Leebonoman96
Acrobat
Firstly I would like to say Ive been a U2 fan for more than 20 years and I have never had a bad word to say about U2 or anything U2 related. Secondly I hope this is in the right forum and thirdly it is purely written for the sake I hope U2 fix the problem so we don't see disappointed fans ever again.
By now most of us know the stocky bald guy who is mainly by Bono's side. The head of security or Bono's personal bodyguard. The guy who walks around the stadium watching Bono's every move. The guy who comes out of the hotel or hired car before the band. His name is John Sampson. After the tour of Australia I just want to say how disappointed we are with you.
A bunch of us saved alot of money and decided to travel all around Australia and support the band on every show. We even got shirts made up and called us 'Team Vertigo'. On every stop in every state we of course wanted to meet the boys. Stupidly we even outlayed $650 a night to stay at The Palazzo Versace on The Gold Coast. That was our desire to meet the boys, get photos or autographs. It also wasn't hard to find out which hotel in each state they were staying in either. They are The Biggest band in the world. So we would line up out the front of the hotel with on many times other fans and wait patiently for u2 members to come out. On nearly every time a band member did come out and greet the fans but what takes place is what really pissed me off.
On The Gold Coast we waited in the foyer for 8 hours on The Sunday. As they came out security refused us inside so we calmly went outside. Edge signed first, no problems. As Larry was about to sign John Sampson came over and said to Larry 'This guy hasn't been waiting out here all day dont sign". After waiting so long to see these guys Larry then turned to me and said "Right, then he can go to the end of the line". I waited almost all day and 8 years to cop that. Thanks John Sampson. I dont blame Larry as he wasnt to know but John Sampson did. Secondly a few minutes later Adam came out, was signing everyones, got to mine signed it and then John Sampson said "Ok thats the last one". Initially I was happy then I turned to my left. There were 6 people left. 2 were kids. This is why I'm writing this. The heartache I felt and saw in others as John Sampson stops the band from signing. I suppose U2 have to take some responsiblity, they are adults and not muppets.
The next day the band came, This time there wasn't as many fans waiting, maybe 30 in total. What pissed me off was John Sampson saying they dont have time for photos but accepted a blonde who by the way was well equiped and fairly attractive to stop and get a photo. If you agree to one, isnt only fair for the next person to get a photo even if they are a bloke and dont have big tits.
Anyway we tried a few times in Sydney with no real luck, same with Adelaide. Finally on our last day we agreed, hey lets give it one more try to meet Bono. So we rocked up to the Park Hyatt fairly early. Might of been 2 people before us. We waited 3 hours and by luck Bono came out of the hotel. He got in the car, they drove down to the entrance and he got out. By this time there was maybe 40 people. Mr John Sampson got out first as usual. Some fans were pushing forward. Bono got out on the other side to us and started signing. John Sampson said "its ok, we are going to get to everybody". You beauty we thought, so we just waited. Bono got through half and then guess what happened? John Sampson said "ok boss, we got to go" Once again we missed out and so did 10 or so others. It was one of the biggest let downs we have ever experienced and changed alot for us as fans.
My point to this long and maybe boring post is We all know the band is busy but if you decide to come out make sure you make an effort to get to every fan. Dont stop halfway through or a few short. Dont sign one if you cant sign all. I saw people so upset, including us it just was unbelievable.
We are the fans who supported you for so long and an extra 5 minutes to make sure everyone is happy isnt going to kill you.
I'm sorry, I know Ive dragged on but i really hope any of you who read this dont experience such an upsetting time when it should be the time of your life meeting U2. thanks
By now most of us know the stocky bald guy who is mainly by Bono's side. The head of security or Bono's personal bodyguard. The guy who walks around the stadium watching Bono's every move. The guy who comes out of the hotel or hired car before the band. His name is John Sampson. After the tour of Australia I just want to say how disappointed we are with you.
A bunch of us saved alot of money and decided to travel all around Australia and support the band on every show. We even got shirts made up and called us 'Team Vertigo'. On every stop in every state we of course wanted to meet the boys. Stupidly we even outlayed $650 a night to stay at The Palazzo Versace on The Gold Coast. That was our desire to meet the boys, get photos or autographs. It also wasn't hard to find out which hotel in each state they were staying in either. They are The Biggest band in the world. So we would line up out the front of the hotel with on many times other fans and wait patiently for u2 members to come out. On nearly every time a band member did come out and greet the fans but what takes place is what really pissed me off.
On The Gold Coast we waited in the foyer for 8 hours on The Sunday. As they came out security refused us inside so we calmly went outside. Edge signed first, no problems. As Larry was about to sign John Sampson came over and said to Larry 'This guy hasn't been waiting out here all day dont sign". After waiting so long to see these guys Larry then turned to me and said "Right, then he can go to the end of the line". I waited almost all day and 8 years to cop that. Thanks John Sampson. I dont blame Larry as he wasnt to know but John Sampson did. Secondly a few minutes later Adam came out, was signing everyones, got to mine signed it and then John Sampson said "Ok thats the last one". Initially I was happy then I turned to my left. There were 6 people left. 2 were kids. This is why I'm writing this. The heartache I felt and saw in others as John Sampson stops the band from signing. I suppose U2 have to take some responsiblity, they are adults and not muppets.
The next day the band came, This time there wasn't as many fans waiting, maybe 30 in total. What pissed me off was John Sampson saying they dont have time for photos but accepted a blonde who by the way was well equiped and fairly attractive to stop and get a photo. If you agree to one, isnt only fair for the next person to get a photo even if they are a bloke and dont have big tits.
Anyway we tried a few times in Sydney with no real luck, same with Adelaide. Finally on our last day we agreed, hey lets give it one more try to meet Bono. So we rocked up to the Park Hyatt fairly early. Might of been 2 people before us. We waited 3 hours and by luck Bono came out of the hotel. He got in the car, they drove down to the entrance and he got out. By this time there was maybe 40 people. Mr John Sampson got out first as usual. Some fans were pushing forward. Bono got out on the other side to us and started signing. John Sampson said "its ok, we are going to get to everybody". You beauty we thought, so we just waited. Bono got through half and then guess what happened? John Sampson said "ok boss, we got to go" Once again we missed out and so did 10 or so others. It was one of the biggest let downs we have ever experienced and changed alot for us as fans.
My point to this long and maybe boring post is We all know the band is busy but if you decide to come out make sure you make an effort to get to every fan. Dont stop halfway through or a few short. Dont sign one if you cant sign all. I saw people so upset, including us it just was unbelievable.
We are the fans who supported you for so long and an extra 5 minutes to make sure everyone is happy isnt going to kill you.
I'm sorry, I know Ive dragged on but i really hope any of you who read this dont experience such an upsetting time when it should be the time of your life meeting U2. thanks