The Playhouse | The True Cost of Touring | Tank The Tech

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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In this episode Frank and Anthony are joined by @TankTheTech to talk about recent statements made by Shirley Manson, the lead singer of Rock band, Garbage. Shirley spoke on stage about how it's becoming impossible for acts of all sizes to tour, make a living, and to keep cost efficient for fans as well. Tank, being a tour manager himself, is in unique position to talk about the true cost of touring. Extras and audience contribution with whatever time we have left! Watch the full episode here: https://youtube.com/live/9qXil9PRbIg The Playhouse Theme Music by Eddie Hedges

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Yes, Ace Ventura.
0:34.6	Yes.
0:35.0	D-Dun-Doo-Dun-Bum-Ban.
0:42.1	Yes.
0:45.2	Well, come back to episode two of the playhouse.
0:49.2	That's right.
0:50.5	That's right.
0:51.1	And it's going to be a good one tonight.
0:53.3	Oh, hold on a second. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I got you. I got you. I got you. Let me get you. So you're good there. No, not you. You be quiet. So tonight's going to be great because I've got, I can't wait to do this story.
1:11.2	Anthony, you want to talk about who our guest is going to be tonight?
1:14.4	Tonight, Tank the Tech will be joining us to talk about how expensive it is to tour.
1:20.8	Tank is a good friend of mine.
1:23.3	He is Electric Call Boys tour manager.
1:27.3	He's got a YouTube channel where he talks about, you know, a lot of things going on in the industry,
1:34.6	particularly the rock and metal industry.
1:38.2	He's a streamer, and he talks a lot about, you know, behind the curtain look at the way things work and sometimes
1:46.5	drama.
1:47.2	I've seen some of his videos talk about, you know, different festivals that have gone sideways.
1:53.1	And it's very, it's really interesting stuff.
1:55.6	I love to, to get, you know, information about things like, you know, the way things work, like the gears
2:04.3	behind the curtain. And, you know, when we, when, Frank, you had mentioned that you saw this
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