![]() When each child gets to Dan, he asks the kid's name, answers nervous questions, autographs whatever the kid puts in his face, and poses for a photograph. ![]() "The Diamond Minecart." You have to play Minecraft to understand the TDM part, but it's a clever name.Īt the meet-and-greet, 150 kids and their parents hug the walls of the room. In front of him is a cardboard cutout of a Minecraft cart loaded with Minecraft diamonds, with the words TDM ON TOUR. Behind him is a black curtain hung from a metal frame, emblazoned with a picture of a Minecraft tunnel. Inside, Dan sits in a plastic chair at one end of a large reception room-industrial carpeting, fluorescents. on a rainy Sunday for a show that begins at 3, because they've paid an additional $95 for the chance to meet Dan, so that their children can see that the guy who they spend their Saturday mornings watching on YouTube is a real, live human. The parents of the kids who are already here have been standing in line since 11:15 a.m. The North American leg is being promoted by Live Nation, the massive company that put on 26,000 events in 40 countries last year. Almost every show on the 18-month tour has sold out, including two at the Beacon Theater in New York, four at the Sydney Opera House, and 32 straight shows across the U.K., where Dan lives. Tickets for today's show cost between $63.50 and $150, and it's sold out. The glass doors lead in to a 5,000- seat theater in Wallingford, Connecticut, a half hour from the closest city. Some of them carry pictures or posters of Dan. ![]() The kids-it's almost all boys-run circles around each other to pass the time, or they twirl their fidget spinners, or they plead with their parents for a phone to play with. ![]() They're already here, standing outside in a raggedy line that begins at the locked glass doors and ends somewhere near the parking lot. ![]()
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