From isolating on their bus until showtime to touring without opening acts or a merch seller, here’s how artists are navigating the road during Omicron
on musicians, crew members, and backstage guests. Others are committing to disciplined isolation or doing away with opening acts. All are embracing the unknown — and hoping for the best.
That means hiding out on his tour bus right up until showtime and going directly from his coach to the stage as much as possible. “You have to be in your vehicle and stay there,” he says. “I would not go backstage.” Rather than bring along his own merch person, Fallon will instead be recruiting a worker at each venue to handle his T-shirt and music sales, ensuring that the same merch employee doesn’t accidentally transmit the virus from city to city.
“We had a show in Nashville the night before and we were supposed to get on the bus and be in Wisconsin the next morning, but in the last hour we had ran out of options for getting a bus driver,” Fulcher says. “So we got a van at the last minute and drove all through the night to the next show. It was a challenge, but with missing shows for all of 2020 and most of 2021, we would have walked if we had to.
Kingsbury says the War on Drugs have told her she’ll likely open future shows, as soon as this summer.If you’re lucky enough to be at the level where you roll with a tour manager, put your faith in them. Since Covid began, many tour managers have been tirelesslyabout the best ways to keep their artists safe and on the road. Tommy Garris, who’s been making things run smoothly for Old Dominion for the past eight years, pores over every update to the CDC guidelines and trades tips with other TMs.
Brian Fallon onstage in 2019. The singer-songwriter plans to isolate on his bus until showtime on his January tour.While venues may have certain guidelines currently in place to keep fans and performers safe, the protocols can vary from state to state, and even from club to club. To have better control over their gigs, some mid-level artists are prioritizing private house shows.
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