Dinner with The Blackout anyone?

Emo rockers 'The Blackout' are selling various experiences to their fans to fund their next album. The welsh rockers have teamed up with 'Pledge Music' to sell the experiences in order to make the money they need to fund their next album.

Some of the 'experiences' and items available include:

Hand Written Birthday Cards
£10
Exclusive Riot Squad t-shirt
£15
Signed Album
£15
Play Xbox with The Blackout
£30
2x VIP Passes to Show of your choice
£80
Spend a day at Bristol Zoo with The Blackout
£100
Spend a day at Thorpe Park with The Blackout
£100
Christmas dinner with The Blackout
£150
Smashed Guitar
£200
Acoustic gig at your house
£500
House party gig
£1,500

Many people have critisised this move including rapper 'Example' who commented that "I don't think the future of music industry is 'Have dinner with me and my Nan for £75'."

The band have 'justified' this move by claiming that they owe so much to the fans and they couldn't wait to start work on the next album until next year, "without the fans we wouldn't make another record so we owe them so much' says Lead singer Gavin Butler. They have heard the criticism and accept that there will be those who won't agree with their reliance on their fans but that they remain defiant on their plans, saying that "Everyone gets what they want - the band gets to make a record and the fans get to listen to that record."

So, apparently, Operation Riot Squad is go...