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Meet & Greet Experiences

As far as autograph collecting and music fan experiences goes, I find the range of stories I hear about various meet & greets to be pretty fascinating. I've heard of people paying modest fees (or nothing) for wonderful, fun experiences - and other stories of fans shelling out large amounts of money for a massive disappointment. And, of course, everything in between.

I thought we should have a comprehensive thread on the topic. Have you been to a pre-show or post-show meet and greet or know someone who has? Was it a bargain or a ripoff? What was the mood - structured and hurried or casual and fun?

My favorite band does meet and greets at every headline show they perform on this tour, chosen at fandom by fans who sign up for their fanclub and enter the show-specific drawing. There is no charge, and (usually) I don't believe a show ticket is even required. They were asked about this in an interview early this tour, and the response from one of the band members, Martin, was pretty passionate about musicians who charge high prices for meet & greets. FYI: I get that this band isn't quite a household name yet, so there might be a sentiment of "Who are they to say . . ." However they have an interesting perspective as both successful musicians with Top 10 records and huge music fans themselves).

Here's that portion of the interview:

https://youtu.be/l1da-ZW_3OA?t=6m48s

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Batson on July 14, 2016 at 8:29am

Any idea how Dolly is before/after shows?

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Permalink Reply by Rich on July 14, 2016 at 8:31am

She was brought up on the RACC FB page recently. She seemed to be described as just about impossible now.

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Permalink Reply by Coachgd on July 14, 2016 at 9:04am

Horrible. Read my blog.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Batson on July 14, 2016 at 9:52am

Coach-can u post a link?

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Batson on July 14, 2016 at 10:06am

Never mind. I saw the blog. Disappointing

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Permalink Reply by Rich on July 13, 2016 at 6:38pm

Three indie bands at comparable levels playing comparable venue sizes - Broods, The Naked and Famous and Kongos. All offering VIP meet & greet options in the $60 - 150 range.

Broods - $60 includes ticket and album download

The Naked and Famous - $95 includes ticket

Kongos - $100-325 includes ticket

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Permalink Reply by Rich on July 13, 2016 at 6:41pm

Seems like soundcheck + early entry is becoming a more common part of the package.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on July 19, 2016 at 5:25pm

Kiss have meet and greets again on their tour 1000.00 us, no instruments. 2 items per person. I wanted to go to the m&g but at that price, the concert was good enough. Also remember they will sell autographs in the merch stand but not Gene or Paul. Anyway I picked this up that someone had signed at the m&g.