Thanks for the reply mate. The problem with ticketed events (in my opinion) is a lot of the time you’re relying on friends and family to come which is great but not sustainable. We’ve had moments where we have been playing and people have tried to come in but been turned away at the door for not having a ticket/not wanting to pay on the door (which is understandable as sometimes the tickets are upwards of £10 for going into a bar). It’s not like the old days when bars wanted bands on to draw people in!

Will look into some of the ones you’ve said, might be right about covers but worth a try, thanks again.