When Concert Tour News?
When Concert Tour News
Music lovers always expect their favorite musicians to give them details regarding upcoming tours and shows. For many avid fans, getting tickets for these much-anticipated performances is the climax of the year. But when do musicians and bands usually announce their touring schedule? Below is a general guide to the typical schedule of concert tour announcements and ticket releases.
January - March The first few months of the year are when we begin to see companies releasing their spring and early summer tour schedules. Usually, mid-sized club tours are the ones to drop announcements first, with large summer festival lineups a close second. Arena tours and stadium shows then start announcing dates. Some of the big international artists that may require complex stagings may announce their dates half a year to a year beforehand. There is usually a high level of activity in announcing concerts, especially during the festivals in January and February. Events such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and other festivals share their lineups within this period. March sees even more bands announcing their summer tours.
April - May While the touring season starts in spring and summer, there is always a flurry of tour announcements in April and May. Musicians and groups with new music usually time their releases to match their touring schedules and thus new CDs and tours are usually released around this time. As said above, with major festivals being already announced, many supporting club and theater tours also reveal plans. By May most main announcements of concert tours for spring and summer are already available to the public. Smaller artists still book in dates but most big venue gigs are well known at this point. Well, yes, artists on an entirely different level, such as Beyonce, might decide to start a tour and promote it at the spur of the moment!
June – August As summer and spring shows dominate the amphitheaters and sheds of the continents, the concert news emphasis changes slightly. Of course, now occasionally you see new club tours or individual performances are still announced, but June-August involves the actual shows. When summer is ending, artists begin to plan autumn tours. Email lists of fan clubs are often the first to get wind of scheduled fall shows. Venues often release their fall schedules over the summer and thus, there is anticipation for tour information all year through.
September - October As summer is coming to an end, September marks the beginning of the announcement season for fall touring. A week or two in early September is typically the busiest for tour announcements. Artists with radio singles target prime fans with concert advertisements. October goes on to disclose fall tours, club shows, and theater dates. Similarly, the fall tour news flurry occurs in the same period as the release of autumn albums. Acts with albums due out plan album support tours. October tour announcements also often contain early winter and holiday dates.
November - December Autumn tours are still underway, and in November it is possible to come across early dates for 2023 or even 2024. Global Mega starts planning stadium shows years prior while smaller artists announce club gigs half a year in advance. November tour news is also filled with holiday shows. December continues its emphasis on holiday concerts and early winter shows. But with January just around the corner, December concludes the year by sowing the initial flowers of spring 2023 tour information immediately after the Christmas break. The cycle of concert announcements does not stop for the year.
But when do fans get that precious concert ticket purchase link? Tour announcements that give the dates that the tickets go on sale differ greatly. Musical artists with such passionate fans are known to announce a tour and go for sale at the same time. Major tours tend to open sales at least a month after the announcement has been made. Promoters space out sales over weeks so fans are not all trying to buy at one time on social media. However, once the tour is announced, that becomes the on-sale purchase date that fans circulate to prepare for. It must be noted that the time difference is significantly different but the concert news cycle exhibits a very systematic seasonal trend as depicted above. With so many tour announcements, keeping connected to favorite artists through social media and email lists is the way to go. As an avid fan, ensure that you join the fan clubs of your favorite singers and read all the music blogs to know when those rare tickets are available! Then the only thing that remains is to secure the best seats for what can only be described as promising concert performances.
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