Fans Getting Screwed

I hate "complaining" about certain things because I am very grateful about what I do have in life but sometimes I have to let off steam. This is one of those times.

First off, I have been a huge fan of New Kids On The Block since I was in high school (1986). I am just as devoted as the next fan. Some things have come up though that are making me go GRRRRR. One thing is the price for a VIP 5* ticket to their concerts. A 5* VIP gets you a guaranteed seat in the first 5 rows (they pick the seat & not you which right away is kinda crap), a goody bag and a backstage pass to meet the guys. Now they through so many of these tickets out there that when you do get to meet them, you get like 2 mins to meet all five guys. The price for all of this is almost $400. Now of coarse I will pay it knowing what happens but at the same time I think it's insane to charge that much money and only 2 mins for all five guys and you don't even get to pick your own seat. Anybody who struggles with money can never get a chance to have all these great things. I think it is wrong to do stuff like this when so many people struggle with money. There are other ways this can be done and not so freakin' much money.

When the guys came back, they had a web site that anybody could go into including forums etc. Now that they are going to be touring with Backstreet Boys, their web site changed. Now to enjoy any of the cool stuff, you have to pay to be a member. Not to bad after all I paid to join the Darren Hayes fan club. Thing is, there are two prices/packages. One is $40 and the other is $75! Again people with even some kind of money get to do this and the ones that struggle to pay their bills or are just getting by get left out in the cold. I can understand the $40 one but to add another one and have it $75 just to make more money is crazy. Whoever runs these things and comes up with it is screwing the fans over. That is not right at all. I have been a fan since the beginning like most of us and want to be able to have a chance to  be included in all the great things being a fan can bring.


I am not mad at the New Kids but wish they could understand that there are better companies and people to deal with this kind of thing and that are not all about the money. I am glad to be a NKOTB fan but these little things that end up screwing a lot of their fans is getting on my nerves. Next month my membership to Darren Hayes will expire, I am renewing that before joining NKOTB. One I have to make a choice because of money and even though I am a long loyal fan of NKOTB, I don't like what is going on. With Darren I feel more appreciated. I'm not saying the guys don't appreciate their fans because I know they do but the people running things are money hungry.


I don't mean to sound ungrateful because like I said I am very grateful. I just hate it when money hungry business/people step in and us struggling/just getting people have to be pretty much left out in the cold. I want to be able to try to get a 5* next time NKOTB come out but since I am not a fan club member, who knows how it will turn out (beside the money part). There always is tracking them downtown and spending real time with the guys. I really want good seats too. I want that experience. Never had it. Again the guys themselves are great and I adore/love them. I really hate seeing ( and being) some fans having to get pushed aside.