Okay, so obviously there are those of us in this forum *raises hand* who've never been to a Vines show. That said, those same people *raises hand again* have also never met the Vines.

So, me and Angie were wondering where exactly meetings like this happen and if they take place at every show.

Are there specific places according to venue where there are signings and meet and greets and whatnot? If so, is it possible to know ahead of time?

Does stuff like this happen in the venue or outside it? Are they always planned or do you have to go all stalker about it?

This might be a weird topic, but we were curious.

If anyone wants to share stories of meetings, helpful info, random facts, knock knock jokes, etc, we'd appreciate it. We just have no idea how/ when/ where/ this stuff happens.

Yeah...and thats it.

Thanks

Yea.. please tell.. we wanna know



...knock knock jokes?

I think it's different with every venue. Some venues are really strict, and they have shiploads of security everywhere. But those are usually real big venues. And sometimes the way the venue is set up is not condusive for meeting anyone. Its all enclosed behind gates and what-nots.

The best venues i feel are the best to meet the band are small venues. What one does is, after the show, go to where you see their tour buses, or find the back of the building. There will usually be other people waiting around to snag the band when they come out of the building, cause you know they gotta come out sooner or later! i think people know that, so that in itself creates the meet and greet. Usually one has to wait for about an hour or so, so one needs patience and not care if you get to bed really late that night.
So once the band comes out, you should make sure you have something for them to sign. And a pen of some sort incase they dont have one. And hope and pray their managers dont scurry them onto the tour bus so nobody can even say boo. ...like they did with Jack White when i saw the Raconteurs last Friday night.

And also you could have unexpected surprises after a show. After the Raconteurs show, i hung around a little at the Denny's restaurant, and low and behold i spotted Meg White! ...and i got her autograph! she's such a sweetheart.

So you see, after the show ya just gotta hang. Dont go home right away, you'll never meet anyone that way!
I have no idea how to meet the band before the show, nor do i know how to meet the band inside a venue. Usually those people have VIP passes.

Yay! Our first poster! Thanks C!

I was trying to find the back of the building at the Muse concert but it didnt work out to well .. Minneapolis sucks..

Oh, cool! Thanks for the info!

Sorry for being so naive about the whole thing, but like I said already, I be a Vines concert virgin.

EDIT: Another question. Maybe this'll be easier to answer. Maybe not.

Are there any places anyone knows of where meeting the guys wouldn't be allowed/ wouldn't be as likely/ wouldn't happen?

I don't know about other cities, but where i live in L.A...the Gibson Amphitheatre and the Greek Theater are terrible for meeting anyone. Massive security! You might as well kiss that goodbye! ..all tho a few people have gotten lucky and met Jack White at the Greek, but that was just a fluke. I've tried there to meet the White Stripes, but security always scurried me out the door. All tho last year when i was there, i saw Beck walk out the door, and i could have snagged him if i wanted to, but i didnt.

Here at the Quest (MN) the line wraps around the building and goes right by where the tour buses park and usually thats where they play when they come here so... *crosses fingers*... **twice**

Well, any venues the Vines might play at near me would be in NYC and I'm not at all familiar with them. I wish they'd play the arena a few minutes from my house. Now that place I can navigate and such.

Also, the two theaters i mentioned, the Gibson Amphitheatre and the Greek Theater, are big venues. And most likely the Vines wouldnt be playing there anyway, so not being able to meet them would not be a worry.

are they the kind of band that are usually easy to get to or do they hide?


that sounds really weird


hopefully we can meet them before so were not all sweaty and stuff

I was wondering that too!


Haha! I plan to bring a change of clothes or something!

well they were pretty easy to get to the two nights i saw them. The second night tho a dick-wad by the name of Peter Lusty lurked around, and that didnt help much, tho Craig spent at least a minute or so with me. I was not expecting that!



seems it would be harder before a show to meet them. Cause how does one know when they get to the venue?

yea.. just get there like 4-5 hours early

thats what i do......


all you need is patience

ive got pleanty of that

There is a way of finding out what time they are going to arrive...but it means going to more than one gig on a tour..not so easy in the US I know.

Talk to roadies or best of all talk to the tour bus driver. I don't mean chat him up, just be pleasant and kind to them and they are usually really sweet back. One tour I was sitting the pub behind Manchester Apollo and my friend said what time are they getting here? I looked at my watch and said in about 5 minutes, 7 minutes later the bus pulled up! All through the bus driver telling me when they were due. You can also get some funny tour stories this way too!

