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VELVET REVOLVER Selling 'Meet-And-Greet' Packages - Aug. 8, 2007

VELVET REVOLVER has just announced the sale of meet-and-greet packages for their current tour, beginning with the August 14 show at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Meet-and-greet packages include: an official VIP laminate, personal photograph with the band, and an exclusive 8x10 color poster and autograph. These packages are available at a cost of $250 per person via the VELVET REVOLVER tour page.

Please note that meet-and-greet packages do not include a ticket to the concert. You must have a ticket to the show to attend the meet-and-greet. Fans will be contacted prior to the show date with meet-and-greet instructions. Laminates will be distributed the night of the show. The 8x10 poster will be personally signed by the band during the meet and greet session. The photo will be e-mailed two weeks after the show.

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Pretty good package item wise. Shame that a ticket isn't included, especially for that price.

yeah thats the only thing that sucks. its better then motley crue's meet and greet though. they were charging 400-450$

Maybe if they threw some of these meet-and-greet in random copies of their album it might go Gold...

lol since american money is worth much less than english money, would this be any cheaper paid in pounds?

yes, bout ?125

not bad at all!

does this actually count for england too though?

I guess they have to make up for poor sales of Libertad somehow. What a stinker.  :(

It kinda sucks that their original meet and greet packages were cancelled.  Originally, including ticket price, one could have met Slash backstage and watched the concert from rows 1 to 5 for about $300.  I bought such a package, had front row, and then a week later, was notified that the deal was off.  My ticket was void, I lost my front row spot, and was very disappointed to say the least. 

You think paying ?125 to get a photo with someone is not bad?

I think its ok in comparison with other band's meet-and-greets. Still too much but obviously people will pay it. There is obviously only room for a certain number from each gig out of the thousands that attend so a high price is understandable for this kinda stuff.

That seriously sucks!! Could this be making up for poor ticket sales?

Im pissed they arent offering this package at the first two Canadian shows after getting jewed out of the Slash package

So you can buy the cheapest ticket for the concert, then buy the package and be close up ?

I got a meet N' greet package with Alice Cooper on the Dirty Diamonds tour. $500 for seats in the 1st 4 rows, t-shirt, Laminate, photo with Alice and a backstage tour. I had a bit of a flirt with Calico too. LOL. At the time I thought it was great but I have come to the conclusion that you shouldnt have to pay to meet someone.
 Its much more real when your invited or just bump into them on the street or something like that.


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yeah you can.

but my ticket was only 18 bucks, so paying 250 for a photo would be a rip off. I have the cash, but i don't think 250 bucks is worth meeting Slash and Duff for 30 seconds.

Chances are i'd piss them off by having them sign too much stuff. But for $250, i guess they'd have to expect it.

Personally, I think it's a big fucking monetary rip-off, led by Fanfire. 

Didn't the Platinum VIP Package before include a meet and greet with Slash plus upfront seating? 

Now if you want upfront seating and the meet and greet you must buy the VIP Package AND the Meet and Greet Package?   

Sort of on the topic of meet-and-greets:
A good way to increase sales of Libertad would be for the band to do in-store appearances before shows. Have a deal where you need to buy the album to get them to sign it. The very fact that Slash and Duff would be there would attract a hell of a lot of people to each signing, and if each person has to buy a copy sales would soar!

I got to meet another band for free, they were giving out FREE passes for their fans!  :D

I got to meet Saosin for free, and I wasn't exactly excited.

Yup.  Almost $500.00, all together, if you were to purchase both.   

I wish, I really wish they would do this on the european tour... it?s so not fair that all these could stuff is only available in USA... There are many other fans all around the world who would love to have this chance too!  :no:

You got a bit more then that. LOL. Mate I had never been so sick from drinkin like I was the next day. But because of certain folks smokin weed it made it a hell of alot worse.

Do you remember the Cheese Incident?


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i think the man meant he met GNR for free, wich is way cooler then whatever Saosin is

Its pathetic, sounds to me like they are trying to increase there bank balance for there fast approaching retirement, or should I say extinction.......... :rofl:

Exactly...  : ok:


I don't know about that, but seeing Google ads on their official site kinda fucked it up for me...  :-\

That is so incredibly lame. And why the hell is scott doing a nazi salute on there?  ???

They have to recoup somehow

I'd love to know how much of the money from this actually does go to the band, because I'd be willing to bet its not much after Fan Fire have skimmed off their share.

Google ads? What are you talking about?  ??? I?ve never seen any on their official site.

Those Fan Fire people seem a bit fishy.

It just seems like people expect a lot of things when they buy these packages and Fan Fire doesn't seem to deliver what people expect.



/jarmo

I don't mean to be rude or anything, but maybe you need to get you're eyes checked?

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come on, that's no nazi salute ::)

Yeah it isn't a Nazi salute. More like homeboy just having his hand / arm up.

all you ppl who think i do nothing but bash VR..

I actually think this is cool.  This way a few fans who are really dying to get to meet the band have that chance and they don't have to fight crowds n shit and they get the artists undivided attention.   Yea its pricey, but i'm sure they only have time for so many and a price like that only a true hardcore fan would pay.

It's kinda funny.

I saw this comment about the ads today and checked the site to take a screen shot. There were no ads.

I was pretty sure I had seen them earlier.

Now I checked again and there they are.....


So maybe she didn't see them when she visited.

/jarmo

I still see them...


This sucks more than anything...

It's all about the money if you ask me.

When I did the fan fire thing for Alice Cooper they told us when we got there that there is only a chance of meeting him. We got a bit cranky when they said that but we ended up meeting him and all was fine.


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I can't believe this. you mean you haven't heard he's a nazi!?

Did anyone go to one of these "meet and greets" yet? Just wondering if it is like a 5 minute thing or something a bit longer.

I think both of these comments seems pretty accurate.? Unfortunately, Fanfire does this for quite a few bands, now.? My experiences with them (and other people's stories) haven't been very positive.? Trying to contact them or the company that apparently runs it - Signatures Network- is almost impossible.?

However, that being said - I was lame enough to buy the meet n' greet thing.? :P

Yeah its normally like that. Might be different this time tho


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Yeah... I didn?t see them.  :peace: And now I?m on the site again and all I see is a white box in the place where the ads should be. I?d take a screenshot if I wasn?t on a cybercaf? and had my friends waiting for me outside  :hihi:. Guess they wouldn?t understand lol.

Would it be unwise for me to wear a GNR 2006 shirt to the meet n greet nexct month?

I hear scott never shows up, so no problem there.

you should print your own gnr shirt with this picture on it and take it to the meet and greet   :hihi:
 
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haha, not a bad idea  :hihi:

i like the idea bro  : ok:   make that shirt and take pics with the band  :peace:

i might go see them at the Mandalay next month just for the hell of it.    To see slash and duff, and to hear them play Interstate Love Song.

I never paid for one of these meet and greet deals but I got to go backstage and meet VR prior to their Detroit show back in 04.

Just for general knowledge everyone in the band was extremely cool and at least the former GNR members had no problem discussing GNR stuff with us.

Overall Duff seemed by far the nicest and most sincere.

That would be a stupid idea.

^Whooooooooooooooooosh.

yeah, and you'll have the VR guys going: "what nu metal act is this?"