Trent Tomlinson photo courtesy of Lyric Street Records.
July 31, 2007 — Trent Tomlinson says he has an awesome relationship with his fans, including one lady who gives him a new belt buckle every time she sees him. He tells Dial-Global he pays his fans back for their devotion by giving them his time.
"I sign everybody's autograph till everybody's gone," he says. "Even after my shows, I still get off the bus and go back in whatever honky tonk or bar we're playing in, and I'll sit there and have a beer with them. I go out in the crowd during my show and stuff like that. Yeah, they're gonna grope you and grab you, but they're not there to hurt you. They just wanna see you and be a part of it. I have really loyal diehard fans and I treat them with the respect that they deserve."
Trent says he's signed everything from cell phones to cigarette packs to even individual cigarettes. So how does he fit his entire name on a cigarette? Trent jokingly boasts, "Man, I've got very precise, pinpoint precision handwriting." He's even signed items that will probably never be displayed. Trent recalls, "A lady took her cell phone apart and I signed her battery inside her cell phone. After I signed it, [she] put the cover back up on it. I don't know. People are crazy."