The best access I ever had to the Vines in the earlier days before I got "known" to them was at Norwich UEA, I got there at 3.00pm a whole two hours before most people and met all The Vines in that time, also all of You Am I and all of Rocket Science, I even had a sneaky peek inside the venue whilst everything was being set up. Everyone was just wandering around being dead cool, the throng didn't arrive until 5pm! But London usually starts much earlier you got to be there at 1pm at the latest and sometimes they don't show before the doors as the roadies have done the soundcheck.

It really just about patience and avoiding locked gate venues!

Whaouuuuuuuuu you're so lucky what were you talking about during this minute ??

tinks and i met craig there. like you said, the bus was right along the side of the road. mgmt brought craig back from getting a shower at a local hotel, and when we saw that wet-head, we left the line to go meet him and get him to sign our WD cds. a guy friend was with us and we got a picture of him with craig. this was about 4 hours before showtime.

we didn't hang around after the show, but andy (our friend) and others met the rest of the band - but not craig - by the bus for autos and pics.

if the bus is parked in an open area where the band has to walk from it past you to get to the venue - for soundcheck or the show - then you're likely to meet them. a lot of times they come out on their own to meet with fans. that's been my experience with them in atlanta both times.

other than that, wait after the show by the bus - bands will often take the time to meet fans and thank them for coming to the show. the first time i met craig, he came out of the venue and went down the line and met every person waiting. it meant alot.

i don't know that craig will do that this time - it's a different vines era, so i guess we'll need to wait on the UKers to report back about how accessible they are.

im getting excited!


*go writes to the radio station again*

Oh yeah! I still gotta do that!!

As Jen said, the bus typically parks right out at the side at the Quest. But I think after the gig Andy went around in the alley at the back (the alley is right by the place where the bus parked).

HOWEVER!! As you know there've been some problems in Minneapolis (and at the Quest) recently, so DO NOT go down that alley by yourself or if it looks at all dodgy.

Personally I'd much rather see them play 1st Ave than the Quest. It's just a better venue. There's also some new place where loads of indie bands have been playing recently (the Varsity Theatre in Dinkytown), so they wouldn't necessarily play the Quest anyway.

I wouldnt want to see them at a theatre. i was muse at the state and it sucked. they didnt but the seperation from eachtoher did. 1st ave would be cool.

yea Minneapolis is getting nasty latley...

Yeah I'm not sure what the Varsity is like since I haven't been there yet. It's maybe just called a theatre but is more like a club? I dunno. The Futureheads are playing there pretty soon and they don't really seem like a "theatre" type band.

Not much.

I was showing him drawings i made for him. And he kept nodding his head and smiling.
I said i made these for you. He said, "and this is for you", and handed me a Sharpie.
Then he said....."ohh...led pencil". ...referring to my pencil drawings.
I didnt know what to say. I showed him where i signed my name on the drawing. ...and he looked. too cute!
Not a whole lot of conversation went on between us. Just alot of smiling and nodding.

Craig sounds like such a smile and nod person...but not the way people do when they aren't paying attention or are totally lost with what someone is saying ...he seems to genuinely nod that he is paying attention and smile cause he's flattered, awww how cute

Yeah I think if you bated him with Mcdonalds he would talk to you. But thats about it really besides a nod as marilyn said.

Well like i said, he was willing to talk. But since i didnt utter much, he probably felt like oh well, i tried.

too bad craig doesn't have thought bubbles over his head so you can read what he's actually thinking as he smiles and nods...

'why the hell is she pointing at her name on that picture? like i can't figure that out for myself...'

'boobies, boobies, boobies, boobies...'

'two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.'

'did ryan say meet him in the bathroom or his bunk?'

Nice Jen

Post of the day.

He's probably just shy and doesn't know what to say. It's very cute.

No, i actually told him. I said... "i signed my name here"... And he looked. Bwahahahaha! Cutest damn thing ever!
He probably didnt have time to think...why in the world did she have to point that out to me?

He was probably thinking about how brilliant an artist you are and he wanted to know your name!

Why did you want him to see your name? Awww Carolyn wanted Craig to remember her name. How cute.

I would. Id be like 'Im AANNNGIIIEEE A.N.G.I.E.

Me too!

You guys are too cute!!

Do you think thats why i did that? Cause i honestly dont know why i did. I think i was just trying to think of something to say, and so i focused on the drawings as much as possible, and i dont know what i was thinking, i just said...and this is where i signed my name...and i pointed.

LOL Angie!

Haha!! "And this is paper. It's comes from trees. I bought it at the store. Pencils are cool."

Bwahahahahahaa! I was one step from that!

Well he brought up the fact that it was "lead pencil"...

He's too cute

"ooh look.. the papers shhiinnnneeeyyyyy"

You and shinyness. *shakes head*

But Carolyn is cuter!

I have problems....

A post like that shouldn't make people laugh out loud but I did.

it was a joke so its ok

Oh ok. Phew!

That she is!