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EDIT: The State of Band Touring via Vans 2026 - Sorry I could have made that clearer!

New study of 1,500+ bands. A few findings:

• International acts are fading. After a full post-COVID recovery in 2022-23, the international share of US music tours has fallen three straight seasons to 4.7%, the lowest level we have recorded outside the border closures. Canadian acts dropped the most.
• The average band tour runs 16 days and 4,334 miles (the typical tour: 12 days, 3,135 miles). 1,532 touring bands drove 9 million miles last season, enough to reach the Moon and back 19 times!
• Bands now book their tour vans twice as far ahead as before the pandemic (median 35 days out, vs 21 in 2015-16).
• Bands leave on Wednesday. Ordinary renters peak on Friday; tour departures peak midweek.
• Tour launches are decentralizing: LA, New York and Nashville were 65% of launches a decade ago; they are 52% now.

Source: https://www.bandago.com/touring-data/state-of-band-touring-2026

EDIT: The State of Band Touring via Vans 2026 - Sorry I could have made that clearer!

We had some fun putting this together. We took a look at over 1,500 tours over the past year and put this report together: https://www.bandago.com/touring-data/state-of-band-touring-2026/

• International acts are fading. After a full post-COVID recovery in 2022-23, the international share of US music tours has fallen three straight seasons to 4.7%, the lowest level we have recorded outside the border closures. Canadian acts dropped the most.
• The average band tour runs 16 days and 4,334 miles (the typical tour: 12 days, 3,135 miles). 1,532 touring bands drove 9 million miles last season, enough to reach the Moon and back 19 times!
• Bands now book their tour vans twice as far ahead as before the pandemic (median 35 days out, vs 21 in 2015-16).
• Bands leave on Wednesday. Ordinary renters peak on Friday; tour departures peak midweek.
• Tour launches are decentralizing: LA, New York and Nashville were 65% of launches a decade ago; they are 52% now.

More at the link, but fascinating to watch how the industry is shifting and changing over time.

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