Worth the money? Demi Lovato is charging $7250 for a private meet and greet on her Australian tour

AUSSIE fans can pay $7250 to meet US star Demi Lovato privately. But with concert tickets not even included, see how this VIP package compares to others.

The most expensive VIP tickets in history

AMERICAN singer Demi Lovato is charging fans $7250 for a private meet and greet on her Australian tour next April.

The VIP package is the most expensive in Australian tour history.

The extravagant price doesn’t even include a concert ticket, which has to be purchased separately.

The package, which is $6000 American (or $7250 Australian) includes access to a private dressing room (not Lovato’s) for you and a friend with your name on the door and your own rider.

Lovato meets you in the room, poses for a photograph and you can watch the show from side of stage.

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There is no word on how long the meeting lasts or how many packages are for sale at each show.

Other VIP packages include Lovato dedicating a song to you for $1800, with a 15 second video copy of the dedication sent to you. $1500 lets you watch from side of stage, $600 gets you an individual photograph with Lovato.

An extra $180 on your ticket prices offers early entry into the venue.

Each package includes Demi Lovato socks as part of the deal.

One music fan wrote on a Lady Gaga forum of Lovato’s $7250 package: “What a completely hilarious figure. She REALLY has a high opinion of herself, which is odd since she’s a complete non-entity in this country.”

Lovato’s tour, her first of Australia, is relatively cheap, with tickets priced at $79.90.

She is best known here for her version of the Frozen hit Let It Go and has had two Top 20 albums.

With record sales dwindling, musicians have started putting a price on meeting fans before concerts.

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Jennifer Lopez charged Australian fans $800 for a photograph with her, while KISS sold out all their $1500 meet and greet packages on their last Australian tour.

Lady Gaga charged $1500 for a meet and greet VIP package this year, while Olivia Newton-John will charge the same amount next year, however proceeds go to her cancer charity.

Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan is charging around $245 for meet and greet tickets to her February concerts.

VIP packages that do not include meet and greets have also increased in price over the last few years, with fans offered seating close to stage, early entry to venues and exclusive merchandise and even dedicated VIP toilets at venues.

Premium tickets to boy band One Direction’s tour next year are $300 offering the closest views of the stage but no access to meeting the singers.

However not all artists are into monetarising front row tickets or charging to meet them.

British singer Ed Sheeran is charging $99 for all tickets to his Australian shows next year.

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“What I was really trying not to do was have elitist tickets,” Sheeran explained earlier this year. “I didn’t want people to pay $170 and get front row tickets and a meet and greet. I hate that s--. The moment you allow a kid with a rich father to have more things than a kid with a poor father I think that’s s---.”

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LADY GAGA

The quirky American singer charged fans $1500 for a meet and greet this year, with some lasting up to an hour.

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

Livvie has a $1500 meet and greet on her upcoming tour with John Farhnam, including a 10 minute Q and A. 100 per cent of her net proceeds go to her Cancer and Wellness Centre.

Olivia Newton-John charges fans to meet her, then gives the money to her charity.

THE ROLLING STONES

Fans who wanted to get as close as possible to the Stones in Australia this year paid $1275 for ‘Tongue Pit’ tickets.

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT

This year’s tour offered a $1250 ticket to join a limited number of fans seated on the side of the stage.

360

The Melbourne rapper had a $1000 package this year including a selfie, side of stage viewing, soundcheck access and a Q and A.

THE EAGLES

$995 gets you a front row ticket on their 2015 tour.

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ANDREA BOCELLI

Cashed-up fans paid $995 for a pre-show dinner with a Bocelli-themed menu (but not the singer himself) and then prime tickets to his concert.

NEIL DIAMOND

The US crooner is charging $800 for a VIP dinner experience before the show and a seat in the first five row for his 2015 Australian tour.

STING & PAUL SIMON

$763 gets you a front row ticket to their 2015 joint tour and access to a pre-show party.

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TAYLOR SWIFT

No meet and greet for her 2015 tour but $610 gets you access to the VIP pit, early access and exclusive merchandise.

SPANDAU BALLET

The reformed UK `80s band are charging fans $500 for a VIP package including a meet and greet, 10 minute Q and A session and access to the pre-show soundcheck.

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KATY PERRY

The American singer is charging $500 for the top VIP package including access to the pit near the stage.

KYLIE MINOGUE

$300 offers premium seating, early venue entry and exclusive VIP merchandise.

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

Fans of the Australian band can ask them questions, but not meet them, as part of a $285 ticket for their shows next year that offer access to soundcheck and a Q and A session.

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Originally published as Worth the money? Demi Lovato is charging $7250 for a private meet and greet on her Australian tour