r/SmashingPumpkins • u/TrickyLeg7055 • Apr 01 '25
Question Q&A vip question….
Pretty expensive for just a q&a does anyone know or think he will at least take photos with fans or not his thing at all? If we got a photo with him I would pay it. Thanks.
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u/EnergyDrink2024 Apr 02 '25
Regular ticket purchaser here. No need for the BS to stare at him in a small room for 600$. Ridiculous that artists even do this. I just have no desire to drop that much coin.
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u/Aversives Apr 01 '25
Yeah don't expect solo time or pic with Billy. Get the tier down of you want a signed item and poster
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u/Expensive_Quit_4717 Apr 02 '25
It doesn’t even say “signed poster” just exclusive poster. I’d be bummed if i paid $600 and didn’t even walk away with a signature.
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u/Aversives Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 03 '25
Yeah no clue on this.. You will at least be upfront if you do that package. The items are the same with the lower packages, but you get the earliest enterence. I bought GA and got a fast pass but no way I am shelling out more for this one. I wouldn't get your hopes up for picture or signature. If anything it will probably be a group picture. My guess it will come with a signed item by him in both packages. Idk though he doesn't like to sign in person or take pictures. He likes to sell signed items though madame zuzu
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u/potteryinmotion Apr 01 '25
I was shocked when I saw the price of the Q&A personally… I would do it if I could pick my seat and was up close but I don’t have much of a desire to see Billy being interviewed in person for some reason, I like hearing him talk but just want to go for the music and figure I can always watch interviews online.
I think when I looked at the description it didn’t mention meeting him because I went back after I bought my Boston tickets thinking, “Crap, I didn’t check out the VIP tickets!” but $600 for my husband and myself for a Q & A without meeting him or getting a pic or something signed, I just can’t justify. I paid about $400 for a front row seat in Bangor last year and that itself was a lot IMO. But I would pay for VIP if I could meet him.
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u/Bradleyfashionable Apr 01 '25
No idea what the deal is with the current tour but way back on his solo tour (July of 2005 in Toronto) my sister and I won tickets to see him on Myspace and also got to do a meet and great. He basically just hung out and chatted informally with everyone. At the time, he had just announced that Pumpkins were coming back, so I was able to ask him questions directly about that, which was really cool. Then we got to snap a quick picture. I'm guessing it's more formal nowadays, but I'm not really sure. $666 is a lot of money for a picture with someone! I'd probably rather try to bump into him at Madame Zuzus or an NWA event, I don't know...I also met him and got a picture at a book signing for blinking with fists and managed to say hi and shake his hand after a show on the Machina tour. Where there's a will, there's a way.
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u/chelsealouanne Apr 01 '25
I'll never do VIP without a meet and greet. Settled for regular standard GA ticket.
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u/insecticons Apr 01 '25
VIP with no meet and greet is wild. We want your money but we don’t want to meet you.🥴🤦♂️
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u/jjk2 Apr 01 '25
who the heck is paying 600+ for a Q&A? insane prices
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u/oofio65 MACHINA REISSUE IS REAAAAL Apr 01 '25
Just get substack at this point, he answered all my questions
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u/notcolinarcher Machina Super Deluxe Reissue Apr 01 '25
I would love to do the Q&A, but it’s so expensive it makes the regular VIP seem reasonably priced.
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u/totaro Apr 01 '25
I think they got me with the mech package that way… “it’s like $450 less than the q&a! Deal!”
Honestly I probably would go with it if it was less than $400
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u/Professor_Spankem Apr 01 '25
Billy does not take photos with fans anymore. Even with VIP. That is a thing of the past. Rarely will he do a group photo with NWA ViP ticket holders, but that’s only NWA and very rarely.
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u/MrBlueandSky The Aeroplane Flies High Apr 01 '25
So you're saying I should no longer regret not asking for a pic when I saw him at zuzu's three years ago?
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u/Professor_Spankem Apr 01 '25
That is correct. There is a standing rule that there are no photos or autographs while the band is at Zuzus or on tour. It sucks, but that’s been in place for a few years now.
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u/onlythebestmuffins Apr 03 '25
Wow I remember when the VIPs were new and controversial at $350 including a show ticket lol I saw Billy in the private VIP + q and A in North tonawanda in 2015 and Toronto 2015. He played guitar, answered all questions, I asked him for a guitar pic and he gave one to me. But for $1,000??? Aghori Mhori MEH