ROAD MANAGER
Road Manager is responsible for taking care of the talent and making sure that everything that happens while on tour is smooth and that there are no hassles for the artists and their entourage.
- Advancing show dates
- Making travel & hotel arrangements (for all group members) hiring backline techs or recommending techs to be hired (Production Mgr)
- Coordinating artist media obligations
- Ensuring artist rider requirements are met
- Collecting payments due to the artist at show time (or signing off on the amount due to be sent via wire, depending on arrangements made by artist management)
- Making vendor payments (or submission of amounts due to vendors to artist management)
- Handling personnel issues
- Distributing per diem
TOUR MANAGER
Tour Manager helps to organize the administration for a schedule of appearances and travels with the Talent / Artist on the tour.
- Overseeing hotel departures on time
- Settling accommodation bills and Overseeing travel arrangements; i.e. band and crew onto the bus or to the airport in good time
- Paying per diems to talent and crew
- Overseeing venue arrival – double-checking hospitality and technical arrangements
- Arranging up-to-date running order with venue and promoter
- Overseeing promotional activities; i.e. TV, radio and press interviews at the venue or at other locations
- Supervising setup operations
- Supervising any support or opening acts
- Ensuring venue is ready to open on time by supervising sound check times
- Liaising with transport department regarding the next days’ travel
- Ensuring all acts perform on time and for the allotted time
- Settling the performance fee with the promoter and collecting any due cash
- Ensuring all touring equipment is re-packed and loaded back onto tour transport
- Preparing band and crew schedule sheets for the next day
- Overseeing band and crew on to appropriate overnight transport or to next hotel
- Reporting this show’s attendance figures to management and booking agent
- Troubleshooting unforeseen issues and emergencies that occur
