It is inevitable we need to build other shows around these bookings. And who better to turn to than our good friends across the Tasman - the Aussies!
There are to main touring partners over this time. We used to work with Falls Festival but the timings are just too tight timeframe wise, as their concert is on the 30th and 31st Dec. It is near impossible to fly from Gisborne to Auckland to Melbourne to Lorne over night (as Franz Ferdinand found out in 2009). So we can't share acts any more.
So we share acts with the likes of Future Entertainment and Fuzzy who run the Summerdayz and Fielddays festival respectively in early Jan. They are predominantly dance based, think Justice, Calvin Harris, Chromeo although there is some cross over with likes of NERD, Tinie Tempah and Grandmaster Flash. And top Australasian acts like Cut Copy, Miami Horror and Architecture in Helsinki.
Even with our timeframe we are also competing with other festival tours down under over the summer period. Big Day Out, the biggest and arguable the most prestigious touring festival in the world. Laneways who like to host the hottest new indie acts around. Ragamuffin the best in reggae. Parklife and Splendor in the Grass who tag onto the end of the European summer. Plus one off stadium tours such as U2, Coldplay, Kings of Leon and Pearl Jam in recent year bought down by the big promoters Michael Chugg and Michael Coppel etc.
And artists are spoilt for choice of where they play. America touring market has taken off particularly for dance music. Deadmau5, David Guetta and Skrillex getting offered HUGE money to play NYE shows stateside. Las Vegas has become a NYE mecca last year hosting Coldplay and Jay-Z. David Guetta on the beach in Rio. The 02 Arena in London. Amsterdam, Berlin, Cape Town, you name it, there are gigs going on with competing offers on the table.
Nothing that competes with a festival in a kiwi vineyard surely!
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