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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 66924" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Normal for venue to provide for opener?The answer to your question is no.&nbsp; The headline act will provide production to the support act only when they are being paid to provide it.&nbsp; How much, and for what gear/services is negotiated before a tour.&nbsp; For one-offs, it&#039;s almost unheard of.It is up to the promoter to provide (read as:&nbsp; pay for) technical production.&nbsp; If an act is carrying production, you can bet the promoter is paying a &#039;production buy-out&#039;.&nbsp; What the promoter is doing here, is getting the PAC to provide for the support act.&nbsp; And that may be legit depending on what gear and services come with the venue rent, or what the venue can arrange for the promoter as a billable item at settlement.Sounds like the venue manager, you, and the promoter need to have a conference call.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 66924, member: 67"] Re: Normal for venue to provide for opener? The answer to your question is no. The headline act will provide production to the support act only when they are being paid to provide it. How much, and for what gear/services is negotiated before a tour. For one-offs, it's almost unheard of. It is up to the promoter to provide (read as: pay for) technical production. If an act is carrying production, you can bet the promoter is paying a 'production buy-out'. What the promoter is doing here, is getting the PAC to provide for the support act. And that may be legit depending on what gear and services come with the venue rent, or what the venue can arrange for the promoter as a billable item at settlement. Sounds like the venue manager, you, and the promoter need to have a conference call. [/QUOTE]

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