The Official Fleetwood Mac Fan Club

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

I ended up having a better seat for the 2003 OKC FM show just by purchasing tickets when they went on sale...I have talked to several "Fan club" members who sat almost in the back of the Ford Center (Which is a huge arena).

As for the Keith Urban fan-club, My wife joined it for $20 awhile ago (She is still a member...$20 a year is very reasonable. The fan-club members only website has almost daily updates & members only material) and she was able to get great tickets for shows such as the OKC show earliest this year for $35 a ticket (Which was the face value of the tickets...Being a fan-club member she avoided the surcharge for each ticket). Wondergirl can attest to how well the KU fan tickets were, She sat closer to the stage than we did (Sitting Front Row doesnt mean anything to me...It may to my wife if it is KU but for me "been there, done that")

Also the KU fan-club try to reserve seats within the first 20 rows for his shows...Which was explained in the very beginning unlike the FM fan-club which seemed to have a different take on seating every other day...We will be seeing KU once again in Tulsa on Feb.2,2006 so Deb will be using the fan club for the seating/tickets.

Not a bad deal for $20 dontcha think?

That's like for me in San Diego in 2003, I got a front row seat at the ticket office like 2 hours before the show.

[Lindsey Jr.]

Let us start a fanclub... for ledgies only. The ONLY fm vip club on this planet.

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by Madness Fades

yes david valid point. The stupid thing is, that after all the complaining that i have been doing. i will still be renewing my membership. Im not gonna risk not gettin a back stage pass if they come back to ireland or even That other place beside us (England).

Dunno about the point wondergirl is making about the signed guitar. as far as im aware its only rick turners signature on the guitar. but i could be wrong.

The "premium" packages included "backstage tours" but they were not meet and greets. I joined for the chance of getting good seats. We got second row, but there were a few people at my show that waited till the day of the concert and got front row tix at the box office. I don't think it's worth the membership fees.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by Sahara

Wow... that's pretty bad alright.

Has anyone ever written to / emailed whoever's in charge of the fan club / website to complain?

Oh God, yes, it was a whole debacle back then. What a friggin' mess. I'm sure there are old threads about it if you do a search.

BTW - I joined, the basic package. Best seats I got were 5th row at Hershey, which ended up being really good cuz it was one of the few venues that didn't release good tix right before the show. But in general, it wasn't worth the aggravation.

[msLinds]

I am posting these threads from the Penguin Ledge that was posted back when this was all going on.So the newer people that joined the Ledge can see what really happened with that Fan Club.I was not involved really at the time except for bumping up some posts and givening verbal support etc and signing the petition. I never joined that fan club and never got banned from Micks board, because I never joined it.I am not posting this to start any problems here.Its very distastefull reading some of these threads again and I still get angry reading about the treatment the fans went through. All I have say is this.You thought you could get away with Ripping off the fans and thought the band would not find out about it.You tryed to pull off your scam and Fxxxxd with the wrong bands fans didn't you, J Scumbag Todd.lol Everyone take care of yourselves and Happy New Years.




http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=10138


http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=10511


http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=10622


http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=10474


http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=11138


http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=10996


http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=10210

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=10521


http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=11111

[Madness Fades]

All that made for great reading and shows how much of a farce the fan club is. Without it though where can we buy our backstage pass if they ever come back.

[Sahara]

Originally Posted by Madness Fades

Without it though where can we buy our backstage pass if they ever come back.

That's what really bugs me .... we can invade! They'll never keep the Irish down!

But seriously, yes, that annoys me.

Can anyone tell me what the backstage tour actually involves, if no meet and greet?

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Sahara

That's what really bugs me .... we can invade! They'll never keep the Irish down!

But seriously, yes, that annoys me.

Can anyone tell me what the backstage tour actually involves, if no meet and greet?

I believe someone posted that you get to meet their roadcases, etc....

[Sahara]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I believe someone posted that you get to meet their roadcases, etc....

Roadcases?

Sorry, I'm thick...

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by Madness Fades

All that made for great reading and shows how much of a farce the fan club is. Without it though where can we buy our backstage pass if they ever come back.

There were people who got to meet the band in England and Ireland without fan club backstage passes last time they were over. I don't think a backstage pass guarantees anything.
I also got first and second row seats without the aid of the fan club presales simply by buying them through ticketmaster.
You only need to look at the old threads about the fan club here on the Ledge to discover it's a money making scam.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Lindsey Jr.

Let us start a fanclub... for ledgies only. The ONLY fm vip club on this planet.

I like it.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Sahara

Roadcases?

Sorry, I'm thick...

I think their equipment trunks

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

There were people who got to meet the band in England and Ireland without fan club backstage passes last time they were over. I don't think a backstage pass guarantees anything.

There are different types of backstage passes, and I'm guessing the one you get from the fan club (and the kind we've gotten in the past) just lets you get to the outer 'meeting room' type of area, not actually down the halls into areas where the band hangs out. It might most likely give you an opportunity to chat w/ a member of the band's entourage/additional players etc--and possibly a chance of seeing/talking to a band member if they decide to venture into that room--(i.e. probably just John ) --but the general backstage pass really doesn't give you access to much, and in no way implies that you'll meet the band.

-Lis

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by ThePenguin

There are different types of backstage passes, and I'm guessing the one you get from the fan club (and the kind we've gotten in the past) just lets you get to the outer 'meeting room' type of area, not actually down the halls into areas where the band hangs out. It might most likely give you an opportunity to chat w/ a member of the band's entourage/additional players etc--and possibly a chance of seeing/talking to a band member if they decide to venture into that room--(i.e. probably just John ) --but the general backstage pass really doesn't give you access to much, and in no way implies that you'll meet the band.

-Lis

Exactly. I think alot of people who receive them think otherwise and are in for a surprise most of the time.

[Sahara]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

I think their equipment trunks

Gotcha. Thought that alright but then I thought it might have been some other name for one of the crew or something.

Guess not. Thanks!