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Next Wed on The BACK LOUNGE it’s an ALL THINGS VISAS Q&A with UK based specialists Sophie Amable & Oleg Gaidar at www.wtaconsulting.co.uk What’s the latest on US visas? and what truth is there behind the stories coming through on the grapevine. There’s also plenty of time to answer any questions you may have on any other visas, etas, permits and all related. To join our discussion, email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts for your zoom link. Wednesday 23rd April 6pm London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT

At our next BACK LOUNGE zoom, Tom Green, Tour Manager and Simon Schofield, Production Manager are in the saddle hosting. It’s a check in, bring anything you want to celebrate or commiserate of life on and off the road. To join our discussion, email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts for your zoom link. Wednesday 16th April 6pm London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT

Next week on The BACK LOUNGE, it’s a check in – summer is in the air. How’s the summer diary, will it be a festival season or is that landscape changing? Join our chat to talk about pretty much anything. We’re a community of folk working across live music and events, sharing knowledge and supporting each other through the good times and the not so good. To join our discussion, email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts for your zoom link. All welcome. Wednesday 9th April 6pm London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT on zoom

Next week on The BACK LOUNGE it’s a check in. No theme this week, we can go anywhere. We’re a global community for anyone working across live music and events who meet online. It’s not therapy, it’s a place to meet fellow comrades who understand la vida loca – the good, the bad and the ‘remind me why we chose to do this again!?’. Wednesday 26th March 6pm London BST / 7pm CET / 2pm EDT / 11am PDT To join our zoom, email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts to get your zoom link. All welcome, whatever your role and level of experience

How are our jobs as TMs /PMs /crew chiefs starting to reflect our changing world? From the practical – force majeure, insurance & emergency protocols – to the harder to define more personal issues – from conflict resolution, drug taking to infidelity. How much do we need to know, to how much should we know and can we provide better support for those who need it? Guests Josh Barnes, Production Director & Sarah-Anne Grill Tour Director/Manager will lead the discussion. Wednesday 19th March 6pm London / 7pm CET / 2pm EDT / 11am PDT (Hour difference for US clocks change!) To join our zoom, email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts for your zoom link. All welcome, whatever your role in live events and touring.

This Wednesday on The BACK LOUNGE its ‘relationships’ – how possible are they when one or both partners are away for extended time? Or maybe you work together? If ever the lifestyle has messed with your relationship or the ability to even have one, we hope you will join this call, and we’d love significant others to join too. Join us to look at the pitfalls, and how to navigate them. Our esteemed guests are Marisa Rinchiuso – program manager Rock Lititz, tour partner and sexuality educator, and Gemma Fletcher, mental health advocate and production and site coordinator with her own tour partner at home. Wednesday 12th March 6pm London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. To join our zoom discussion, please email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts for your zoom link. All welcome

Next Wednesday The BACK LOUNGE meets ‘Empathy for the Devil’ podcast creators Sam, Matt and Chula of We-are-Attune, who explore the lives and untimely deaths of music icons Kurt Cobain, George Michael, Whitney Houston and others. It’s a unique take on struggles with mental health and addiction that many of us will recognise, in a context that’s insightful ❤️ Binge listen here https://www.we-are-attune.com/podcast and don’t forget to light a candle ????️ To join our discussion, please email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts for your zoom link. Wednesday 5th March 6pm London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. Bring thoughts and questions ????

This week on the BACK LOUNGE it’s a check in, join our community to share and find support and if need be commiserate as to why is it so quiet for work? TV and film too apparently… Join us to keep the faith, spring and work are coming. Wednesday 26th February 6pm London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT.
To join, please email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts for the zoom link.

It’s a check in this week on The BACK LOUNGE. Whether you’ve joined our zooms before or not, we’re a community for anyone working across live music and events and a chance to laugh at the craziness of what we’ve chosen to do for a living, and to cry together when it all gets a bit shit. Whatever you do in the industry, and whatever level you’re at, you are so welcome here. Wednesday 12th February 6pm London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am PDT.
To join, please email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts for the zoom link.

Next week on The Back Lounge we are focusing on climate change with special guest Jamal Chalabi, sustainable touring advocate and Tour Manager for Massive Attack https://www.agreenerfuture.com/jamal-chalabi Given the recent catastrophic LA fires, it feels more important than ever to highlight what an industry with high mileage and footprint can do to become greener. Jamal will be talking about Massive Attack’s sustainable strategy – what worked, what didn’t and what the future of touring might look like. To join next Wed’s zoom, please email info@thebacklounge.org to register AT LEAST 30 MINS before the call starts for the link. Wednesday 5th February 6pm London / 7pm CET / 1pm EDT / 10am