And Another Thing

[pandaemonaeum]

This 'free gig' RAtM are promising to play, how's that going to work then?

Here are just some of the things a promoter has to pay for:

venue, equipment hire, staff (sound engineer(s), lighting engineers, bouncers, ticketing staff) catering - feeding and watering the band and crew, accommodation, advertising, any visas/ licenses required, travel for band and crew.

If the venue is a field, you can add stage hire, rig hire, transport costs, toilet facilities, licensing, even MORE staff, parking facilities, camping facilities, temporary fencing, policing costs.

Who's footing that bill then? Don't see it being the record company - they can't wring out even more publicity from this, can they? Unless the band are footing the bill and covering the cost with paying dates (HA! who's going to pay to see a band when they can see them for free?) and/ or a new album, it's going to be CORPORATE sponsorship, I would guess.

Unless they do a free festival, and every band on before them pays on to cover costs...

But hey, let's not let the realities of the modern music industry spoil this magnanimous gesture :/

Comments

[pandaemonaeum.livejournal.com]

My first thought was 'where could you have it' and I keep going back to the 'field' idea. But my thing was, who is footing the bill? The costs for something like this will be enormous!

And I thought about the ticket thing, it will wind up being either a lottery, or first-come-first-served and touts on ebay, etc. In the end, a bunch of people who may or may not deserve tickets will wind up with tickets.

I just have a bad feeling about the whole thing, to be honest.

[kev36663.livejournal.com]

it'd have to be a field...

Andy might be able to get the site used for something like Download and just having the one huge mainstage or something...

It's a complex machine.

Knowing them though... it could just as easily be a 200 capacity hole in London for those most active in the campaign.

[pandaemonaeum.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It could just as easily be a tiny 'surprise gig' and then all the bitching will start.

Spending 79p on a download doesn't entitle you to free entry to a gig which would usually cost, what £30 a ticket?

I'm not saying they won't do the free gig, I am asking who, ultimately, will pay for this 'free gig'.