How does the business of touring work??

[dave_s13]

Idle curiosity has me thinking about how much cash ends up in the artist's bank account per gig.

Went to see Elbow last night at Manchester apollo which holds 3500 @£40 so roughly £140k taken for the evening.

How much does Guy Garvey end up with to spend on booze?

Please show your workings.

ps....they were fking awesome, as always

[dave_s13]

dojo said:

When I've toured on a small/med scale or promoted nights its always been the case the band gets a set fee and the promoter takes the risk if no one turns up!?!


Presume its the case on bigger scale operations? No way I'd tour on the hope that I fill a venue in Manchester and then Portsmouth the next night! Obviously it makes a difference if you're Coldplay!!

The tech guys/roadies etc will be on day rates same with session players if their in the band...

I can understand the high risks involved if you're not big time but Elbow cannot fail to fill any venue in their current form.

I suppose we'll never know you much the individual band member get for a gig like that as the slices of pie for the crew, venue, bar takings, merch, promoter, tax fiddles etc etc will likely be very complex.

I bet Guy must be pocketing a good few grand an hour though.