Fan club

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A fan club is an informal or formal association of friends or fans of "someone" or "something". Depending on the topic, fan clubs have different tasks. However, it usually always consists of several paying members and a board of directors. It can be a registered association , but does not have to be.

Sports

One of the most important activities is the organization of the joint visit to away games of your club.

FC Bayern Munich has the largest number of fan clubs of a German sports club (3909 fan clubs worldwide in May 2015).

Musician

Musician fan clubs sometimes have practical advantages. For example, members of the Bon Jovi -Fanklubs at concerts wristbands that entitle them, in the front area in front of the stage to stop the so-called pit. Queen fan clubs, on the other hand, sometimes hold fundraisers for the Mercury Phoenix Trust .

The fan club of the Norwegian band Turbonegro describes itself as a turbo youth .

vehicles

For example, clubs dealing with a particular make of motorcycle or automobile take trips together.

TV Shows

The TV series and films about Star Trek (Spaceship Enterprise) have sparked numerous fan clubs around the world since the 1960s. Fans of the series call themselves Trekkies and often meet like-minded people and their idols at conventions like FedCon . These structures can also be found in fans of other TV series, such as Stargate .

Individual evidence

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