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Haha! I remember once getting some money for a tour and I just couldn’t work it out, like there must be some kind of mistake
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My biggest payday was a 30min set at a record fair in Mallorca. We arrived on the Thursday afternoon, 5 star accommodation in Palma old town, gig wasn't until Saturday evening, fed and watered (and etc) for the duration, we were coming home with ~£650 each. It was mental.
Our singer lost one of his US passports on the way back to LHR, the important one with his visa in it. We had to give him most of the money back to pay for his fucking immigration lawyer, new passport, visa. Easy come, etc.
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"holy shit, we broke even!" (Took 5 weeks off work to sit in a stinky van and come home with €20 each)
RonAsheton
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When I used to play in bands that toured Europe a lot, we'd end up saving all of the cash we made on the gigs and merch to exchange when we got home. Sometimes we'd be carrying €100, maybe €150 at the end of a 5 week stint. Scary stuff.