Booking Own Tours

[Foxtrot Six]

I haven't found anything useful in the discussions so I'm asking here: Is there a way to do a solo tour/be the main band of a tour? I have a CD coming out in a few months but I can't figure out how to book a tour with my band as the main attraction. I'm sure it's possible, I just can't figure it out. Thanks!

[Eeyore Donkey Donk]

If you are more popular in any given city you will be the headliner. My current tour i play 9 and 12 songs depending on the city.

[katzowy90]

Tourng encachements will come soon.

[Bohemian Rap City]

Originally posted by Foxtrot Six:

I haven't found anything useful in the discussions so I'm asking here: Is there a way to do a solo tour/be the main band of a tour? I have a CD coming out in a few months but I can't figure out how to book a tour with my band as the main attraction. I'm sure it's possible, I just can't figure it out. Thanks!

When you ask manager to book the tour, the city you choose to open in has a band listed to tour with you. If that band has a higher popularity than you in any tour city, the other band headlines the bill. On the other side of the coin, if you pick a band to tour with that has very low pop, you will be headlining, but the venues may be smaller.

[Foxtrot Six]

Originally posted by Bohemian Rap City:

Originally posted by Foxtrot Six:

I haven't found anything useful in the discussions so I'm asking here: Is there a way to do a solo tour/be the main band of a tour? I have a CD coming out in a few months but I can't figure out how to book a tour with my band as the main attraction. I'm sure it's possible, I just can't figure it out. Thanks!

When you ask manager to book the tour, the city you choose to open in has a band listed to tour with you. If that band has a higher popularity than you in any tour city, the other band headlines the bill. On the other side of the coin, if you pick a band to tour with that has very low pop, you will be headlining, but the venues may be smaller.

That is really useful info, thanks! I was a bit confused on how my album made it to #43 and I got an award nomination but my band still can't headline a tour. I don't really know if a tour is useful though, I'm getting headliner gigs at medium sized venues all across the US and it's basically like doing my own tour.

Is there some kind of bonus to headlining tours instead of gigs? The gigs seem a little better because you have a lot more control over the schedule

[katzowy90]

Originally posted by Foxtrot Six:

Is there some kind of bonus to headlining tours instead of gigs? The gigs seem a little better because you have a lot more control over the schedule

No, at least not right now. Tours are mostly helpfull for complete shows requirements in contracts, especially this larger ones (50 shows in each region)

But as I sad, tours gets change soon acording to current roadmap as:
- be headline all the time
- select number of shows not only start/end
- choose days off

[Blue_Bug]

Originally posted by Foxtrot Six:

Originally posted by Bohemian Rap City:

Is there some kind of bonus to headlining tours instead of gigs? The gigs seem a little better because you have a lot more control over the schedule

Depends. As a headliner you get to play more numbers. When playing more numbers you can earn more popularity on your songs. However if your not the headliner , you can play for a larger number of people. More people means that you can earn more popularity on your songs.

So it all depends on the difference in popularity between the other band and your band and how much songs aren't already at their max popularity. The only way to find out is trail and error.

At the beginning of the band it seems to be more usefull to tour with a band with a popularity as high as posible. When you already have a reasonable popularity (and quite a few songs below their max populairity) it seems to me you can better tour with a band with a small difference in populairity (so you are the main act in various places). But thats just my impression.

A small bonus is that when you are the main act, you earn more money, But at that point money doesn't seem an issue anymore.