Beyond the enticement of shows and sun, the cruises also offer fans the chance to spend time hanging out with the musicians onboard.

They have organized what they say is the first company to offer fans in every major league city a trip to the spring training site of their choice.

The depressing coda to this lopsided transaction came when Cleveland's management offered fans what is now the usual explanation: It needed to cut its payroll.

Then we'll cross the finish line with a sample menu of services that offer fans real-time in-car audio.

Lostprophets also offered fans to be in the video.

During the preseason, the Giants offered tantalizing morsels of wide-open things to come, and fans, hungry for a change, bit.

The Driving Experience offers fans and wannabes that chance, depending on the experience they seek.

Furthermore Buckethead offered fans to buy special half-hour long "personalized recordings" for a price of $50 each.

But this acknowledgment, one of many that Backstreet cannily offered fans on Thursday, is just a surface gesture.

Is the team offering an attractive proposition for potential / lapsed fans?