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The touring case sizes nobody writes down: quarter, third, and half pack footprints, cable trunk and workbox dimensions, and the 90-inch vs 96-inch trailer math (45-inch half packs, the 24x48 grid) that decides whether your pack rolls tight.
From a van and trailer at club level to the Eras Tour's 90-truck convoy: a reference guide to how many semis tours actually use at every tier, with real numbers from Drake, Taylor Swift, and U2, and why every truck you add is recurring weekly money.
Metallica's M72 tour ran on renewable gas, biofuels, and a hydrogen rig. Here is how alt-fuel tractors change payload, range, and the load plan for live-event freight.
Compact powered line arrays debuting at InfoComm 2026 let productions drop amp racks and copper multicore from the load. Here is what that does to your truck pack, and the cost-per-mile math behind it.
InfoComm 2026 in Las Vegas showed off denser line arrays, lighter IP-based video, and AI baked into more boxes. Here is what the new gear means once it leaves the show floor and has to fit in a trailer.
AI is about to reshape how tours get routed and scheduled — but routing only optimizes the map. The real savings live in the trucks. Why load planning is the other half of smarter touring.
Festival season in 2026 means overnight truck turnarounds, multi-vendor gear, short crews, and higher costs. Here's how smarter, shareable load planning keeps the circuit moving.
Eleven days into the digital ATA Carnet rollout across the EU, UK, Norway, and Switzerland, here is what is working, what is still bumpy, and why your General List is still the hardest part of the job.
L-Acoustics' new L1 line array compresses the audio package for a full arena tour into roughly half a 53-foot trailer. Here is the math on cabinet count, weight, and trailer volume, plus what 30 years of PA shrinkage means for touring logistics.
