How long in advance do concert promoters know who will be on a bill?. (is bill even the correct word or is that something Ruben Kincaid would say about the Partridge Family?)

After the success of the Stones concert, 88,000 only 39 arrests and no deaths, every year we will eb having a big concert.

I've been told (by someone I trust) that she was speaking directly to the promoter, which I know for a fact she knows him.

Supposedly next Summer's concert will be AC/DC, Areosmith, Meatloaf and several other bands which are not carved in stone (Cheap Trick, Rush, April Wine, ZZ Top). Currently the discussions are with AC/DC and Aerosmith arguing who will be the headliner.

Is there any way this is true, would a promoter be know a year in advance? or is it just the usual rumours?

Sometimes it's possible to know a year in advance, but most of the time I'd say it's specualtion.

I used to work for a concert promo company back in the early 90s & we knew about 6 months in advance where the artists were playing. I don't know about huge concert venues :confused:

How long in advance does a concert promoter know that the concert will actually happen?

18.06.2005 ZILLO-Festival cancelled!
Yesterday on June 17th, 2005 ZILLO announced that this years festival had to cancelled because of not enough sold tickets. http://www.drakkar.de/cgi-bin/dr_news.pl?command=bandnews&bandid=44&lang=e

See...guess that you can be only sure about seeing a band live on stage when they are on stage. Inbetween the time from the advertisment to the concert, anything can happen. ;)