Berry Embark on National Train Tour, how to tour in times of high gas prices

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

On August 15th, Chicago’s Berry play their hometown and then hit the road, or rather the train tracks, as they tour the country by train to avoid the high price of touring by van now that gas prices are still flirting around the $4.00 mark. Good idea. The band’s Paul Goodenough says the tour poses [...]

indie bands, the price of gas and touring

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

LoveLikeFire
I’ve read a few articles lately about how the price of gas is crimping many bands’ touring activities. I’m not surprised given that for a band to get from Portland to San Francisco and back, a round trip of 1,266 miles, a decent van loaded with equipment and band members might get 12 miles a [...]