Touring, light techs, sound techs, job, major artists,

[elliot47]

Where do major artists (Trace Adkins, Katy Perry, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney...) get techs (lights and audio) for their tours?

 

[derekleffew]

Usually from the companies that are providing lighting and sound equipment for the tour. See Getting a Job in the Industry - ControlBooth .

 

[soundlight]

The technicians for those tours are employed by the companies that go on tour with them. For instance, Clair Bros, Eighth Day, Sound Image, &c for sound; PRG, Epic Production Tech, Bandit Lites, Christie Lites, &c for lighting. These companies provide the equipment for the tours as well as staff the tours. Ain't an easy business to get in to, that's for sure.

 

[avkid]

95% of the time the tour vendors employ the crew.
A very small percentage work directly for the artist.

 

[Pie4Weebl]

For the country artists you listed, Nashville is where they get them.

 

[themuzicman]

I work for PRG out of their main concert touring hub/warehouse. Shoot me a PM if you have questions. We provide stuff for U 2's 360 tour, Lady Gaga, and Brittney Spears to name a few recent ones. Granted, I'm pretty new to it.