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Can someone explain how tour booking works and towns the band plays?
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:51 am
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:51 am
Long story short, a few of my favorite bands continuously pass up playing in Louisiana and skip to playing venues in TX, MS, FL, etc etc
Who makes that decision?
Who makes that decision?
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Posted on 1/19/22 at 12:04 pm to JS87
the talent buyer/booking agents
Posted on 1/19/22 at 1:02 pm to JS87
There's usually a "circuit" of venues they map from, usually related to booking/touring companies in some aspect.
Louisiana is obviously on a Tier 3 list, only getting stuff after the first two are exhausted.
Louisiana is obviously on a Tier 3 list, only getting stuff after the first two are exhausted.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 4:21 pm to JS87
I think it depends on demographics too. They have a lot of data and know how many fans they have in a given area, radio play, etc. If you're a fan of jam bands, for example, then don't expect a show in North Louisiana because there just aren't many fans of that genre in that area.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 4:35 pm to ThePenIsMightier
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I think it depends on demographics too.
This. Tour manager/others study the venues in relation to the demographics of the city. For instance (in my area), most heavy rock vintage bands (70s-80s) play in Ft. Lauderdale/Palm Beach area b/c they know that Miami is mostly Hispanic and will probably not sell out. Or they might have to find a small venue.
Now bring Marc Anthony or Ricky Martin and they will not bother in Ft.-L/Palm Bch b/c they know that in Miami it will sell out.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 4:35 pm to JS87
Louisiana gets bypassed for two reasons:
1. Very little local media support for recent rock on the radio
2. High taxes
New Orleans is a great music venue city and gets tons of tours, but the taxes they impose scare a lot of booking agents away, as does the lack of a decent rock station. 92.3 barely reaches LaPlace these days, and very little of what they play from the past 5 years can even be argued to sound like anything remotely resembling rock music.
Lafayette has the lowest taxes relative to the sized venue it offers, but its low population plus zero radio support makes it a tough sell for a lot of things.
The reality is, Houston being so close brings a lot of bands to the neighborhood, but tours tend to not want to book shows too geographically close together, causing many tours to choose to play Biloxi instead, or just skip the gulf coast entirely, when touring between Florida and Texas.
1. Very little local media support for recent rock on the radio
2. High taxes
New Orleans is a great music venue city and gets tons of tours, but the taxes they impose scare a lot of booking agents away, as does the lack of a decent rock station. 92.3 barely reaches LaPlace these days, and very little of what they play from the past 5 years can even be argued to sound like anything remotely resembling rock music.
Lafayette has the lowest taxes relative to the sized venue it offers, but its low population plus zero radio support makes it a tough sell for a lot of things.
The reality is, Houston being so close brings a lot of bands to the neighborhood, but tours tend to not want to book shows too geographically close together, causing many tours to choose to play Biloxi instead, or just skip the gulf coast entirely, when touring between Florida and Texas.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 5:48 pm to JS87
In the '70s and '80s many acts would play BR or the MS Gulf Coast to avoid the NO entertainment tax (which according to a NO promoter I heard lecture at LSU was enacted to pay for welfare). I'd wondered why big name acts would play Biloxi instead of NO.
BR in ye olden days was actually a pretty good rock & roll town for its size, thanks to LSU. The superstars played the Cow Palace/PMAC/Centroplex, and perhaps even more impressive, The MC5, The NY Dolls & of course The Sex Pistols played BR clubs (a vibrant club scene is the true mark of a good music town, just like Mom & Pop, hole-in-the-wall restaurants are the mark of a great food city). Hell Hendrix even played BR.
In the old days a big name act would even play a small town like Starkville as opposed to Jackson, b/c of the university there (I believe Dylan played Starkville at least once). This was still happening into the '90s. Now as as the college age demo listens to less and less R&R, it hardly ever happens, if it happens at all.
BR in ye olden days was actually a pretty good rock & roll town for its size, thanks to LSU. The superstars played the Cow Palace/PMAC/Centroplex, and perhaps even more impressive, The MC5, The NY Dolls & of course The Sex Pistols played BR clubs (a vibrant club scene is the true mark of a good music town, just like Mom & Pop, hole-in-the-wall restaurants are the mark of a great food city). Hell Hendrix even played BR.
In the old days a big name act would even play a small town like Starkville as opposed to Jackson, b/c of the university there (I believe Dylan played Starkville at least once). This was still happening into the '90s. Now as as the college age demo listens to less and less R&R, it hardly ever happens, if it happens at all.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 9:11 pm to JS87
What others have said but also many big booking agents have financial interests or outright own venues around the country so they only book their acts into those venues when possible.
Posted on 1/20/22 at 12:45 am to JS87
And if its over 300 miles to the next venue you need to fly, if its under 300 you drive.
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