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Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds has attacked 30 Seconds To Mars for 'exploiting their fans' by charging for meet and greets after gigs.
Reynolds took to Twitter to share a blog which highlighted 'the ultimate greed of 30 Seconds to Mars' before launching a string of tweets which slammed the practices of Jared Leto and co and their 'shockingly poor money grabbing'.
The blog called out Leto's hypocritical approach after he famously said: "We’re not anti-corporation, we’re not anti-company. We’re anti-greed."
It highlighted how the band are charging fans up to £575 to spend time with them before and after gigs.
See some of the tweets from Reynolds below:
These bands are exploiting their fans. Everyone is beginning to think paying to simply meet another human is acceptable. It's madness.
— Rou Reynolds (@RouReynolds) June 19, 2013
These £M&G£ bands, they probably just don't think about it. Long gone is any philosophy or progressive thought in punk.
— Rou Reynolds (@RouReynolds) June 19, 2013
The frontman then went on to jokingly suggest a number of alternative money-making schemes for bands that 'insist on charging your fans to meet you'. These included £100 for a 'meet and tweet' and £300 for a 'meet and pleat'.
Enter Shikari's Rou Reynolds has accused 30 Seconds To Mars of 'money grabbing'
30 Seconds To Mars are yet to respond to the insults.
Meanwhile, they are set to go out on a tour of the UK in November:
14/11/2013 - Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
15/11/2013 - Birmingham NIA
16/11/2013 - Manchester Arena
18/11/2013 - Newcastle Arena
19/11/2013 - Glasgow Hydro
21/11/2013 - Nottingham Arena
23/11/2013 - London o2 Arena
25/11/2013 - Dublin o2 Arena
26/11/2013 - Belfast Odyssey
For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets.
Below - Photos: 30 Seconds To Mars perform exclusive gig on top of London's O2 yesterday
