ecent headlines for the biggest tour on earth, Taylor
Swi 's "Eras" tour, praised the artist for not cancelling
a Nashville show when a four-hour storm delay
threatened to send a record breaking 70,000 fans home.
The show wrapped up at 1:30 a.m. in the rain – due to the
extraordinary efforts of hundreds of local technicians putting
in overtime, protecting equipment, and calling the shots while
they stayed in the shadows.
Before your favorite band ever gets off the tour bus, there is
a team working behind the scenes to get the venue ready. We
wanted to turn that spotlight (that they normally so lovingly
place) around and shine it on our local behind-the-scenes crew to
ask what drove them into this niche career.
A day in
the life of
a stagehand
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MIKE YOUNG
tage technicians, sound engineers, stagehands: You
may not know their names, because they are the
unsung heroes of the live entertainment industry.
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