One thing the wankers are forgetting is that last year, the Gazemen pretty much did THREE years' worth of activity. Japan tour! World tour! Overseas festival! Single! Album! It's a miracle the boys are still standing! And people are also forgetting that they neglected their usual Japan tour schedule - which always includes Heresy-only dates - for all of the above. It's to their credit that they're doing this for Heresy - a lot of bands, after a year like that, would have declared a hiatus, shut off their Twitters and retreated into silence.
People also don't realize that fan club lives are really the only privilege Heresy members get, compared to the fan clubs of other bands. Club Alice has a number of meet-and-greet events, including a fan club trip every couple of years, where the fans get to attend dinners, karaoke sessions etc. with the band. They also had birthday parties for each of the members a couple of years ago, with the band in attendance. Siesta is starting to do the same thing, they just announced the first SCREW fan club trip. Heresy doesn't do any of that - they can't, because of the sheer number of members. So the fans are entitled to SOMETHING besides a few extra videos and pictures, a newsletter and that spiffy gold card case. The wankers really need to look at the bigger picture here.
(And, yes, they definitely don't announce their whole schedule at the start of the year! I'm sure there will be something else around Christmas, whether it's a single or a big, public live. I guess these people don't remember how far into the year we got the announcement of the World Tour).
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Date: 2014-01-13 11:37 pm (UTC)People also don't realize that fan club lives are really the only privilege Heresy members get, compared to the fan clubs of other bands. Club Alice has a number of meet-and-greet events, including a fan club trip every couple of years, where the fans get to attend dinners, karaoke sessions etc. with the band. They also had birthday parties for each of the members a couple of years ago, with the band in attendance. Siesta is starting to do the same thing, they just announced the first SCREW fan club trip. Heresy doesn't do any of that - they can't, because of the sheer number of members. So the fans are entitled to SOMETHING besides a few extra videos and pictures, a newsletter and that spiffy gold card case. The wankers really need to look at the bigger picture here.
(And, yes, they definitely don't announce their whole schedule at the start of the year! I'm sure there will be something else around Christmas, whether it's a single or a big, public live. I guess these people don't remember how far into the year we got the announcement of the World Tour).