The font on this $60 Eminem tour t-shirt began peeling off after Selene Campbell gave it a cold, but delicate, wash. She hadn't even worn it yet. Photo / Selene Campbell
The font on this $60 Eminem tour t-shirt began peeling off after Selene Campbell gave it a cold, but delicate, wash. She hadn't even worn it yet. Photo / Selene Campbell
A Whangarei woman is losing it after her $60 souvenir T-shirt from the weekend's record-breaking Eminem concert is beginning to disintegrate before she's worn it.
Being a massive fan, and lucky enough to see Marshall Bruce Mathers III when he last played in Auckland, Selene Campbell and her partner decided to splash out on VIP tickets to see their favourite rapper.
About $1400 later, they landed in Wellington and joined just under 47,000 others to see Eminem in front of a sell out crowd at Westpac Stadium on Saturday night.
He sang all his hits and even police praised the punters who went along after making just 16 arrests.
While the flights, accommodation and the gig went without a hitch, it was a $60 T-shirt that Campbell is losing it over.
"I thought I would give them all a delicate wash in case the ink ran before we wore them. I was just pissed off, when I saw it hanging it out on the washing line.
The printing on the back of the t-shirt ended up a bit worse for wear after a cold, delicate wash. Photo / Selene Campbell
The front of the t-shirt, left, appears to have ended up in better shape than the back. Photo / Selene Campbell
The white stencilled font continues to fall off whenever it is touched. Photo / Selene Campbell
The font on this $60 Eminem tour t-shirt began peeling off after Selene Campbell gave it a cold, but delicate, wash. She hadn't even worn it yet. Photo / Selene Campbell
"We paid $700 for our tickets, flights and accommodation to Wellington, so we ended up spending about $4000 to go down and come back with a T-shirt that does that, it rips you, seriously.
"It's $60 for a T-shirt you would think that they would have decent quality. Like, come on."
She posted of her predicament on rapper's tour page on Facebook and others had replied she should have turned the T-shirt inside out, but she wasn't impressed with that.
"I shouldn't f****** have to. It's a $60 T-shirt."
"I've got $15 T-shirts from K Mart that have been through the wash 50 million times and they're fine.
"You expect more than that, to be honest."
Campbell said she was less than impressed with their VIP experience as there was less range of clothing in their area than in the general admission merch tents.
"We had a VIP room and things like that but as soon as that finished they just sent us out into the rest of the crowd and the official after party that we paid for in Wellington city was open to the public."
She believed it was likely open to VIP customers early on but as they were at the front of the crowd they got stuck with everyone else trying to get out and were among the last to leave.
"We didn't really feel like VIPs, I tell ya. "
She said the gig itself was "awesome" but was gutted for it to be tarnished by the musician's merchandise.
Delicate cold wash. And this is what you get for $60. Come on man.
