I met G.Love once - he gave me one of those rapper handshake / hug things when he left...I went in with your stock-standard white boy shake, and didn't adjust til it was over. He's also about a metre and a half taller than me. Was probably the most awkward departure I've ever had.

met a dude from belle and sebastian at a money mark concert. i bought him a beer, he bought me a beer.

BEN BUTCHER
STEVEN HUF
SIMON FAZIO

ghoti-max said 1 minute ago:
I MET G.LOVE ONCE - HE GAVE ME ONE OF THOSE RAPPER HANDSHAKE / HUG THINGS WHEN HE LEFT...I WENT IN WITH YOUR STOCK-STANDARD WHITE BOY SHAKE, AND DIDN'T ADJUST TIL IT WAS OVER. HE'S ALSO ABOUT A METRE AND A HALF TALLER THAN ME. WAS PROBABLY THE MOST AWKWARD DEPARTURE I'VE EVER HAD

HOTDOGS

SIMON FAZIO

no wayyyyyyyyyyy can i shake your hand

Electric Flu

slothman said 4 minutes ago:
MET A DUDE FROM BELLE AND SEBASTIAN AT A MONEY MARK CONCERT. I BOUGHT HIM A BEER, HE BOUGHT ME A BEER

losgauchos said 29 seconds ago:
ELECTRIC FLU

eyes narrow

i went looking for the ''purge'' thread to find it had been baleeted

meta.

CASEY RICE.

MIKE PATTON (was in support band for BUNGLE on DV TOUR 96)

THE HOFF embraced me in LA thinking I was someone else. Asked questions ''How you been, long time no see''. Never had met him before. He was off his face.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON - a prick

BILLY BRAGG - Awesome guy. He shared an ice cream with my son.

STEVE JONES - Pulled the best face in a photo I got with him. I walked away with thinking ''I can't beleive I was talking to my favourite Sex Pistol''

met G.Love once

When I met him I couldn't stop staring at his eyebrows. Seriously, the most meticulously manicured eyebrows I've ever seen on a man. Hypnotic.

walked up to, shook hand of and thanked DAVID BOON

SAM NEILL - met him at a mutual friend's 50th birthday party, had a quick chat with him about how he worked with Warren Oates in his first feature film, Sleeping Dogs. He said Oates chain-smoked joints from breakfast to bedtime.

EWAN MCGREGOR - met him at a pub in Paddington when he was here making Star Wars movies. He seemed to fancy my friend so I sat there quietly while they flirted together.

NICK CAVE - met him when I worked at the Arts Centre in Melbs and he was there putting together his exhibition. It was quite disconcerting...you'd go to the kitchen, there's Nick making a cup of tea, you'd go to the toilet and there's Nick at the urinal.

ED FROM RADIOHEAD - he was having a cup of tea at my friend Amanda's house in Bondi. Turns out they'd been school friends together back in Blighty. He looked tired so I did my best to avoid bringing up any conversations about music which for me is difficult.

BILLY BRAGG - Awesome guy. He shared an ice cream with my son.

I too met the Bard of Bragg. He was so nice, he didn't even tell me off when I spilled a beer all over his shorts after he'd just been on stage for 2 + hours, had gotten changed and sat with a few of us at Selinas on the side of the stage. He even placed my tape recorder on top of the piano during the show so I'd get a better sound.

I realise that some people will scoff at or be reluctant to post in this thread, but I enjoy reading these little encounters.

Ok, its not like I know heaps of famous fuckers but I am only going to mention people that aren't friends otherwise its just too weird.

Met Nigel Planer on the plane to Qld when I was about 14. I was a huge fucken fan and when I landed a seat next to him I couldn't believe it. Was incredibly nice and very funny.

Ian Rilen etc etc. When I was in my early twenties I used to be a dish pig/ waiter and one of the late night St Kilda restaurants. After the Prince closed all the musos would come and drink and eat pizza all night - Ian R, Steve L, Tex, Spencer, Maurice F, Roland Howard, Kim etc etc and they were all pretty good actually. Except one night Ian was pretty out there and he was sitting out the back with a lovely young lady who shall remain nameless. Well, I went out the back of the restaurant and was quite surprised to find Ian's cock in his friend's mouth. I walked back into the kitchen and shared the joke with the kitchen staff, who couldn't help but have a peak and laugh. Anyways, the boss overheard and made me confront the amorous pair and tell them 'it was time to go home'. Ian's response was, 'I haven't finished my drink yet.' My boss was a total cunt and treated these guys like shit yet they were they only ones eating and drinking all night. Good times...ahhh

Soundgarden: When I was doing some roadying I meet these guys in Sydney and they were all pretty pleasant actually. I was thinking it was going to be a Spinal Tap scene
à la folding the unfoldable piece of bread but they were all lovely guys.

