Description
Booking bands is the Wild West of music promotion, where cash, gamesmanship, ego and relationships clash in the process of sealing a deal.
But it isn't as simple a just working out a fee. There's hotels, flights, catering, drum kits, video walls, billing and exclusivity to haggle over... and don't forget that nudity clause!
Then, even if that's all agreed, it might not stay that way because half the contract doesn't make sense, or the agent might just "forget".
Understand, no? Neither do we...
We go again, next Thursday morning. Be there.
Gav and James dive bag into the mail bag to tackle this week’s most pressing issues including the Sleep Token backlash from Download fans and why our two promoters will never, ever work together… unless there’s a Butlins to hire.We go again, every Thursday morning.Lou's Brews, use the code POD15...
Published 11/21/24
The Download line-up is out and Gav and James avoid all spoilers to react to it in real time. The highs (Green Day), the lows (Steel Panther) and the billing stunners (Sikth) are all the topics of the night. But what’s that hardcore din in the background determined to gatecrash the UK’s biggest...
Published 11/14/24