How does a touring agent in Australia go about planning a four-month tour of 43 venues spanning more than 7.5 million square kilometres? Harpreet Kaur shares her experiences
Australia is more than 30 times the size of the UK, which makes the logistics of touring a key difference between the two countries. The way tours are scheduled, funded and delivered is quite different. Getting from one side of the country to the other is a major challenge, so budgets in Australia have to allocate much more to freight, flights and time, and artists need to be paid adequately and given reasonable breaks and days off. Then there’s the time needed to do the get-in, and... more
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