meet and greet

[jsnwedge]

anyone go to the meet and greet?  I'm going to Cleveland show, just wondering if it was worth the $ I shelled out for the tix.

[976-EVIL]

Good post.

I am curious myself for the rest of us who dropped the cash to have this experience.

[Bilbo492001]

I went to the one in Fresno. Showed up to the venue, and nobody knew what was going on. Finally after about twenty minutes of waiting around, Juan(from the setup crew) met us outside. He was cool but wasn't exactly informed on what we were supposed to be doing. He gave us some of our items but failed to give us our shirt because he wasn't sure if he was supposed to. We finally made it in while the Tones were conducting sound check and witnessed about a song and a half before being ushered along. We were then placed in the blazing sun while we waited for the band. When they finally came around, they all couldn't have been nicer as they posed for pictures and signed our posters. In hindsight, the amount of money that was shelled out for the experiance was a bit much for what we received. I just wish it would have been more thought out.

[Hesperian Death-Horse!]

Seems like its going to take them some time to make sure everyone involved is on the same page with this whole backstage package deal but its awesome that you went and got to do that, man. Good times.

[Bilbo492001]

Most definitely. I think is was cool to experience that for sure.

[jsnwedge]

I went to the one in Fresno. Showed up to the venue, and nobody knew what was going on. Finally after about twenty minutes of waiting around, Juan(from the setup crew) met us outside. He was cool but wasn't exactly informed on what we were supposed to be doing. He gave us some of our items but failed to give us our shirt because he wasn't sure if he was supposed to. We finally made it in while the Tones were conducting sound check and witnessed about a song and a half before being ushered along. We were then placed in the blazing sun while we waited for the band. When they finally came around, they all couldn't have been nicer as they posed for pictures and signed our posters. In hindsight, the amount of money that was shelled out for the experiance was a bit much for what we received. I just wish it would have been more thought out.

Cool, thanks for the info.  How early did you have to get there? 

[Bilbo492001]

I think it varies on where you go. I was given instructions to report to the box office at 4:00pm the day of the concert.

[deftones12022]

Man that sucks you guys paid to do that.  Me and my girlfriend were in Ventura the day before the show and we ran into the whole band after they practiced.  We got to say whats up, got a few pictures, and talked for a while while nobody else was around.  And we Already hit the 1st three Cali shows and still 2 more to go on Tuesday and Wed. 

[Bilbo492001]

Naw, its all good. It was a birthday gift to me from wife and it was an overall cool experience.

[jsnwedge]

Naw, its all good. It was a birthday gift to me from wife and it was an overall cool experience.

Same here.  Good to hear you had a cool time.  I'm really looking forward to this show.  I just hope it isn't as screwed up as alot of other people are saying, i.e. not even being able to get their tickets.

[charissa]

I've got Diamond VIP tix for Allentown on 9/12. regarding the shirts: it says they'll be mailed to us.
I hope they have things more organized by then and it's worth it! Sure it will be considering hubby's not a fan and tagging along just for me--no way he would wait around after or before to try and meet them, so VIP it is.

Can't wait to see what more ppl say about the meet & greets as the shows go on...