Im planning on going to a Tool concert in OK city in november. I was curious, how do i got about (trying) to get some backstage or VIP passes. The only way i can think of is radio contests. Any ideas?
How does one get backstage passes to a concert?
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Who you know. Back (waaayyy back) when I was a producer I used to get them just by asking other producers. Work your contacts. Remember the old 6-degrees-of-separation thing, and start asking around. SOMEBDOY you know is friends with, or related to, or lost a lawsuit to, someone who knows the right people. Find out who is producing the concert and start asking around for a connection. Be nice, be polite and nd be shameless.
Also, the classic method is to get to know the security staff at the venue. If you're a girl - well, if you're not, use the old standby who-knows-who.
Press passes are also a good bet. Immediately volunteer for the nearest paper and write all their concert reviews, or do photo or internet stuff. Heck, you even get free tickets if you get into the routine.
And, do you know anyone who works in marketing-publicity? That's where most of the perks go. Work those connections, baby. Also, these days, lawyers for the rich & famous.
Also. Restaurants make deliveries, florists, massage therapists, preachers, ambulances and so on. A lot of places have "approved" lists & lists of people they use regularly. Be creative. Join a union (or do you know anyone in a union? I used to "apprentice" at Madison Square Garden.)
If all else fails, become a producer (easier than it sounds - trust me), contact the band's people and tell them you're interested in (make up something sexy) "exclusive rights for using the digital code to their music and printing the code on T shirts" - you'd like to meet them backstage and discuss it. Works every time.
Good Luck, hope this helps.
Also, the classic method is to get to know the security staff at the venue. If you're a girl - well, if you're not, use the old standby who-knows-who.
Press passes are also a good bet. Immediately volunteer for the nearest paper and write all their concert reviews, or do photo or internet stuff. Heck, you even get free tickets if you get into the routine.
And, do you know anyone who works in marketing-publicity? That's where most of the perks go. Work those connections, baby. Also, these days, lawyers for the rich & famous.
Also. Restaurants make deliveries, florists, massage therapists, preachers, ambulances and so on. A lot of places have "approved" lists & lists of people they use regularly. Be creative. Join a union (or do you know anyone in a union? I used to "apprentice" at Madison Square Garden.)
If all else fails, become a producer (easier than it sounds - trust me), contact the band's people and tell them you're interested in (make up something sexy) "exclusive rights for using the digital code to their music and printing the code on T shirts" - you'd like to meet them backstage and discuss it. Works every time.
Good Luck, hope this helps.
It does work! I just scored 30 backstage passes to the Michael Bolton concert at the PNC PAC in NJ!!!!
Wait a minute.....I don't think this a good thing...
If you were a girl, just show the gaurds your boobies.
<-- ex-girlfriend did that at the LV Tool concert to get backstage.
<-- ex-girlfriend did that at the LV Tool concert to get backstage.
Easy. Be someone important to the production, or know someone who is. Anyone else is just in the way.
Offer money to security guards. Twenty bucks was the price to go to the after party at a Marilyn Manson concert I went to. Find the one guard who will do it and bribe him.
Or you could stand by where the entrance to the backstage is at and hope you get lucky. I found a backstage pass on the floor at a Green Day concert and my friends and I took turns going backstage.
Or you could stand by where the entrance to the backstage is at and hope you get lucky. I found a backstage pass on the floor at a Green Day concert and my friends and I took turns going backstage.
Originally posted by: Beau6183
Speaking from experience?
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Originally posted by: Shelly21
Originally posted by: Beau6183
Speaking from experience?
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1) Promoter of the concert or staff
2) Band list (i.e., invited by band)
3) Some press are offered passes
4) Promotionals, like the radio stations.
Some promoters/concerts are VERY tight and there may be levels of backstage passes. Others allow everyone and their mother to wander in. I did atend a concert (backstage) will Tool in the early 1990's But we were promoting the show.
edit: the security guard trick would not work at many concerts we did because we had people milling around looking for your laminated passes. But I guess it's worth a try -- flash your groin at the 300+lb. guys and see what happens.
2) Band list (i.e., invited by band)
3) Some press are offered passes
4) Promotionals, like the radio stations.
Some promoters/concerts are VERY tight and there may be levels of backstage passes. Others allow everyone and their mother to wander in. I did atend a concert (backstage) will Tool in the early 1990's
But we were promoting the show. edit: the security guard trick would not work at many concerts we did because we had people milling around looking for your laminated passes. But I guess it's worth a try -- flash your groin at the 300+lb. guys and see what happens.
Originally posted by: Jfur
I did atend a concert (backstage) will Tool in the early 1990's
<--- Going to Tool on October 12
BUWAHAHAHA!
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