VOLBEAT - "We Don't Charge For Meet And Greets"
December 23, 2013, 11 years ago
John Parks of Legendary Rock Interviews recently spoke with VOLBEAT frontman Michael Poulson; an excerpt follows:
LRI: Volbeat is one of the best live bands. Part of the reason is because you do make it a point to connect with the fans, often much more than other bands and you even wrote a song dedicated to the fans ('Thank You'). That fanbase has only grown since then, especially here in the United States. Has it become harder to stay connected with the fans as the band’s popularity has skyrocketed?
Michael: "No it’s just a challenge to us. We see it every time we come back to a given city or country, we see the ticket sales getting stronger, the venues are getting bigger and that just means there are more fans to take care of. That’s the challenge because you surely don’t wanna leave anyone behind and you wanna save something for all of them. We still go out before shows to meet fans on the street because a lot of them are there very early on, trying to get up front, they will be at the venue almost when we arrive so we always go out and say hello or take pictures and just talk to them. Then, the next thing is we have our scheduled meet and greets and we don’t charge anything for meet and greets."
To read the interview in its entirety, click here.
Volbeat's next show is February 15th in Tokyo, Japan at Quattro; their complete tour itinerary can be viewed at this location.
