Fan Club and Mick Fleetwoods album sales

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

I never recieved a calendar or letter, and I emailed them about it after they told us to.

I consider Ledgies a fan club.

I think I'm lucky. Though I bit late, I did receive the calendar, and I live in Peru!!! Very lucky for a foreign fan.

I bought t-shirts, I received them on time, but it was very expensive. Since I am a fan I don't care, but a t-shirt is a t-shirt, why to pay almost $30 for a t-shirt . And it wasn't even peruvian cotton (the best )

And yes, Ledgies are THE fans. And the Ledge is THE club

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by diamondsnake

Their "scam"? Explain please.

Money for nothing......

[dissention]

Originally Posted by diamondsnake

Their "scam"? Explain please.

Go search the board archives, you'll read all about it. My personal favorite is when they tried to hock plastic Egyptian jewelry.

[StevieNicksEO17]

Originally Posted by diamondsnake

Their "scam"? Explain please.

Yeah, please explain!

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by angelfishey

how are the tracks jeremy spencer plays on? how is his guitar work?

He only plays on one song, ironically co-written with Carlos Santana. He sounds fantastic. The song was a slower, pop song, so it's not what I'd call classic Jeremy.

[michelej1]

[There is no fan club now. This is an old thread, but there was a recent article about it, so I posted it here]

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5 Things Your Favorite Band Does to Exploit You

ByAdam Tod Brown October 09, 2013

Overzealous fans can be an endless source of income for a successful band. Musicians and record labels alike are well aware of this and aren't above exploiting it at every opportunity that presents itself. Whether it's the doing of the actual artist or just corporate music shenanigans that are out of their hands, the fact remains, when the music industry decides to sink their teeth in, the ones who get bled are usually the most loyal supporters. Here are a few ways it happens ...

#5. Fan Club Presale Tickets

Is there a less "cool" group of musicians you can publicly admit to enjoying than Fleetwood Mac? Yes, the Eagles and/or Nickelback, but that's about it. And to that I say, whatever kids, Tusk is the ****, and Lindsey Buckingham is probably the most underrated guitar player on the planet, as you can watch him prove for damn near six solid minutes starting at the 3:23 mark of this video:

So when Fleetwood Mac announced in 2003 that they'd be touring for the first time in years, I wanted to be there. After investigating the matter on Ticketmaster, I found that tickets were available to "fan club" members two days early. With that information in hand, I quickly assembled my stockpile of Fleetwood Mac CDs so I could remove the proof of purchase codes I figured I'd have to mail in to become a member. The last time I'd dealt with a transaction of this nature, G.I. Joe Flag Points were the currency of choice. How much different could this be?

The answer was "a lot different," as it turned out. Joining the Fleetwood Mac fan club required a yearly membership fee of $79.95, an investment that was rewarded with the following:

-Advance news and concert notification

-Advance ticket purchase options

-Insider news

-Audio, video and photo exclusives

In other words, you didn't get **** except the right to buy some of the most expensive concert tickets on earth a couple days early. I didn't sign up, because I'm not stupid, and to their credit, Fleetwood Mac fans revolted so vehemently that the fan club was eliminated altogether.

That doesn't mean shenanigans like this have stopped happening, though. Plenty of bands, like the Who, for example, still offer up absurdly priced fan club memberships to anyone "dedicated" enough to pay the $50 annual fee.

It's not all bad news for superfans, though. The Internet always seems to find a way to make paying for things you can't hold in your hand (like MP3s or Photoshop) a whole lot cheaper. Concert ticket presales are no exception. Should you ever find a useless fan club membership standing between you and getting tickets to see your favorite band before everyone else, don't take the bait. Instead, direct your browser to one of the countless, quasi-legitimate websites that will sell you the presale password to pretty much any show, usually for less than five bucks. Thanks, Internet!

[Fleetwood Mac is guilty of other things in this List of 5 things, but they aren't discussed further in the article]

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by michelej1

[Fleetwood Mac is guilty of other things in this List of 5 things, but they aren't discussed further in the article]

Fleetwood Mac guilty of...

That would make for an interesting thread.