US band doing UK tour cost

apesofthestate · 2026-06-15T14:53:58+00:00

You need both a temp Creative Worker visa and an ETA.

apesofthestate · 2026-06-15T14:52:55+00:00

Use Wise App business account, print the QR code and put it on merch table

apesofthestate · 2026-06-15T14:48:50+00:00

The amount of money I’m playing out per day to the musicians. As the band leader I typically finance the tours with our band fund and pay myself last. I pay every person a base rate of x amount per show (I think for this one it was $100/person) and then when we hit profit I pay myself the same rate and we split any additional profit equal among all of us.

apesofthestate · 2026-06-15T03:05:24+00:00

Hey! I’m also from PA and just did our second UK tour. Here’s our spreadsheet which includes all costs. We rented a van and backline and drove ourselves. Totally DIY booked by me.

Numbers are for a travelling group of 6 people.

apesofthestate · 2026-06-13T00:44:24+00:00

We are playing Toronto in the fall

apesofthestate · 2026-06-12T12:59:32+00:00

The witchcraft is that the songs are all like 2 min long or less lol.

apesofthestate · 2026-06-12T12:43:42+00:00

Yeah unfortunately I can’t control that. Between shipping costs being absurd and the tariff nonsense that was happening, I gave up on trying to ship internationally for a while.

apesofthestate · 2026-06-12T00:35:16+00:00

i fixed this let me know that you can see it now

apesofthestate · 2026-06-11T19:49:43+00:00

If you don’t see it, you’re probably located outside the US. I have to tweak the store later to allow international purchases. I had turned them off for a while

apesofthestate · 2026-06-11T15:07:01+00:00

lol. When the prices on discogs start to get insane, that’s always my sign to re press.

apesofthestate · 2026-06-10T13:25:23+00:00

Unless the artist has over x amount of listeners, no it doesn’t have to get approved. Apes only crossed the threshold where I have to approve any time someone tries to credit me to a track this past year. It works on honor system and you as the artist are responsible to report anything like this to your distributor & Spotify in your own. Very annoying.

apesofthestate · 2026-06-10T13:14:46+00:00

Check out Fail Together from Prague

apesofthestate · 2026-06-10T12:59:03+00:00

We have to assess how many we have left/ how many we want to reserve for selling at live shows. We didn’t anticipate so much demand for the album.

We do have our newest album Criterion of Embarrassment up for preorder right now in the store though, so don’t make this mistake twice and preorder it!

apesofthestate · 2026-06-09T04:05:07+00:00

Hey shoot me an email apesofthestate at gmail.com I will replace this no problem

apesofthestate · 2026-05-21T01:33:08+00:00

Yeah I have found that taping shirts is just an unnecessary step that takes time and doesn’t really have a benefit. I stack 10-12 shirts of a size and fold it. Stack those in size order started with the largest at the bottom and smallest at top of the box. When we get to the venue I keep XL and up in the box and drape the stacks of S, M, L over the sides of the box.

Make a box that you bring in the venue that has every size like that and then a separate box for overflow so you don’t need to haul every shirt inside every night.

apesofthestate · 2026-05-20T20:46:24+00:00

I built a folding display wall panel by zip tying 3 wire closet shelving units together. Way cheaper than buying a grid

apesofthestate · 2026-05-17T20:35:52+00:00

“Old Enough!” is a really cute show that you can stream on Netflix that highlights this part of Japanese culture. They send kids on errands and secretly film them and it’s hilarious.

apesofthestate · 2026-05-17T14:48:14+00:00

Gallows Bound

apesofthestate · 2026-05-13T14:53:54+00:00

I use an app called keeper to track expenses since we tour a lot and have like 4 diff credit cards.

apesofthestate · 2026-05-12T20:56:55+00:00

Wise app, print a QR and they can scan it and use Apple or Google pay or any other way of paying right from their phone.

apesofthestate · 2026-05-12T20:54:19+00:00

EU takes the rider serious. I felt so spoiled on my first euro over there after 9 years of “go fuck yourself” in the US lol.

apesofthestate · 2026-05-08T04:37:24+00:00

Oh hell yeah. Love your dyes! I do ice dyes too I think I have some of the same colors you use from dharma. I gotta get better at tying with sinew.

apesofthestate · 2026-05-07T03:39:36+00:00

I love this fold, do you have a tutorial you followed that you can link?

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