Whats the story with this? When a band/act tours is it up to a promoter to convince them to come and play here, or will the act contact the promoter? It seems there are quite a few acts (american in particular) that go and play several dates in the UK and on mainland Europe, but that don't come here. 2 I can think of offhand at the moment are Wilco (who are playing Belfast, which really makes me wonder), and Joanna Newsom.