touring

United States raising visa fees for foreign touring artists

Visas for foreign artists looking to tour in the United States are notoriously riddled with red tape, and now they’re getting more expensive.

I Break Horses cancel North American tour (Schubas included)

I Break Horses @ Terminal 5 in May (NYC) (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Sweden’s I Break Horses have canceled their upcoming fall North American tour…

Tour Diary: Kim Kelly on the road w/ Zoroaster (part 1)

Writer Kim Kelly is currently on the road with the Summer Southern Burn Tour with the indomitable team of Zoroaster, Black Tusk, and Dark Castle, and she’s keeping a diary…

Tour manager pleads guilty, King Khan tour resumes in LA

Christian County, Kentucky court house (Kristin Klein)On November 16, 2009 Kristin Klein entered a guilty plea to 2nd degree possession of a controlled substance in Christian County, Kentucky…

The Top 10 Grossing Tours of 2008

Bruce Springsteen @ Giants Stadium, July 2008 (more by Eric M. Townsend)1. Madonna ($105 million) 2. Celine Dion ($94 million) 3. The Eagles ($73…

F Yeah Tour - photos from the road (part 2)

The F Yeah Tour reaches The Triple Rock in Minneapolis tonight (July 2). Monotonix, Team Robespierre & Crystal Antlers are on that bill…

"High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours"

“On the grass-roots level, cost has always been a concern for touring bands. But the nearly $2,500 in gas Garcia and his two bandmates would have had to pay just to make it to Vancouver, Canada, and back was too much to overcome…

The Police made over $212 million touring

“The global tour few thought would ever happen moved more than 1.8 million tickets, according to Billboard Boxscore, prior to the Boxscore cutoff date of Nov…