The Official Fleetwood Mac Fan Club - Page 3

wondergirl9847 · #31 12-29-2005, 11:19 PM

Didn't Pattie go on one of the Platinum tour thingys? I believe she did and got photos of Lindsey's pedal setup and all. Basically, they give you a tour of the stage and I think they got some snacks or something. Also, a signed tourbook and a button or something. Can't remember. No meeting with the band though.

As if I didn't talk up Keith Urban enough, I'm about to do it again. LOL He has a great fan club where you can get stamps/stickers if you go to shows or buy certain items. When you join the club, they send you a passport (fake, obviously. LOL) and you get it stamped at shows. If you get so many stamps, you get free stuff. Also, you can be chosen to be a Customs Agent in which you actually get to MEET (!!!!) Keith Urban, get a photo and autograph (perhaps kiss and hug too if you have brass ones to actually ask. LOL). You get some free stuff and get to ask Keith a question in a backstage thing he does. He plays a couple of songs and answers questions. At his shows, he usually calls gals onstage to get a hug/kiss. You have to have a terrific sign idea though. He's read them all.

I know FM are this huge band and stuff, but I wish they were more fan-oriented.

DavidMn · #32 12-30-2005, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

Didn't Pattie go on one of the Platinum tour thingys? I believe she did and got photos of Lindsey's pedal setup and all. Basically, they give you a tour of the stage and I think they got some snacks or something. Also, a signed tourbook and a button or something. Can't remember. No meeting with the band though.

As if I didn't talk up Keith Urban enough, I'm about to do it again. LOL He has a great fan club where you can get stamps/stickers if you go to shows or buy certain items. When you join the club, they send you a passport (fake, obviously. LOL) and you get it stamped at shows. If you get so many stamps, you get free stuff. Also, you can be chosen to be a Customs Agent in which you actually get to MEET (!!!!) Keith Urban, get a photo and autograph (perhaps kiss and hug too if you have brass ones to actually ask. LOL). You get some free stuff and get to ask Keith a question in a backstage thing he does. He plays a couple of songs and answers questions. At his shows, he usually calls gals onstage to get a hug/kiss. You have to have a terrific sign idea though. He's read them all.

I know FM are this huge band and stuff, but I wish they were more fan-oriented.

Well, like I've said before, in the limited direct exposure I've had with band members, they were VERY friendly and willing to talk to me. I think maybe some of that is management.

Villavic · #33 12-30-2005, 03:52 PM

I was member the first year it appeared. Just to get the calendar and t-shirts, and hoping to get a backstage&concert tikt (though I never boiught it cause couldn't travel to the states on those dates).

T-shirts were too expensive, and besides that, the site has nothing more interesting. The Penguin is more than enough to me, is perfect, is THE (FM) site. So I didn't renew the membership

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #34 12-30-2005, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Madness Fades

Yeah i hope the presale rule applies to all concerts and not just the US gigs. But it is a real scam either way.
Im gonna get the backstage tickets and bring my model 1 to get it signed. How cool would that be. The only Model 1 in Ireland, Might soon be the only Model 1 signed By LB

Maybe just Maybe

The presale did apply to the UK gigs last time round and I did get some front row tickets via that route (I never joined the farce of a fan club.. a kind US member shared their password with me). However we also managed to get front row seats by checking ticketmaster and wayahead a couple of weeks before the gigs. And as they allowed the first few rows up to the stage it didn't really matter if you were front row or fourth row.

As far as meeting the band backstage... I don't believe anyone did via the fanclub. I met most of the band by waiting for them to arrive and also was lucky enough to go backstage after one of the gigs. Mick and John were there (also Peter Green) but they were busy with family and friends

LINDSEY#1FAN · #35 01-03-2006, 02:49 PM

I DID do the Platinum thing, and for a whopping $250.00 per person, I did get 2nd row, and the backstage tour thing, which was a bunch of Bull**** !! A guy takes you around backstage and lets you see the bands clothes, but don't touch anything, God forbid, you would have been thrown out of there, and then you go onstage and see where they will be playing, you get to see the bands dressing rooms and where they eat - WOW !!!, then the guy took us back and saw the road crews buses,

it was the biggest waste of $500.00 that I had EVER made.

I was happy with the 2nd row and all, but ****, for $500, what the hell, I did expect to at least see something, other that the crap that I did. Then, we were supposed to get the autographed tour books, but no, we waited for weeks for them to come, and from what I heard, is that I was one of the fortunate ones to get mine - most people didn't even get theirs.

It sound like a great way to make a **** load of money with giving people false hopes in at least getting a glimpse of the musicians. Backstage passes sound real good, but what a crock that was ! Never again !

David · #36 01-03-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LINDSEY#1FAN

I was happy with the 2nd row and all, but ****, for $500, what the hell, I did expect to at least see something, other that the crap that I did.

I got online at Ticketmaster the morning of the show at the Arrowhead Pond & pulled up two front-row center tickets after a try or two. I bought them.

It's what finally convinced me to go to the Fleetwood Mac concert back in '03.

Kelly · #37 01-03-2006, 03:05 PM

Even buying the platinum package from the FM fan club wont guarantee you meeting the band. They probably wont even be at the venue when you go back for your "tour". (you see where they eat and hang their clothes..you also see...gasp....the stage! You are not allowed to touch anything. It is a complete waste of money, you will not meet anyone nor will you get anything signed. You will only get a guitar signed if you have random good luck and happen to run into LB at a hotel or something. (is the Mac even going back to Europe anyway?

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Sahara · #38 01-03-2006, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly

(is the Mac even going back to Europe anyway?

)

Yes! They're coming! *maniacally hopeful*

Oona · #39 01-12-2006, 03:52 PM

if u want my slant on the club fan, uh....fan club, go back and read some of my messages. granted, I am a bit of a schlamazel in general, but they are less than a sub-par outfit.

Angelick Witch · #40 01-14-2006, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sahara

Yes! They're coming! *maniacally hopeful*

Of course they're coming! Any day now... *waiting patiently at airport*

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Originally Posted by Lindsey Jr.

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

I totally second that! I was looking at joining the fan club, but I don't think I have money enough to keep it going for long enough. I don't have $80s to be throwing around. If I had that money, I would buy some Mac DVDs, probably! And if you don't even get anything for it, I certainly don't see the point.

This is all so depressing...