Descendants/All - When I was a young fucker these dudes stayed a few nights at our apartment and they were all cool guys. This is how long ago it was, we were watching the first episode of the Simpsons and they were saying, 'fuck you guys are gonna love this.' As disappointing and badly organised as that tour was they were great guys...Bill Fucking Stevenson.

More to come...its time for a refill

a guy at RMIT last year told me he was anonymous the hacker, so that dude is obviously pretty famous.

Heaps, from work.

The interesting ones:

The original white eyebrows

Remember them?

R.I.P. lad....

Jay Retard
Rowland S Howard
Tom Waits

Reatard*
'a' key is fucked.

Nicole Kidman at a premiere in Sydney. It was a stinking hot December day but she looked cool as a cucumber. I remember thinking that her legs went forever. Anyway, she shook my hand and wished me a Merry Christmas.

I literally walked into Sigrid Thornton when I walked out of the old Borders store in Pitt St. I apologised and she said was really nice about it.

Gough & Margaret Whitlam
Leonard Teale

I went into this thread thinking it was going tobe crap, but there are some great stories here.

Met Nigel Planer on the plane to Qld when I was about 14. I was a huge fucken fan and when I landed a seat next to him I couldn't believe it. Was incredibly nice and very funny.

that must have been mind-blowing and really hard to get anyone to believe afterwards.

The bass player from Death From Above (pre-1979) when they played Melbourne the first time upstairs at somewhere on Smith Street. He hugged me when he found out we drove from Adelaide to see them. Then he made a joke about how all the girls on Deal Or No Deal have the same colour hair. I didn't get it.

Jesse from DFA1979/MSTRKRFT ended up marrying one of the girls from Deal or No Deal.

I met the Queen once, but I doubt she'd remember.

Also...I tried to ask Andrea Parker out (I was invited to a party she DJ) for supper/drink after her DJ set back in the early 00s but I ended up hug her goodbye instead. Too shy.

Mess+Noise

eyes narrow

I hope you all had the common sense to POTD this yesterday.

By the way, I met Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray. I'm pretty sure I win this thread.

I met tom jones once.

who's more famous, steven tyler or gene simmons or john mayer?

Angry Anderson's mum.

After Drake sang ‘Fancy’, Rihanna asks Katy “You fancy?”

a bit off topic, but whatever - it's funny

Is that a diss? The body language screams ''diss'' but because I couldn't give less of a fuck about Drake, Rihanna or Katy Perry, I don't know.

The bass player from Death From Above (pre-1979) when they played Melbourne the first time upstairs at somewhere on Smith Street. He hugged me when he found out we drove from Adelaide to see them. Then he made a joke about how all the girls on Deal Or No Deal have the same colour hair. I didn't get it.

I have a funny story from that night involving all parties. Anyway, I met Ringo so fuck you all

• Paul Keating (Lent him my office as a when he was at a speaking engagement at the Venue where I worked at the time. )
• Steve Bracks (Standing next to him at a Wilson Picket show and had a brief chat about the performance.)
• Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai. Was dining at his restaurant in Tokyo and he came to our table to ask how we were enjoying the meal.
• Andrew Denton and Jennifer Byrne (I was playing guitar as part of a friend's gig at the Melb Comedy Festival a few years ago and they came to see the show. Ended up having several round of beers after the show)
• Scott Ian and Frank Bello of Anthrax (Stood next to them in the Moshpit at a Faith No More gig a few years ago and had a chat about AC/DC)
• Back in 1982 when I was shopping in Acland St and saw the Fall come out of a one hour photo shop where they were getting their tour snapshots processed. They recognized me and my friend from the front row of their show at the Prince of Wales the night before and invited us to have a few beers with them at the Greyhound. Scored a copy of Grotesque signed by the whole band.
• also back in Feb 1982, saw the Clash play at Festival Hall. After the show, rather than go back stage, they walked on to the dancefloor and chatted with with everyone who was still there hanging around after the show. They were a really affable bunch of chaps. Joe Strummer ripped a tour poster off the wall for me and got it signed by the whole band.

Anthony Callea

I met Alexa Chung today.
Needless to say, she's really hot.