The panel agreed that a good tour manager is able to get along with his or her artist and crew, but they are still an employee who has to get the job done.
The job of a tour manager or production manager also requires concern for the artist’s physical safety. Along with previously required safety instructions, managers have a heightened awareness of active shooter protocols. when he was on stage at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas when a gunman killed 150 people from a nearby hotel.
“It has now become a standard part of my advance to talk to talent buyers or buildings. I want to know what the plan is,” said at the conference. “One of the things that I go over with venue folks in advance is that if something happens, my sole priority is taking care of my artist and my people.” “I can say Another Planet usually kills it on backstage things,” said Bragg of the nation’s largest independent promoter, which hosts events like Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. “It’s always the little details. They always are very specific with our rider needs. They have it in the dressing rooms, on time. Catering is always really great.”