Tour Manager Torment

Tour Manager Torment

When you're up to your eyes in it on show day a friendly tour manager can save your mood but an aggressive tour manager can ruin it. But what is a tour manager, why are they so important to bands and why do their roles and attitudes vary so wildly? Gav and James do their level best to describe the role before sharing their experiences of dealing with the good, the bad and the downright ridiculous sides of the hard-grafting TM. And what the fuck are ginger shots? We go again, eve...

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Cancelling Kneecap, Death Threats and Trees Clashes

Cancelling Kneecap, Death Threats and Trees Clashes

It was supposed to a fun afternoon arguing over the 2,000trees clashfinder but Sharon Osbourne, Scotland’s First Minister and the pesky bloody Tories had other ideas…. so the spotlight is back on the ...

1 Mai 20251h 24min

Ghost's Phone Ban and Kneecap's Coachella Rap - Q&A 12

Ghost's Phone Ban and Kneecap's Coachella Rap - Q&A 12

Gav and James dive back into the virtual mailbag to tackle the most pressing issues of the day. Is Ghost's mobile phone ban a step too far? Have Kneecap become too hot to handle following their contr...

24 Apr 20251h 41min

The Contract

The Contract

There's few things in the live music business quite like the circus of a band's contractual agreement with a festival. From sloppy copy and paste jobs to being told to sign off technical specs you ha...

17 Apr 20251h 52min

Dragged Into The Comments

Dragged Into The Comments

After a couple of weekends on tour, social media threw a wobbler to welcome Gav and James back with a bump as well as Brand New, Dragged Into Sunlight and poor old Clutch under the bus. We wade thro...

10 Apr 20251h 25min

The Tour Debrief

The Tour Debrief

Gav and James hit the road for their first ever tour. From mad for it Manchester to Village Wembley, gifts to guests and hot sauces to hecklers… here’s how it panned out. We go again, every Thursday ...

3 Apr 20251h 33min

What the actual Malevolence?

What the actual Malevolence?

The first leg of the debut tour is over but there’s no time to unwind as Malevolence drop a bomb on Damnation and there’s ArcTanGent bands to announce. Oh, and it’s Glasgow tomorrow… We go again, ev...

27 Mar 20251h 10min

We're on Tour

We're on Tour

We’re in Bristol for the opening night of the first 2 Promoters, 1 Tour but don’t fret, we’re here for you, every Thursday, come rain, shine or super stardom. James’ favourite music documentaries, to...

20 Mar 20251h 38min

Support Slots, Slayer & Sign Language - Q&A 11

Support Slots, Slayer & Sign Language - Q&A 11

One last rummage through the big bag of questions before Gav and James hit the road for their first tour. Do support bands get a taste of the 80/20 Vs deal cash? Our thoughts on the return of Ghostfe...

13 Mar 20251h 46min

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