road manager:
(also ‘tour manager‘; plural: ‘road managers‘)
‘road’ in this context = the act of going from place to place, town to town, city to city conducting music shows
(in the music industry) a person who arranges show tours, travelling form one place to another giving shows, for the small to medium-sized bands — travel arrangements, workers, etc.,
Britney Spears, popular pop singer, with her tour manager
e.g.
Jim has been a road manager for different bands all his life, and knows the music industry very well.
For start-up bands in music world, road managers are very important as they are responsible for the bands popularity while on their tours.
It’s not uncommon to see a couple news items about road managers and bands getting into disagreements and seeking settlements in courts.
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Note 1: A ‘tour manager’ is much like a ‘road manager’ in the music industry, but with a little extra power and status and operates on international level music tours, and mostly works with high profile international bands. For an article that shows how these two words can be used interchangeably and how the word ‘roadie’ is also found in our article, please click here.
Note 2: A ‘roadie’, on the other hand, has different job responsibilities though he/she does the job of a road manager at times. For an article that explains what a roadie is, please click here.
Note 2: A ‘roadie’, on the other hand, has different job responsibilities though he/she does the job of a road manager at times. For an article that explains what a roadie is, please click here.
