Hi all. I'm new to this so forgive me if I am not posting things correctly.

Anywho, I'm going to a CI concert in August and I've heard that he does meet and greets after the shows. Does anyone know how that works? Is it only for certain people, do you have to have special tickets or can anyone go?

From the things I've read it sounds like anyone can go but I thought I would check it out before I go and hang around after the show only to find out I can't get in.

Thanks a bunch everyone.

Hi AmySue

Chris does a meet& greet after every show and anyone can go! He'll be signing at the merch booth and I don't think he ever leaves before he met the last fan standing in line. He takes a time for every person.

Enjoy the show!

Hi AmySue, from my experience, you must buy something (tshirt, etc.) at the merch booth to even get in the line. He no longer signs ticket stubs as he used to years ago. Buy your item before the show starts, so you won't have to stand in line for it while everyone is lining up for the signing and you'll get the item you want, in case they sell out of a certain size etc.

Prepare for what you'll say to him. Your first sentence needs to be interesting and different so he'll spend a moment or two longer with you.

From what I have experienced, it's always at the merch table after the gig. You stand in one line to buy the merch and then you move down another line and he signs it for you. I think it has to be something you bought from the merch table that night, so if you already have everything of his, you are kind of screwed in a sense, because you might have duplicate CDs by the end of the night. I hope he has photos available to autograph this time around - I don't like getting t-shirts autographed because I don't wear them in fear of them getting stained or stinky because I don't want to wash them and have the autograph fade over time. I love the hoodie he autographed, but it's been washed so now the autograph is a bit faded and there is also a small stain on it that won't come out & now I am sad I bought the hoodie at a show at Gateway in SLC and I only had $40, so that's what I bought. There were photos available for $15, but I didn't have enough to get both. I haven't seen the hoodie or the photos available since That show was awesome though because it was supposed to be a VIP-only meet & greet & I didn't have VIP clearance, but the gig was in a parking lot at Gateway Mall (no longer a parking lot-now Office Max & Old Navy are in that spot), but after he signed stuff at the merch table I hung around and got to have a real conversation with Chris and the guys from Silvertone

Thanks for the replies and the information. I think I'll take the advice and buy the merchandise early so I don't have to stand in line for too very long (especially since it will be late and I will be 5 months pregnant by that time).

I've only ever been to one other CI concert and I didn't know about the meet and greets. Too bad that time but hopefully this time will be more memorable.

Thanks again.

Amy Sue

I believe you're not obligated to buy something at the merch booth to get an autograph and meet him, but you can bring your own CI cd's or dvd with you. As long as it's his official merchandise you brought with you, it's okay and he'll sign it for you.

At least that's what I heard and that's what I saw. Correct me if I'm wrong, maybe it's different in the USA. Here in Europe I saw him signing older cd's such as Baja Sessions that someone brought along with them.
He and his band also signed the dvd I brought with me from home (which they didn't sell at the merch booth).

But it's always nice to buy a special tour t-shirt or to have his autograph on that lovely picture they sell at the merch booth
You can never have too much Isaak stuff.

Hi batmanusdmychina (did he really!?)
Just a thought on your woes of the fading autograph. A steady hand along with a permanent laundry marker should see you out of trouble for quite some time.

All the best
Gorgeous

I know from personal experience that you can bring a cd you already own. I have done that before. I also brought a shirt that had already been autographed on the front at a previous concert and asked Chris to draw a picture on the back.

The rest of the band members will sign anything...ticket stubs, pictures, and they just hang out. You don't need to stand in line to meet them. Hanging around after one of their shows is always a lot of fun.

This never works for me. I seem to go for the "what can i say to make myself look lame" approach. Just because its so much fun spending the following days and weeks going "why did I say that, what was i thinking, why did i say that, what was i thinking" (just kidding)

I saw CIS last July at the House of Blues in Vegas. I brought my Best Of cd with me that I had already bought at home and he signed it, no problem. Bonus for me was that my husband's high school buddy met Chris and had a pic taken with him in Bahrain a few years ago. I brought that too, thinking what the heck, and he signed it for me too, even though it wasn't his merchandise. I really didn't think he'd sign it, but I wanted to show it to him. Chris was so nice and polite.

I have all of his cd's already, and I'm going to see him in OKC tomorrow night, so I'm going to bring one along as I did in Vegas. Now all I have to do is decide which cd I want signed this time.........

And yes, I was a huge dork and could barely speak to him at the meet and greet. I'm going to do better tomorrow night!!!!!! At least I keep telling myself that.

I'm another one of the speechless masses when it came to the meet and greet line last November when I saw CI&S! I had planned my greeting over and over in my head for what seemed like months, actually, it probably was months!, only to find the 'cone of silence' had been tightly placed over my head with no chance of escape once my opportunity came around. My reason (and I'm sticking to it!) was more around my embarrassment of what the people breathing down my neck to the left and to the right of me might of thought or said? Silly I know. The other excuse I'm sticking to, was in the shape of an impatient, slightly drunk (gosh, don't we just lurve them at a concert) women who lent over me to grabble towards Chris, breathing her champagne fueled fumes over me and our hero. He had already signed her merchandise and uncomfortably paused for a photo her friend tried to take and was moving merrily on down the line....but NOOOOO...she wanted more! She proceeded to lean in across me so much so that I actually had to take a step back, I guess you could say she put me right off. It all happened so quickly and then a minder appeared and moved her on but by the time I'd gotten over the horror of what just happened Chris was almost ready to move onto the next person. I did manage to make eye contact with him and get out a 'Thankyou for the great show'. Better than nothing. Maybe next time, I won't give to flying hoots about what the people around me say or think and get to say my over rehearsed speech out loud!?
There will be a next time!!

Gorgeous

Hey M! Your story about rude fans at the Meet and Greet reminded me of something that happened to me. It wasn't when I was lining up to get Chris's autograph but actually after that, when I went over to ask Kenney for his. There were a couple of other ladies already chatting with him, so I waited patiently behind them, and then when it was my turn I was just about ready to take a step forward, when this blonde woman kind of thrust herself between us and did what I can only describe as 'muscled her way in', It was on the tip of my tongue to say, "My, my, it looks like someone has forgotten her manners" (which is a line I've used a lot on little kids when I've been teaching) but then thought better of it. I don't know who this woman was, but I swear I have NEVER, EVER, in all my days on planet earth, seen anyone with as much makeup on as she wore. I swear you would have needed a sandblaster to get it all off.

Hey CherylL!
you made me laugh out loud with the makeup comment! I too had thoughts along similar lines regarding the woman that pushed me out of the way. I would have been very embarrassed if there were mind readers around me at the time shall we say! I posted in an earlier thread about trying to meet Kenney, same deal, an over enthusiastic 'mutton in makeup' beelined the poor guy! I'm seeing a pattern here! I need to be more assertive I think!? I actually emailed Kenney through showfolk a day or two after the concert (not just for this incident by the way!) and bored him with how I nearly got to shake his hand blah, blah and talk drums but for the 'mutton in makeup' (I refrained from name calling in my email to him), made a joke about it and to my surprise, Kenney was kind enough to respond. I'm sure it was my witty rendition of what he must experience night after night! Nah! He's such a great guy I know he responds to everyones emails!
As I said earlier...there will be a next time!

Gorgeous