In the
music industry, a road manager is a person who works with small to mid-size
tours (in terms of personnel involved, based on the size of the production). Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
advancing show dates
making travel and hotel arrangements (for all group members)
coordinating artist media obligations (normally while on tour, but could be anytime)
ensuring artist rider requirements are met
collecting payments due to the artist at showtime (or signing off on amount due to be sent via wire, depending on arrangements made by
artist management)
making vendor payments (or submission of amounts due to vendors to artist management)
Road managers can be confused with
tour managers. Generally speaking, though, tour managers work with upper-mid to large scale
tours and are often granted a much greater degree of authority in tour operations.
Notable people
Bob Adams, 1960s and 1970s British road manager (retired 1981)[1]