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XHonusWagnerX
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Bands selling 'meet and greets'
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.
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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XHonusWagnerX
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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
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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XHonusWagnerX
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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).
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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lame
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XHonusWagnerX
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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
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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XHonusWagnerX
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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
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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where do i begin with this?
you come at the king....you best not miss
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| Quote: | 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?
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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.
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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.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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| Quote: | 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.
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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I would consider this for Motorhead......and thats it.
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where´s the kiss meet and greet. normally they´re the first with such ideas.
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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?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
| Quote: | 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
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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.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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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.
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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
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| Quote: | 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!
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hahahahaaa!!!
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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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.
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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
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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.
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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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.
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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.
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
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