Tour management for independent artists

All your shows in one place.

Schedules, contacts, load-in, parking, guest lists. Organized for the whole touring party.

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The workflow

Forward the messy venue email chain and get a complete show page.

Advance reads the thread and puts the whole show in one place.

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Re: Re: Re: Fwd: 7/31 The Crocodile Advance (UPDATED 7/29)

From: booking@thecrocodile.com
To: your-band@parse.advancetouring.com

Locking Friday. Load-in 4 PM off the alley, ring the bell by the loading door. Soundcheck 5:30, doors 7, Malibu Elementary on at 8, you’re on at 9:15 for 75, load-out by 11. Green room upstairs, stocked. Day-of cell is (206) 555-0142. Wifi Croc-Guest / belltown2026. Parking: 2 spots in the Wall St lot, trailer overnight is fine. Rooms held at The Belltown, conf #44219.

> On Jul 29, the band wrote: Which door for load-in, and can the trailer stay overnight?

>> On Jul 27, the venue wrote: Sorry for the slow reply, we were closed for the long weekend. Everything from the original hold still stands.

>>> On Jul 22, the band wrote: Stage plot and input list attached. Is there a house kit, and who is running monitors?

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The Advance show page for The Crocodile in Seattle, shown in an iPhone frame with the date, address, tabs, and full schedule from load-in through load-out

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Show day

When it’s show day, the noise drops away.

The home card knows what you need next, the show page holds the rest, and the hotel is one tap away when the night’s done.

7:48 PM
Tonight, front and center.
On show day your home card becomes the Tonight card: the venue address and directions sit right on it. No digging through the advance at the loading dock.
7:52 PM
Doors are open. Support on in 8 min.
The Tonight card pulses the next time on the schedule: doors, then support, then you. The full run sheet is one tap away on the show page. Nobody has to ask.
11:36 PM
Settle up.
When the set’s done the show page offers the settle. Slide it, or tap “Paid as agreed” on a flat guarantee, and the walkout lands in your tour’s money before you’re in the van.
12:04 AM
Off to the hotel.
From set time on, the Tonight card’s directions point at the hotel instead of the venue. No scrounging through confirmation emails during load out.

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Get the whole band on the same page.

The day sheet, the guest list, the set list. Magic links for each that just work. No app to install, and it updates the moment anything changes.

Day sheet

For your touring party.

All the show info in one place. No one will ask what the green room wifi password is.

Guest list

For the venue.

Build your guest list in Advance and send the link to the venue. Last minute add? No worries, it updates automatically.

Set list

For the band.

Collaborate with your band to build the set and print it with one click.

Day sheet

For your touring party.

All the show info in one place. No one will ask what the green room wifi password is.

Guest list

For the venue.

Build your guest list in Advance and send the link to the venue. Last minute add? No worries, it updates automatically.

Set list

For the band.

Collaborate with your band to build the set and print it with one click.

Or don’t send it yourself. Advance can automatically send day sheet emails or push the details to Slack.

From the founder

“I built Advance so my bandmates would stop asking me what time soundcheck is.”

— Rami El-Abidin , Bassist, Juice

Pricing

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Your first 30 shows are free. No seat limits, no hidden upgrades. Paid plans start at $19/mo, and you can pause billing when you’re off the road.

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Questions

Fair questions.

Do I need to change how I advance shows?

Not really. Advance the show over email the way you always have, then forward the thread to your Advance account and it pulls out the details.

Does the venue need an account?

No. The venue never touches Advance, and will not notice a thing, except that everyone is on time for load-in.

Do my bandmates need to pay?

No. One Advance account allows for unlimited seats.

What if the email is messy or full of old replies?

That’s the email it was built for. Advance reads the whole thread and extracts the important details.

Can I pause while I’m off the road?

On any paid plan, yes. Pause billing in the off-season, your shows and tours stay put, and you resume in one tap when shows start up again.

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No card, no enterprise setup, and no reason to rebuild the venue email by hand.

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All your shows in one place.

Forward the messy venue email chain and get a complete show page.

When it’s show day, the noise drops away.

Tonight, front and center.

Doors are open. Support on in 8 min.

Settle up.

Off to the hotel.

Get the whole band on the same page.

For your touring party.

For the venue.

For the band.

For your touring party.

For the venue.

For the band.

Try a tour, or two, before you pay for Advance.

Fair questions.

Forward your next advance to Advance.

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