Since the Xbiz expo and awards show is the week before, it will be interesting to see how many talents (besides the ones that are sponsored) attend one or the other or both.
To my knowledge this will be the 3rd year for the XBIZ fan expo which IMO felt more like an Exxxotica than AEE last year. It seemed to me that more mid level names that were not being sponsored, had a chance to spend more time on the floor meeting there fans (until the music volume got obnoxious) Those that were there will understand.
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