MD5212 - ST5 - Europe Tour 2
Our vision for this tour through Europe is to raise our profile through busking on the streets and performing in hostels and venues from country to country. We want to up our social media fan base and inform people of our up and coming plans with an EP so that they know where to look when it is released. The idea is also to be able to write music as we travel, and meet other musicians from which we can broaden our musical style. We will be offering to play live music at hostels in return for our stay or even just a meal, in the hope that this keeps our expenditure to a minimum.
There wouldn't need to be many tour staff. We have 2 members in the band with relatively light instruments. We'll have a tour manager which will be useful for venue, accommodation and general awareness of keeping schedule. We also need a sound engineer for higher tier venues. Any money received from busking will go towards the band members as the other "tour staff" won't be needed for this area of the tour. However, paid money from high tiered venues will be split amongst the team evenly. We feel that having a small staff is important to the fluidity of the tour as the more team members you include the more hectic the atmosphere becomes. But contrasting to that, the artists need support from others to tackle the stress and issues of being on the move.
We wanted to be as cost efficient as we could for travel expenses. Making sure that we were only spending as little as we needed to. This is why we opted for trains as our main form of transport which completely removes parking cost and fuel expenditure. A single interrail ticket for 2 weeks is £280. Paying the travel in one lump sum is a great idea as it removes the worry of spending money on parking and fuel during the tour. Once it's paid, it's paid! The main fall back for using public transport is that you have to carry all your equipment around with you and can often be quite hectic. However, I feel that the money saved is worth this slight hassle. In my personal experience I know that, unlike the UK's public transport system, Europe's is incredibly reliable with every train arriving and departing almost exactly to the minute.
During the tour we'll have to use other forms of public transport which can include, boats, busses and trams. A safe budget for these public transport systems would be around £40 for each person but, again, from personal experience we found that we didn't need to use these too much as the train station is quite often right in the middle of town. Making almost all the hostels a short walk away.
Correct train times for this Europe tour are below. We made use of the Interrail train times app which is free and very easy to use. A life saver!
London St Pancras- Lyon Part Dieu (10:14-16:00, 1 change)
Lyon Part Dieu – Milan Centrale Station (10:37-17:37, 1 change)
Milan Centrale Station -Venice S. Lucia (16:15-18:40, 0 changes)
Venice S. Lucia – Ljubljana (16:41-21:05, 1 change)
Ljubljana – Vienna Centrale (10:50-18:02, 2 changes)
Vienna Wien Mitte – Prague Hlavni Nadrazi (13:10-17:07, 0 changes)
Prague Hlavni Nadrazi – London Heathrow (Flight, 13:45 – 14:50)
Address - 4, Quai des Étroits, 69005 Lyon, France
Phone number - +33 4 78 38 27 40
Venue Name 1 – Blue Note Milano
Address - Via Pietro Borsieri, 37, 20125 Milano MI, Italy
Phone Number - +39 02 6901 6888
Venue Name 2 - Teatro Verdi (A short walk away from the main train station in Milan. It's a perfect medium sized venue for a budding duo!)
Address - Via Pastrengo, 16, 20159 Milano MI, Italy
Phone Number - +39 02 688 0038
Venue Name – Generator Ostello Venezia Hostel
Address - Fondamenta Zitelle, 86, 30133 Venezia VE, Italy
Phone Number - +39 041 877 8288
Address - Prijateljeva ulica 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Venue Name - Replugged (Situated right in the middle of Vienna making it very accessible. Another good medium venue for an acoustic night.)
Address – Lerchenfelder Str. 23, 1070 Wien, Austria
Phone - +43 676 6943954Phone: +43 676 6943954
Venue Name – The Czech Inn
Address - Francouzská 240/76, 101 00 Praha, Czechia
Phone Number - +420 210 011 100
Health and safety is really important when embarking on a Europe tour. Taking all risks into account is also important.
One of the main factors that needs to be taken into account is moving equipment around. We will be using public transport so there will be a lot so the heavy equipment can take its toll on every member. It will be important to have breaks when moving equipment round and make sure everyone can switch and work as a team. If someone is lagging or in pain it’s really important to help them rather than getting frustrated with them keeping the moral of the team up.
Illness is also a factor to be thought about on tour. If someone comes down with an illness then actions must be taken to help. Reducing their movement and strain by taking some of their equipment, having early nights and drinking lots of water can help too. Illness does happen unfortunately so it’s also important to bring the right medication to counteract it.
When possible, it’s a good idea to run a small risk assessment form for each new venue for tripping hazards, electrical faults and fire escapes.
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