Okay not the kind of Pay to Play where an unknown band has to pay to get a gig in a club, but the kind where fans pay to bring their band to them.  Prompted by another completely different conversation about guitar tone, and you know how much I love to talk about tone (insert ubiquitous wink here), I happened upon this….

The Foo Fighters, the ’90s project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl turned actual band, are wanted by a certain dude in Richmond, Virginia.  Sure that dude could travel to … well, somewhere away from Richmond to see the Foo Fighters, but he wants to bring the Foo Fighters to him, in Richmond.  And he’s willing to pay.  He has raised $10,000 towards his goal of $70,000, selling tickets for $50 each for an actual venue that seats 1,400 people, all refundable if he doesn’t actually reach the money goal.  When the dude gets to the $70,000 goal, he’s going to go to the Foo Fighters with it and see if they’ll play his concert.  Now that’s what I call self-promotion!  Will the dude reach his goal?  Will the Foo Fighters do it?  Personally, I think this could be fun.  So?  Who would you want to pay to play?  And … where?

Original article from Billboard: http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/6062497/foo-fighters-fight-crowdhoster-sells-10k-in-tix-for-richmond-show