak. and i met motorhead for free already anyways :singing:

XHonusWagnerX - 1-17-2008 at 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by panzerkreuzer
where´s the kiss meet and greet. normally they´re the first with such ideas.

Kiss has done it. Ive gotten emails offering it before, but I couldnt find the list or price online anywhere.

JawnDiablo - 1-17-2008 at 02:53 PM

I met The Bad Vibes a couple times...even got on their tour bus...the bass player had these weird looking groupies....

CR83 - 1-17-2008 at 03:11 PM

My sister just paid to meet Paul Stanley at an art gallery here in STL. Then her and her husband paid $1,500 for a copy of one of his paintings.

XHonusWagnerX - 1-17-2008 at 03:41 PM

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Originally posted by ChrisReed83
My sister just paid to meet Paul Stanley at an art gallery here in STL. Then her and her husband paid $1,500 for a copy of one of his paintings.

$1500 for a COPY of a painting?????

Jason the Magnificent - 1-17-2008 at 04:54 PM

Pay hundreds of dollars to get up close and personal with sweaty men after you've been packed in an aeran with other sweaty men for 2 hrs....sounds like a sweat deal.

Siczine.com - 1-17-2008 at 05:40 PM

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Originally posted by Discipline
I remember a couple of years ago reading about clubs paying Paris Hilton $100,000 to come hang at their club for a night and drink for free because it would draw people to the club and make it a "cool place to be." Fucking disgusting.

Funny you say that I saw something on TV before New Years saying some Las Vegas club was paying her 500,000 just to host it.

All of this is bullshit. Any band that does this should be shot in the fucking face with a 12 gauge.

XnMeX - 1-17-2008 at 07:14 PM

I'm glad my favorite band is Blood for Blood because to attend a "meet & greet" just meant standing by the bar.

clevohardcore - 1-17-2008 at 08:02 PM

I have said it amny times. MEGADEATH SUCK! Always have.

MikeCore - 1-17-2008 at 08:51 PM

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Originally posted by clevohardcore
MEGADEATH SUCK!

barc0debaby - 1-17-2008 at 08:59 PM

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Originally posted by Voodoobillyman
I would consider this for Motorhead......and thats it.

Same here, but only if I could drink and do lines with lemmy all night long.

MyOwnWay - 1-17-2008 at 10:17 PM

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Originally posted by BD
this is what happens when you download music and artists are forced to get creative about how to make money on the road.

This is more truth than most people care to realize.

Plus... Truth is, I dont really understand what the fuck everyones bitching about. They can charge twice the amount, if people are willing to pay for it, so be it. If you're not gonna pay that amount, its easy, dont go. Some other poor schmuck will do it. If the band is happy, fine. If the fan who blew several hundred dollars is happy, its ok by me.

Voodoobillyman - 1-18-2008 at 12:48 AM

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Originally posted by barc0debaby

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Originally posted by Voodoobillyman
I would consider this for Motorhead......and thats it.

Same here, but only if I could drink and do lines with lemmy all night long.

That would definitely be a part of the Motorhead package, along with picking up skanks together.

clevohardcore - 1-18-2008 at 03:07 AM

megadeth still suck.

XHonusWagnerX - 1-18-2008 at 09:40 AM

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Originally posted by MyOwnWay

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Originally posted by BD
this is what happens when you download music and artists are forced to get creative about how to make money on the road.

I just think its shitty. They wouldnt be famous in the first place if it wasnt for fans and now they put themselves on such a high pedistal that they will charge people hundreds of dollars for a handshake and a glorified poloroid picture.

JawnDiablo - 1-18-2008 at 09:55 AM

Dave Mustaine is a washed up douche.
Last good record was Peace Sells in 1986.
Fuck him and his coffee. He can blow me.

MikeFromInhuman - 1-18-2008 at 04:46 PM

Awful!