Just Won a Meet & Greet with Edge this July

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dublin

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Friends,

I just won VIP tickets to the NJ show and a Meet and Greet with Edge on July 20th! I won the opportunity in a charity auction on www.charitybuzz.com.:edge:

I thought I'd start a thread in case you had ideas on anything I should ask when I meet him. I'm sure it will be brief (1-2 minutes). I should have a chance to get an autograph and a picture, but you never know.

They mention no opportunity to meet any of the others, but that is o.k. I am from Chicago and will be flying into NY for the event. I am very excited! :hyper:

Dublin
 
dublin said:
Friends,

I just won VIP tickets to the NJ show and a Meet and Greet with Edge on July 20th! I won the opportunity in a charity auction on www.charitybuzz.com.:edge:
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dublin said:
Yes, was able to meet them al in Chicago at a NLOTH release party. That was with 100 other lucky fans.
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Dublin, your percentage of U2 luck in comparison with mine is epically unfair. How do I remedy this gross cosmic oversight??? :lol:

Good for you - enjoy every second of the experience! :up:
 
Thanks for all of the kind words and wishes! I only wish it had been luck. This one was all about the money. I was the highest bidder in an auction. They estimated the winning bid would be $10,000+. I bid $7,500 and no one out bid me. It was tough writing the check, but for the experience I believe it will be worth it in the long run. Now I need to spend some more money on a plane ticket and hotel, that was not included. I was thinking about finding out which hotel they are staying at and getting one of the high end suites on the off chance I could spot them in the elevator.
 
Wow - congrats!

No offense to yourself, but I occasionally wish that some of us fans who couldn't afford that were given a chance for something like this. Seems that any of these chances you need to buy. Glad to see a real fan get a chance regardless. ;)

Did you just win it online or did you have to phone in to a live charity auction after the online bid? I know that's how the last one for CharityBuzz was won that included the backstage tour and airfare/accomodation, it went for $85,000 I believe.
 
dublin said:
Thanks for all of the kind words and wishes! I only wish it had been luck. This one was all about the money. I was the highest bidder in an auction. They estimated the winning bid would be $10,000+. I bid $7,500 and no one out bid me. It was tough writing the check, but for the experience I believe it will be worth it in the long run. Now I need to spend some more money on a plane ticket and hotel, that was not included. I was thinking about finding out which hotel they are staying at and getting one of the high end suites on the off chance I could spot them in the elevator.
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Well I was also meaning you were lucky to attend the NLOTH party, :) but still good on winning the charity auction too. That's still pretty awesome. Have fun!
 
EdgeFest said:
Wow - congrats!

No offense to yourself, but I occasionally wish that some of us fans who couldn't afford that were given a chance for something like this. Seems that any of these chances you need to buy. Glad to see a real fan get a chance regardless. ;)

Did you just win it online or did you have to phone in to a live charity auction after the online bid? I know that's how the last one for CharityBuzz was won that included the backstage tour and airfare/accomodation, it went for $85,000 I believe.
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I know what you mean, I couldn't afford to do this often. I bid on line and thought for sure it would go for well over $7,500. Charity Buzz told me they thought it would net a minimum of $15,000 to $20,000, that would have been way out of my league. I see that currently there is meet Howard Stern going for over $50,000. No offense to Howard or his fans, but I'd think people would spend way more to meet U2 than him.
 
bonocomet said:
Well I was also meaning you were lucky to attend the NLOTH party, :) but still good on winning the charity auction too. That's still pretty awesome. Have fun!
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Yes, you are right, the NLOTH was an outstanding piece of luck. There were about 5 radio stations in Chicago raffling off the passes all week and everyone around here was trying to win. A friend at work tipped me off to a smaller station in Kenosha, Wisconsin who had just one set of passes to give away. They weren't raffling it off like the other radio stations, instead they held a contest where you wrote a few paragraphs about why you were the biggest U2 fan. Not only did I write and send in my entry, I asked about 20 friends to write and send in endorsements for me! I don't think anyone else did that and it may have helped me win. Thanks again for the kind words, I will give everyone a full report after the show.
 
LOL - no kidding, I'd hope Edge is worth more too :p

It will be nice to just have a few minutes hopefully alone to just say a couple things to him without a million EBayers shoving things to autograph in his face.

So excited for you! Be sure to report back :)
 
dublin said:
Yes, you are right, the NLOTH was an outstanding piece of luck. There were about 5 radio stations in Chicago raffling off the passes all week and everyone around here was trying to win. A friend at work tipped me off to a smaller station in Kenosha, Wisconsin who had just one set of passes to give away. They weren't raffling it off like the other radio stations, instead they held a contest where you wrote a few paragraphs about why you were the biggest U2 fan. Not only did I write and send in my entry, I asked about 20 friends to write and send in endorsements for me! I don't think anyone else did that and it may have helped me win. Thanks again for the kind words, I will give everyone a full report after the show.
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That's great! :applaud: Looking forward to hearing, so exciting!
 
EdgeFest said:
I sure hope you get more than 1-2 minutes with him! What a dream come true :)
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THIS!

and very much congrats, dublin!
EdgeFest said:
It will be nice to just have a few minutes hopefully alone to just say a couple things to him without a million EBayers shoving things to autograph in his face.
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Omghadssss, yeah, really Edgefest!
Fecking EBayers.
They really can partly spoil meeting the guys, they get so in the way.

IF you get more than a a min or 2 which I really hope you do (!!!) and you are in line with it please thank him for Music Rising.


I did have the pleasure of meeting him outside of MSG/nyc after one of the '05 HUTDUB shows> I complemented him in a particular way, and he broke out in such a big smile! I was like all "Aaaaawwww!!!" inside!

Have a fabulous time! And Welcome to the NYC area!

Looking forward to a very happy "show & tell" here in late July! :)
 
dublin said:
Friends,

I just won VIP tickets to the NJ show and a Meet and Greet with Edge on July 20th! I won the opportunity in a charity auction on www.charitybuzz.com.:edge:

I thought I'd start a thread in case you had ideas on anything I should ask when I meet him. I'm sure it will be brief (1-2 minutes). I should have a chance to get an autograph and a picture, but you never know.

They mention no opportunity to meet any of the others, but that is o.k. I am from Chicago and will be flying into NY for the event. I am very excited! :hyper:

Dublin
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That´s amazing!! Gratzz!!!!

Hey, could you show him my blog with all U2 wallpapers that I created? LOL
It´s Nanazoca
That would be fantastic!! :lol:

Enjoy the moment!! You r very lucky!! :applaud:
 
Oh oh ask him where he buys his cool t-shirts ;) And tell him he should sing more songs, he has a beautiful voice :)
 
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