Meatvention 2006
 

For all the Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman fans out there... Next year there is going to be a convention held for Meat Loaf fans, both die hard Loafers and newer fans. It is timed to coincide with Meat's birthday and the release of Bat Out Of Hell III, the reunion of Loaf and Steinman, which brought us Bat I and Bat II. It will be in Adelaide, Australia (at this stage, if we get more people from another state, it can and may be transferred to another city). Are there any Meat or Jim fans out there that would like to attend? It will be a charity fundraiser at this stage; the organising committee is still waiting on Meat Loaf to tell us which charity to donate the proceeds to. The cost for tickets will be very low (and the more people who attend, the lower it will be) and is only being charged to recoup expenses. Our website is at http://www.meatloafaust06.com Please, go and look, even those of you who have never heard of Meat Loaf, and tell us what you think on our forum. We will be showing movies, concerts, having live performances, trivia, fair day, a birthday party and Meatloafaoke. It's going to be awesome (and that's a term I use rarely). Thanks for reading; we (the committee) would love to see you all there. And we value your feedback! Thank you"

Can't you come over to the UK (or europe) to do one as well :(

really like your meatvention..but it's so far away:?

I know...it has all the things I want in a convention aswell! :(

I would so be going if it was in the UK! But being a poor student, I v much doubt a trip to Oz is possible til at least 2020!

Perhaps we could arrange one for the same time in the UK, so at least we'll be "together" in spirit, if not in person?

Yeah, one in the UK would be cool :-) Or Scotland even! ;)

Wish it wasn't so far away, there's no way I can get there. One in the UK would be fantastic.

Yes, it is a long way for you European folks!
However, for anyone planning a holiday, or to travel the world at any time soon, you have plenty of warning for where to be and when!
I really like the idea of a simultaneous one in the UK. There are three of us organising the Aussie one (as you would notice on the site! :) ), so if a couple of you want to form a committee, our committee can help out with if you want.
Thanks for reading!
(Don't tell anyone, but we have some plans, the UK may not be out of the question sometime after the first one, which is a trial run, really).

I'd be more than happy to help to organise anything in the UK, more than happy

Yeah, I'd love to help organise a UK one aswell.

Lotus how are you guys organising yours...perhaps you could help us out a little.

Ditto ;)

Lucy, Heli, Cathy and other MLUKFC members...
Shambles Inc. (MV Australia committee) would officially like to invite you to form a committeein order to hold the first ever world wide Meatvention, in 2006.
We, the Australians, would also like to challenge you (via audio/visual link) to contest the Inaugural Transnational Meatloafaoke Cup, to be held during MV 2006.
Once you have formed a committee, please email the official email addy meatvention06@hotmail.com and we can begin!
We look forward to working with you! (The website will be updated to reflect this change)
How does everyone feel about aiming for a Guinness World record: most people worldwide singing BOOH simultaneously?

This is all really cool.......i'm more than willing to help over here in the uk, i think we need to start forming a uk committee as soon as and get the ball rolling!!!
Chloe :))

I'd love to accept the challange but the only thing playing on my mind is how!

We have no money as far as I'm aware! :?

Count me in for the Scottish one :))

come over to holland ...its central for the germans too:D

I also think it's a great idea, but I personally think the fanclub would be better off organising it. Most of it anyway. With all our input.

I know they've been trying to put something like this together for a very long time and have thrown it out to us all on many occasions.

They've done a lot for us over the yrs and I for one would like to see their efforts in the past come to something on this :D

Deb

Excellent idea! After all we a meet under this umbrella on the net so it makes sense that we meet in person this way!

Maybe we should just turn up at a pub somewhere and see what happens! :lol:

Yeah i'm liking that idea! LOL!!!! Us lot, a bar and some serious singing!

LOL! I'd feel sorry for anyone who got in the way! :lmao:

Oh god I'm having serious de javu of Cleveland a few weeks ago lol.

As wonderful as it would be to see most of you again, I don't think many are gonna travel length and breadth of the country just to meet up with everyone in a pub :D without those that may come from other countries.

I know Diane and Mike had loads of ideas on this before, maybe now people are taking an interest they can put them into action.

