Topic

Live Music Touring

The business of staging concert tours: promoters, venue contracts, support bills, ticketing and refunds.

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Dropping Macklemore cost Ed Sheeran's tour its whole backing band the next day

Venues told Ed Sheeran's promoter they would not host a show with Macklemore on the bill, so he came off it on September 14. The day after that, the remaining support acts and Sheeran's own backing band walked.

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