Venues in sheffield that pay for cover bands

[dean thom]

that's a highly unusually practice in my experience Jared. does your insurance not cover accidental damage? what if, just supposing, a band of the stature of Radiohead turned up. would you insist on them using your sound engineer? how about if it was a band like 'allusondrugs'; a band on their way up that have a following and want to put on the best show for their fans?

[Jared]

that's a highly unusually practice in my experience Jared. does your insurance not cover accidental damage? what if, just supposing, a band of the stature of Radiohead turned up. would you insist on them using your sound engineer? how about if it was a band like 'allusondrugs'; a band on their way up that have a following and want to put on the best show for their fans?

 

We don't generally work with bands like Radiohead but we'd make an exception for them of course if they wanted to play. When touring bands etc use their own engineer then our house engineer supervises them and if it's judged that they don't know what they're doing then we kick them off (this has happened before). Allusondrugs have actually played WSL loads and Jamal is a long term friend of the venue, they've always used our house engineers in the past but if they played again and wanted to use their own we'd let them because we trust them. As for covers bands on weekends, personally I'd be loath to book one if they wanted to use their own engineer, but we'd talk it through and find out what experience the person they want to use has and if they have any formal or academic qualifications. You'd be surprised how many so called engineers don't even have a basic grasp of physics :-P

[dean thom]

i comprehend exactly Jared.. i'm glad to hear there is some flexibility in your policy. have a good day. dean