Will I cancel the tour because of the Coronavirus?
The 9941 Podcast
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4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Episode 23: With all the scare of the coronavirus, it has become a legitimate question whether or not this will affect my touring. There have been many public events around the world completely cancelled out of fear. In this podcast, I will explore what all this means for me and Yee Yee Nation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys welcome to the Granger Smith podcast. This is a very special addition to the podcast. This is March the 14th. I typically record |
| 0:09.7 | these podcasts |
| 0:12.3 | 4-5 6- seven days before you actually hear it on Mondays or watch it. |
| 0:17.7 | So I'm adding this intro to tell you this. This podcast was recorded on the road a few days ago. |
| 0:23.4 | Since then, we've had this crazy coronavirus pandemic happen. |
| 0:27.5 | And some of these questions might be irrelevant |
| 0:31.3 | or a little bit different because of the new crazy news and so I'm partly |
| 0:36.4 | recording this for you guys so that you don't hear this podcast and think oh my |
| 0:41.0 | gosh he's not talking about the crazy, you know, new turn of events that we've had in these last few days. |
| 0:47.0 | That being said, some of you watching this might not be affected that much by the coronavirus. |
| 0:55.0 | Me, personally, my world has been turned upside down. |
| 0:59.0 | Our touring, the entire touring industry has completely collapsed and that is where |
| 1:05.9 | artists like me and so many others make all of their money. |
| 1:11.7 | So essentially I've lost my job and I'm okay I have YouTube and |
| 1:17.5 | other things but the you know I have a lot of band members and crew guys on |
| 1:21.9 | salary so that is the concern is trying to get band members and crew guys on salary. |
| 1:22.5 | So that is the concern, |
| 1:24.2 | is trying to get them paid through when we start touring again. |
| 1:30.1 | The latest I've heard is May, somewhere around May, we're going to start touring again. |
| 1:34.0 | Once again, this has nothing to do with our decision or promoters or venues or booking agents or |
| 1:42.0 | everybody wants to tour. This is tour, this is happening at the federal level that all |
| 1:47.1 | these gatherings are being canceled. |
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