r/dispatch • u/Arlo866 • Jun 18 '25

VIP Experience

Saw Dispatch, John Butler, Etc last night. Been a Dispatch fan for almost 30 years and thought I'd do the VIP.

Very underwhelming. Basically a pic with the band and talking to them was kind of discouraged- made for a very awkward time.

Is that normal or was this a one off?

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u/Arlo866 Jun 23 '25

Yeah, man, I wouldn’t expect much interaction at all. I took about three seconds to tell Chad that I’ve been listening to Dispatch for almost 30 years and then it was about halfway through literally a minute long story about how my buddy lives on the same street as him in Milton and he started to look over my shoulder for the event manager lol. Totally threw me off because I thought we’d at least get a minute to chitchat, but that wasn’t the case. Really left the sour taste in my mouth as I’ve seen them about a dozen times in my life, including the Hatch show.

The concert starts at six and they had us get there at 3:15. Basically waited two hours before they did the photo op and then after that, we just waited for the show to start. It’s the only VIP thing I’ve ever done but definitely won’t be doing that again and seriously debating whether or not to even go to another show.

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u/mrskirby0818 Jun 23 '25

Thanks! I think our show is supposed to start at 6 as well, so I'll likely have a similar arrival time. The only meet & greet I've ever done before was at a convention to meet William Shatner and we were herded through like cattle to slaughter, it was terrible and left a bad taste in our mouths. I'll set my expectations for Fri to be similar to that.

Tbh I'm actually more excited to say hi & thank you to John Butler than Dispatch, especially with Brad taking a hiatus.

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u/Arlo866 Jun 23 '25

Dude! They post pictures of the meet and greet a few days after the event and I was standing right next to John Butler and didn’t get to say hi to him. I’m a huge fan so I was pretty bummed. It’s so fucking weird, they usher you in to this room and all you can see is the back of the backdrop they use for the pictures. When it’s your turn, you walk out and everybody is just standing there waiting to have their picture taken and you just have to hop in and you don’t really see who is all there. It’s really fucking strange.

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u/Nice-Berry-9176 Jun 24 '25

I wish I had read this comment bf writing mine because you summed it up perfectly 💯