4 Days, 4 Shows, 4000 Miles

I always open tour-routing emails with a mixture of trepidation and excitement. This December when I got the dates for Elle King’s string of back-to-back Christmas radio shows, I immediately went into attack mode. Getting consistency across this crazy schedule was going to take some figuring out.

First, we were heading 1000 miles west from the Great Lakes to the middle of the country, then scooting down south to Florida, before returning to pretty much where we came from for a final date in Chicago. Meanwhile, the four dates would include three of the main touring food groups — large clubs, an arena