Any ideas Diane?

Deb

Maybe we should have a convention in germany! Then we could all go see Tanz as well! ^_^!!

I'm in serious conflab with the management team on the idea of something special to tie in with the release, (and hopefully tour!), of Bat III. R. is away at the moment and we do need to speak to him too.

We will need a lot of support from you if a convention is to happen as last time a questionnaire was circulated asking how many of you would be prepared to travel for a get-together the response was very disappointing.

We'll keep you posted!

:mrgreen:

Diane

You have all my support on this :D Would love to see a MLUKFC convention. One to tie in with Bat III would be even better!

Deb

Don't forget the fans in Ireland, who would do anything to see Meat Loaf Live. Australia is too far away for most of them to travel. Lisa :-)

Well I'm totally behind a convention! I've wanted to go to one for ages! :mrgreen:

You need any help, just let us know! :)!!

I will be there too...absolutely!! :D:D

hell yeah!

Ok, let's all stop disagreeing about where to have the convention...
Is it possible maybe (we have one year as of today) for someone to organise an Irish Meatvention, a Scottish Meatvention, and one in Holland also??
If you can all form committees to do so, drop us an email at the official addy, and welcome to the Meatloafaoke Cup contest!

Hey Guys! Count me in!!

Just to clear this one up quick, Meat is NOT coming to our MV. We're doing our best, but it's not gonna happen!
Sorry for any confusion there!

oke don't forget the germans..

good to see were all up for some good old competition i agree all countries should have own event but all link up most countries have tribute bands to call upon & venues to hold them in all we need is a bit of i.t & the fans to make it work.lets get it on meatfest 2006 (england) :cool: :cool:

How about trying to involve Steve Steinman for the British one-he is the best tribute act I've ever seen!!

Rosie

Most conventions have two tribute acts so i recommend Pure Meat Loaf - Andy P. aswell! :cool:

Is anyone gonna book a venue soon?? I say it should be middle of everywhere.....or London!

its agood idea but its to far away for me to go

I think the middle is a good idea also! If you need any help at all i'm up for it, i think this is a really good idea, and we need to getthe ball rolling!!!
Chloe

Working frantically on that!
For those of you who have not had the time to nip over to our site recently, or jumped on the mailing list, here's a quick update...
Germany are out, they have their gathering on the first weekend in September and can't move that to the last weekend.
Holland are in, and will be having a one day Meatvention festival (at this stage), held on the Saturday to join in the Guinness World Record.
The UK will be having one, just bickering over who gets to organise it for now.
The USA are being slow to answer emails, looks promising but wouldn't put money on it just yet.
And the Japanese, Russian, Swedes and Portuguese refuse to respond to any invitations.
For those of you in the UK who are worried about travel, a) some of the Aussies will be driving 42 hours or more to get to ours, so really.... lol, and b) you have a years notice, start saving 50p a week, and finding friends in the area you can stay with.
Watch this space.

Thanks for the update Lotus :D

good to see some plans are afoot for england lets get it orgaised

Do we have a comittee in England now??
Chloe

I'm going to have a Meatvention BBQ in my back garden this Sunday to coincide with Halloween on Monday and Jim Steinman's birthday on the 1st. Everyone's welcome, just bring a sausage and a 6 pack of beer.

Pud:twisted:

Great Pudding, how did you know we needed an organiser for the NZ MV?
We accept your offer with the spirit it is offered!
Please email us for further arrangement details at meatvention06@hotmail.com

Thanks again! :D

Well, here's some hot gossip!
We are officially having a Guinness World Record attempt!
Now, there has been no record set in this category before, the closest thing is a world record for most people in a singalong in one venue (88,600 for anyone who wants to know!).

So this will be an entirely new record, the precise details for which and the precise things we need to do to authenticate it are in negotiations with Guinness as we speak!
Start practicing your BOOH's, people!

thats good news..

Anyone who's seen the site probably saw my name on the list of acts. I'm getting permission to do a few encores of never-before-heard Jim Steinman songs. The rest of the set will be very interesting. I can't wait

and neither can heaven