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Give me a load of money all I'll pay everyone. As anyone who's put on a gig knows it's really hard to make back your money. Especially if you've got touring bands that noone knows or wants to see.1950's said:It's an expensive business being in a band and incredibly expensive to tour. I've heard the same thing from so many touring American and European bands that haven't played in Ireland. That it's not worth they're while coming here for 3 or 4 gigs cos they won't make enough money to cover their expenses. Not paying support bands is not on either. Everyone deserves to get paid for a gig.
Unfortunately alot of the time the support bands lose out because of this, but then again usually touring bands will help them out if they make to where-ever they live.
And 3 or 4 gigs will cover your expenses, as long as you aren't thinking of staying in hotels and eating out while you're here.
Most bands seem to subsidize the Irish part of their tours, cos they usually more fun here than other places where they make loads of money, playing the same type of places as here but without having to worry about paying for ferries etc.