Good article, thanks for posting.

"The way tour dates are typically arranged, the venue offers the band a base payment, called the “guarantee.” It can range from a few hundred dollars to thousands or tens of thousands, depending on the size of the venue and the fame of the artist. The artist then often receives a percentage of ticket sales in addition to the guarantee, once the venue has taken a set cut for its expenses and profit."

"Johnson says a band that’s invited to open for a big act on tour might be paid as little as $250 or $300 dollars per gig. Still, the tour could be worth it — to help the opening band build buzz, sell merchandise and get people who hear them live to pay to download their music later.

He knows of one up-and-coming bluegrass-Americana band, he says, that “got an opportunity to open up on a national tour for one of the heaviest hitters in bluegrass-Americana. That tour has opened up all of the East Coast markets to them, it was undoubtedly the best plan. But they lost at least $8,000 to $10,000 in a month.”

I heard that also, pretty interesting