Finances of (bands) touring
Posted by: Gavin B on 24 December 2014
Leaving the National Ice Centre in Nottingham last night, my son started a conversation about how the finances of touring works. He'd seen a poster for McBusted's two Nottingham dates next year, with tickets priced at just short of £50.
When we started to do our back-of-the-envelope calculations I realised I didn't actually know which way round this worked. Does the venue pay a fixed fee to the band, or do the band pay a hire fee to the venue? Presumably it could be different at different levels - Rock City vs. NIC vs. Wembley Stadium.
Anyone know any better?