After singer Christina Grimmie was killed this month signing autographs after a show, one surely imagines fresh scrutiny being applied to the practice of allowing any stranger with a four-figure bank account to cosy up to a star.
“This really may be the end of the paid-for meet-and-greet package that artists have relied on to generate an excessive amount of money,” says Roz Weston, senior entertainment reporter at ET Canada.
Weston offers Katy Perry as his meet-and-greet gold standard. He once watched her greet 40 fans at a mall and — shockingly — actually engage with them, asking questions about their lives and even relating to them with anecdotes about the “tiny malls in their towns."
Weston offers Katy Perry as his meet-and-greet gold standard. He once watched her greet 40 fans at a mall and — shockingly — actually engage with them, asking questions about their lives and even relating to them with anecdotes about the “tiny malls in their towns.
