Have you ever gone to a fan convention? Or would you consider going to one? I'm sure Dragon Con in Atlanta would love to have you as a guest!
I've been to many, many conventions, but DragonCon isn't one of them, and I'm fairly certain they don't want me as a guest there. I've put in to be a guest a few times and they've never shown interest (I received a polite apology once). I doubt I'll ever be at DragonCon.
These are some of the conventions I've been to as a guest:
Just remembered how great Starkids performance at Geekycon 2015 is
The fast version of Back To Hogwarts which they only started timing during the second verse. Also Dylan being the one timing it and coming out looking at his phone and Brian asking if he was looking at the lyrics
That poor girl during I've Seen You Around Here Before
Everyone, including Lauren and Joey, messing up during Granger Danger and Joey being the only person to sing Ron's part in the 3rd verse
"so when I saw an opportunity to right the wrong, meow, I pounced"
Everyone being up for the coat made out of puppies instead of hating it in Twisted
The dancing during No One Remembers Achmed
Joe's dancing during Haunted By The Kiss
Brian making nosies for the sax solo in Naked In A Lake
Joey not getting a single one of Robin's lines right during Super Friends
Throwback to when the entirety of Team StarKid forgot the lyrics to Granger Danger
With such gems as:
-SHEEEEEEEEEEE'S
-I'M JUST A LITTLE-FREAKED OUT
-YOUUUUUUU
-It seems like my eyes have been DISFIGURED-something deep inside has changed-IIIIIT SEEMS LIKE MY EYES HAVE BEEN TRANSFIGURED-This could be DAAAAANGER
StarKid is probably never going to tour again and that pains me immensely.
Just saw a tweet from another fan who was like “What if for one year, StarKid did not do a show but went on tour instead?”.
And I was reminded again that while it would be Totally Awesome if they did that, they’ll probably never will after the serious tax problems they had after doing two tours in two years.
(They had paid taxes twice [or at least more than they should have] in certain states, and then tried to file the paper work to get a certain amount back but never succeeded in recouping their lost money.)
So this very tiresome legal battle is why they never toured again after 2012 and why they probably never will (Also the logistics are a nightmare, as per Julia Albain who handled them on the tours and Corey Lubowich who handles them now).
And that means that future StarKid live performances will probably take the form of single reunion concerts, guest spots on Darren Criss gigs (including Elsie Fest), and maybe conventions (though they skipped LeakyCon 2019 and have cut back appearances at international cons severely).
That’s not to say that I didn’t enjoy all the work they put towards SK10 and Homecoming last year, but the fact that we probably won’t ever get that rockstar atmosphere again from the SPACE Tour and Apocalyptour saddens me.
Not to mention that seeing StarKid perform on a location near you might prove impossible, and the chance that they’ll ever perform in Europe (maybe the UK has the highest chance?), Asia, Africa, South America or Oceania is slim to nil. Or even the US, if you’re not near LA or New York.
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i feel like lauren wants to forget the words to granger danger every year, but since starkid goes to a convention almost every year and granger danger is a very common song they sing, she can’t forget it anymore.
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