Editing Concert tour (section)

==Logistics==
[[File:BowieRaR87-stage.jpg|thumb|[[David Bowie]]'s [[Glass Spider Tour]] stage (1987), then the largest touring set. Reportedly, it took 43 trucks to move the set.<ref name=NY87>{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/02/arts/bowie-creates-a-spectacle.html |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Bowie Creates a Spectacle | access-date=4 April 2023 |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=2 August 1987}}</ref>]]

The main challenge in concert tours is how to move the performance's logistics from one [[Music venue|venue]] to another venue, especially for a transcontinental tour. Tour logistics should be very organized and everything has to happen on time and in the right order as planned.<ref name="inbound">{{cite web |date=August 2016 |title=Taking the Show on the Road |url=http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/taking-the-show-on-the-road/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201050950/http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/taking-the-show-on-the-road/ |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=4 December 2017 |website=Inbound Logistics}}</ref> ''[[Autoweek]]'' magazine estimated 30 to 50 trucks were required by [[Taylor Swift]]'s [[The 1989 World Tour]] to bring all the stage, sound equipment, instruments, props, and clothes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Justine |first=Luke |date=28 May 2015 |title=How many trucks does it take to put on a Taylor Swift show? |url=http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/how-many-trucks-does-it-take-put-taylor-swift-show |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044551/http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/how-many-trucks-does-it-take-put-taylor-swift-show |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=4 December 2017 |website=Autoweek |quote=The count was up to 22 at the beginning of today, but now it is close to 30. We are guessing that number will grow as the concert quickly approaches, maybe even to 50.}}</ref> 

When [[Beyoncé]] visited the United Kingdom with her 2016 [[The Formation World Tour]], it took seven [[Boeing 747]] air freighters and a fleet of more than 70 trucks to get her stage set and other gear to the venues. The logistics phase of that tour did not include transportation of the backstage staff, musicians, performers, and the singer herself.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bowler |first=Tim |date=2017-06-07 |title=What it takes to get Beyonce on a world tour |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39926895 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510033359/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39926895 |archive-date=2019-05-10 |access-date=2019-05-06 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>