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Confessions of a Female Tour Manager: My life on the road with some of the most notorious rock bands EVER
If someone said to you, ‘Imagine a tour manager for a rock band,’ what would you think?
Now take that thought and turn it completely on its head.
That’s Kim.
In this, my first book, Confessions of a Female Tour Manager, I tell the story of my life on the road with some of the most notorious bands in rock ’n’ roll history, including Chumbawamba, Hawkwind, Black Sabbath - and for the ten craziest years of my life, Motörhead.
Mine is the story of a woman in a man’s world. I had no interest in being one of the boys, let alone proving it. I wore designer shoes instead of steel toe-caps, freshly-painted nail varnish instead of tattoos and carried a Tiffany pen instead of an Allen key in my pocket. In thirty years, I never ran, never shouted, never gave in and never gave up.
This is a memoir with a triple-A pass - filled with egos and escapades, divas and decadence, substance abuse and sex; tales of music and madness, of scotching stereotypes, of not giving a damn and deciding what really matters - all to a soundtrack playing at 11.
Now take that thought and turn it completely on its head.
That’s Kim.
In this, my first book, Confessions of a Female Tour Manager, I tell the story of my life on the road with some of the most notorious bands in rock ’n’ roll history, including Chumbawamba, Hawkwind, Black Sabbath - and for the ten craziest years of my life, Motörhead.
Mine is the story of a woman in a man’s world. I had no interest in being one of the boys, let alone proving it. I wore designer shoes instead of steel toe-caps, freshly-painted nail varnish instead of tattoos and carried a Tiffany pen instead of an Allen key in my pocket. In thirty years, I never ran, never shouted, never gave in and never gave up.
This is a memoir with a triple-A pass - filled with egos and escapades, divas and decadence, substance abuse and sex; tales of music and madness, of scotching stereotypes, of not giving a damn and deciding what really matters - all to a soundtrack playing at 11.
172 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 21, 2019
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March 12, 2021
I actually went to college to be in the music business with the plan to be a tour manager. I helped plan a tour for a band in college (setting dates, getting hotel info, etc) and thought that would be my life. Reading this book let me know that even with the classes and ideas and big dreams I had, I still would not have come close to being prepared to what the job actually could be. I enjoyed every moment of reading about Kim's experiences on the road. I would recommend this to anyone that would consider something like this as a career path or who thinks being on tour is all fun and games.
May 14, 2023
Really enjoyed reading about Kim and her life as a tour manager.
I did think it would be more shocking with the antics on the road but it wasn't really.
I liked Kim, she certainly had some eventful times whilst on tour with some interesting characters.
I did think it would be more shocking with the antics on the road but it wasn't really.
I liked Kim, she certainly had some eventful times whilst on tour with some interesting characters.
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