{"id":5728,"date":"2012-01-13T09:40:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T17:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=5728"},"modified":"2012-01-13T09:40:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T17:40:17","slug":"bands-give-your-fans-value-fans-vote-with-your-wallet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/bands-give-your-fans-value-fans-vote-with-your-wallet\/","title":{"rendered":"Bands, Give Your Fans Value. Fans, Vote with Your Wallet."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VanYesterday I saw that Van Halen is selling VIP tickets for $895 – $995 a ticket<\/a>. Now I have no problem with VIP tickets, back in 2003 I kicked off that concept I created the KISS Platinum Ticket packages for $1000. But, I feel it is extremely important that you give value for that sort of money. These are your die hard fans buying the packages. In the case of KISS, and most other artists, part of the value is a front row ticket and a meet & greet with the artist, along with a photo. This is often the only way a life long fan will get the chance to meet their favorite artist. As I read in many emails from KISS fans who bought the Platinum Package it was a dream come true for them and it was worth every penny spent.<\/p>\n

Onto Van Halen, what really bothers me is for $895 the fan is really getting nothing more than the ticket. It does not include any artist meet & greet. Here is what is included:<\/p>\n

Each Van Halen Ultimate VIP Package includes:<\/p>\n

* One reserved ticket in the front row*
\n* Backstage tour
\n* Pre-show party
\n* Parking (where available)**
\n* Early entrance into the venue
\n* Van Halen Ultimate VIP commemorative laminate
\n* Exclusive Van Halen gift bag
\n* Commemorative VIP ticket
\n* Crowd-free merchandise shopping
\n* On-site VIP host<\/p>\n

I have to ask, is that really worth $895? Is this going to make a fan’s dream come true? Is it too much for Van Halen to spend 30 minutes with a group of fans? Maybe a soundcheck with the band?<\/p>\n

The problem is that for the first show on the tour, Louisville, these packages are already sold out. Here is what it comes down to, if the fans buy them, they will keep selling them. You see you have to vote with your wallet. Money talks and in this case sold out tells the band the fans are fine with this. It says the fans will spend $895 for nothing more than really a front row ticket. Nothing is going to change if bands continue to get the money, until fans step up and say no and stop buying something that is nothing more than a ticket.<\/p>\n

Just my opinion, but…<\/p>\n

Bands, give your fans value for their money.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fans, vote with your wallet.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I saw that Van Halen is selling VIP tickets for $895 – $995 a ticket. Now I have no problem with VIP tickets, back in 2003 I kicked off that concept I created the KISS Platinum Ticket packages for $1000. But, I feel it is extremely important that you give value for that sort […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1251,1339,1340,62,1247],"class_list":["post-5728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-marketing-2","tag-meet-and-greet","tag-ticket-packages","tag-value-for-the-fan","tag-van-halen","tag-vip-package"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}