Throughout the 10 years of my career in the live music industry, I've had the privilege of participating in numerous tours across the USA, Canada, Europe, the UK, the CIS, and Russia. I've mostly taken on the role of a tour manager.
In this post, I'll talk about why artists go on tours in the first place, how the preparation is done, and what the actual touring process is like. I'll also address some of the strange and unexpected challenges encountered on the road. Answer frequently asked questions and share some fables. And of course, I won't forget about money – an integral part of touring!
Throughout the 10 years of my career in the live music industry, I've had the privilege of participating in numerous tours across the USA, Canada, Europe, the UK, the CIS, and Russia. I've mostly taken on the role of a tour manager.
In this post, I'll talk about why artists go on tours in the first place, how the preparation is done, and what the actual touring process is like. I'll also address some of the strange and unexpected challenges encountered on the road. Answer frequently asked questions and share some fables. And of course, I won't forget about money – an integral part of touring!
I have no inside knowledge of a potential stock listing of the popular anti-Whatsapp messaging app, Telegram. But I know this much, judging by most people I talk to, especially crypto investors, if Telegram ever went public, people would gobble it up. I know I would. I’m waiting for it. So is Sergei Sergienko, who claims he owns $800,000 of Telegram’s pre-initial coin offering (ICO) tokens. “If Telegram does a SPAC IPO, there would be demand for this issue. It would probably outstrip the interest we saw during the ICO. Why? Because as of right now Telegram looks like a liberal application that can accept anyone - right after WhatsApp and others have turn on the censorship,” he says.
If riding a bucking bronco is your idea of fun, you’re going to love what the stock market has in store. Consider this past week’s ride a preview.The week’s action didn’t look like much, if you didn’t know better. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 213.12 points or 0.6%, while the S&P 500 advanced 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite ended little changed.
