JRA Tour Opener Agreement Builder

Agreement Header

Artist Name Headliner Name

Tour Name Season Year

Artist Representative (addressee) Headliner Representative

Role on tour Offer Date

Offer Expiration

Include "Other notes" paragraph after intro

Other notes

Financial Terms

Per-night with total cap

"$X per night (up to $Y total)"

Per-night guarantee ($) Total cap ($)

Guarantee + bonus at paid threshold

"$X guaranteed plus $Y at Z paid"

Guarantee per show ($) Bonus amount ($)

At [#] paid Total per show ($)

Total walkout potential ($)

50/50 split

All guarantees, backend splits & bonus income split 50/50

No additional inputs needed.

Custom language

Include payment structure & deposit details

Payment structure (e.g., "settlement after each show") Deposits will be paid in advance

Deposit date Percent (%)

Set

Fixed length set

"X minute Y set each night"

Set length (minutes) Set type

Split or rotate stage time

"Artist and Tour to evenly split or rotate opening/closing slots"

Uses standard split/rotate language.

Custom language

Include trailer: "Additional line-up to be determined at the sole discretion of the Tour."

Tour Sponsorship

No outside sponsors / NGOs

Artist may not include outside sponsors or perform pitches

No additional inputs.

Tour-owned NGO sponsorship (TBD)

Tour retains rights to NGO; Artist may present appeal if agreeable

Likely NGO Name (may be filled in later if not yet confirmed)

Custom language

Tour Dates

Tour dates (flexible — e.g., "March 1-15, 2026") Total show count (up to)

Include trailer: "Total show count may increase or decrease based on confirming final markets and routing." Include trailer: "Artist would be exclusively available for the dates of the tour..."

Rehearsal

Specific count, location & dates

"[#] rehearsals in [Location], dates [Dates]"

Number of rehearsals Location Dates

Mutually agreeable

"Mutually agreeable rehearsals at a mutually agreeable location"

No additional inputs.

Custom language

Transportation

Bunks on tour bus

"X bunks on [Location]-based bus"

Number of bunks Bus pickup location (city)

Artist provides own tour bus

Artist responsible for own bus and trailer; air travel on Artist

No additional inputs.

Seats in van + hotel rooms

"X seats in van, X hotel rooms each date"

Number of seats Hotel rooms per date

Artist provides own van

Artist responsible for own van and trailer; air travel on Artist

No additional inputs.

Custom language

Lodging

Tour provides hotel/shower rooms each tour date

"X hotel/shower rooms each tour date; off-day rooms on Artist"

Number of hotel/shower rooms per date

Artist provides own lodging; Tour provides shower rooms

Tour provides shower rooms only if venue lacks them

Number of shower rooms (if needed)

Artist fully responsible for all hotel rooms

No additional inputs.

Custom language

Dressing Room

Number of dressing rooms

Hospitality

Artist responsible for food (unless promoter provides)

No additional inputs.

Promoters provide breakfast/lunch/dinner on show days

No after-show food guaranteed; late load-in skips breakfast

No additional inputs.

Meals on show days; no per diems; tour hospitality access

Artist covers after-show & off-day food, no per diems paid

No additional inputs.

Custom language

Production

Mutually agreed production needs

No additional inputs.

No tour production — venue provides

No additional inputs.

Full tour production (Audio, Lighting, LED, Video)

No additional inputs.

Custom language

Include trailer: "Tour maintains control over production on-site including but not limited to show volume, video content..." Include trailer: "Artist may NOT solicit audience from stage... Artist may NOT throw any merchandise or objects into the audience..." Include trailer: "Due to excessive clean-up costs Artist may not shoot streamers or confetti during their set."

Tour Management & Crew

Tour provides TM; Artist uses venue LD/audio

No additional inputs.

Tour provides TM/PM each night

No additional inputs.

Shared TM & PM (50/50 cost split)

No additional inputs.

Shared TM/PM; Artist tips out crew directly

Artist adheres to direction; tip-outs negotiated directly

No additional inputs.

Custom language

Merchandise

Artist handles own merch

Artist responsible for management, fees, taxes

No additional inputs.

Tour requests host-provided table(s) + volunteers

Artist sets up, teaches volunteers, retains 100%

Number of merch tables

Shared merch manager (50/50 cost split)

Tour provides merch manager, both pay equally

Number of merch tables

Tour sells Artist product in tour store

Configurable count of clothing + table items, price-matched

Number of clothing items Number of table products

Tour-provided location with volunteers (Artist retains 100%)

Specific size location, X volunteers when available

Location size (e.g., "10x10", "8ft table") Number of volunteers

Custom language

Comps

Specific amount & cutoff time

"X comp tickets per show, submitted by [time] the day prior"

Comp tickets per show Comp submission cutoff (time, day prior)

Mutually agreeable

"A mutually agreeable number of comp tickets at a mutually agreeable time"

No additional inputs.

VIP

VIP Q&A length (minutes)

Radius Clause

Radius (miles) Days before Days after

Promotions

Standard promotional participation

Print, radio, TV, social — supplied promotional materials

No additional inputs.

Active social media + co-host on FB events

Detailed posting cadence, advertiser access, content creation

No additional inputs.

Custom language

Postponement / Cancellation

Standard clause about no-payment for cancelled dates is always included. Toggle additional sentences below.

Include trailer: "Should Tour receive any payments (including deposits) for cancelled dates..." Include trailer: "In the event of failure to perform by Artist for any reason..."

Miscellaneous

Standard clause about resolving disagreements and conduct is always included. Toggle the additional sentence below.

Include trailer: "Artist may be asked to leave the tour at any point with compensation only for dates played due to any misconduct..."