news|09 Jun 2025
Publication
Touring Business Handbook
An indispensable guide on insurance, law, visas & immigration, accountancy & tax, performance royalties & currency exchange
Now in its second edition, the Touring Business Handbook, published in association with Chorus TM, is out now.
The Handbook is an indispensable guide for anyone involved in planning tours. This latest edition includes contributions from many of the world’s top tax, legal, insurance, currency, and immigration specialists, who have kindly taken time to put pen to paper.
The Touring Business Handbook can be read either in print or as a digital publication for IQ subscribers.
Inside the Touring Business Handbook 2025, published in association with Chorus TM:
Live Music Insurance
– Why you need insurance
– Insuring for political, social and economic unrest
– Pass the partial: what happens when an event is partly closed
– Touring artists & mental health
– The latest Insurance news & updates
Tour Accountancy
– Roads paved with gold?: Managing digital payments on tour
– Know your rights: making sense of live performance rights
Artist Taxation
– Artist taxation, social security & VAT
– The latest tax news & updates
– The ultimate guide to North American withholding tax
Business Management
– Five ways a business manager can help your business
Legal
– “Cancel” culture: artists vs sponsors
– The latest Legal news & updates
– Know your contracts
Visas & Immigration
– The ultimate guide to touring in key Asian markets
– Touring in the UK in 2025
– Touring in the European Union
– Touring in North America
– Five golden rules for successful International touring
Performance Royalties
– Live performance reporting: the golden rules
– Live performance royalty rates & discounts in key touring territories
Currency Exchange
– How to create a successful currency strategy for tours
– Five ways to maximise income through international touring..and many more expert contributions.
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Touring Business Handbook 2025
Features
- Published in association with Chorus TM
- The second edition of the indispensable guide for anyone involved in planning tours
- Massively expanded contributions for 2025
- Touring-critical data & advice from experts
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Touring Business Handbook 2024
Features
- Published in association with Centtrip
- An indispensable guide for anyone involved in planning tours
- Covering tour accounting, artist tax, legal, insurance, currency exchange, visas & immigration and performance royalties
- Contributions from many of the world’s top specialists
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