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When bands/singers do worldwide concert tours how is the revenue divvied up?

2.102.184.212 (talk) 01:09, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It will depend on the way the contract are written up. There are other factors as well. Thus, there will not be one answer to your question. MarnetteD|Talk 01:15, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It should be an equal split between the number of people in the band and the takings. However, as MarnetteD said, it will depend on contracts. I'd be surprised if any of that info is made public, but there must be bands where the lead singer gets a bigger slice of the gate money than the rest, esp. if the band is made up of hired hands (Axl Rose, anyone)? Or you could get fired from a band, say Pink Floyd, and then come back to tour as a paid extra and make more money than the rest of them! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:53, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above answer misses a key point. Revenue from ticket sales doesn't go directly to the artist, it goes to the promoter. The promoter takes the revenue risk, i.e. he pays the artist's fee and then has to recoup that outlay through ticket sales. In other words, the money the artist makes comes from the fee paid by the promoter, not from ticket sales. The revenue from ticket sales goes to the promoter. There is also revenue from merchandising sales, most of which will go to the artist but some of which will also go to the merchandising company. --Viennese Waltz 08:44, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

An interesting example from a smaller band is this article from Pomplamoose. However it was also widely criticized as overly extravagant and poor money management, so perhaps it's not a good example.

I only mention it because it's the only detailed example of tour expenses that I'm aware of. Large more professional bands tend to keep their mouths shut about that sort of thing. ApLundell (talk) 17:30, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This article seems to do a pretty good job of breaking down where the costs of tickets go. This article and this one also cover the topic a bit. --Jayron 32 19:00, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Known melody

There's a well-known melody similar to "The Lonely Shepherd", but goes slightly different. It has percussion (possibly drum) and flute (or other wind instrument). The tune begins with the wind instrument going "tuuuuuuuuu, tututu tututu, tututu, tututu" and then drum rhytmically joins "dum, dumdumdumdum, dumdumdumdum", similar to military march. The drum and wind instrument play together. The tune has a desert, arid feel to it. Thanks. --212.180.235.46 (talk) 16:37, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, wild guess: Ravel's Boléro (Doesn't fit all your characteristics though: begins with snare drum, followed by the flute, and the theme doesn't quite fit your "tuuuuuuuuu, tututu... notation"). ---Sluzzelin talk 00:10, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. I'm putting money on this one. I think you nailed it, Sluzzelin. Good for you. Maineartists (talk) 01:33, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks--212.180.235.46 (talk) 08:38, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]