ARTIST OPERATIONS / LIVE · Ongoing artist program
Chris Lake
Artist operations and touring
Tour management and artist-side operations across venues, production teams, backline, audio, schedules and travel. The merchandise program connects those show dates to city-specific products and release planning.

Keep the artist team, venue and production requirements coordinated across the live calendar, with merchandise and release needs aligned to the shows.
- Responsibility
- Tour management + artist operations
- Engagement
- OOO engagement
- Period
- Ongoing artist program
- Selected deliverables
- Artist-team and schedule coordinationTravel and operational handoffsDay-to-day touring supportVenue and promoter coordination
Inside this partnership
The work, section by section.
Artist operations, schedules and travel
OOO coordinates the artist-side details around the live calendar: communication with the artist team, schedules, travel and day-to-day operational requirements. The remit supports the artist within each promoter’s and venue’s production.
Responsibilities & deliverables
- Artist-team and schedule coordination
- Travel and operational handoffs
- Day-to-day touring support

Venues, backline and audio
Touring coordination joins venue and promoter communication with production teams, backline and audio requirements. The work makes those requirements explicit before the show and keeps the participating teams aligned through live delivery.
Responsibilities & deliverables
- Venue and promoter coordination
- Production, backline and audio requirements
- Show-schedule and team handoffs
Touring coordination
- 01Artist
Schedule and team requirements.
- 02Venue
Promoter and site communication.
- 03Production
Backline, audio and technical handoffs.
- 04Show
Coordinate the live schedule and operating details.
Brooklyn Storehouse: Chemistry release weekend, 2025
The official full-set film documents the Brooklyn Storehouse show and includes a tour-management credit. This case covers touring operations. Creative direction was Sarah Bassett / OCA; content design and VJ was Visual Artform; stage design was Bending Lite; production was Chris Schroeder Productions.
Responsibilities & deliverables
- Tour-management coordination
- Artist and production-team communication
- Live operating support
Chemistry 2025: the wider tour calendar
The official tour poster lists venues from Echostage and Roadrunner to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, The Concourse Project, History and PNE Forum. It provides the live context for a city-by-city program; the merchandise directory covers the corresponding catalogue releases.
Responsibilities & deliverables
- Tour and artist-calendar coordination
- Venue and production requirements
- Merchandise-calendar alignment

Los Angeles Historic Park, 2026
The official full set documents the 2026 Los Angeles shows. The related merchandise uses the June 19–20 dates and a Los Angeles skyline. The film illustrates the live setting; stage design, filming and editing belong to their credited teams.
Responsibilities & deliverables
- Artist-side touring support
- Production and venue coordination
- Show and merchandise schedule alignment
Per-show merchandise and ecommerce
The merchandise remit is larger than a single artist collection. Chemistry city ranges and separate New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Nashville and San Jose drops each have their own products. OOO connects creative and production requirements with the show dates, store and fulfillment plan.
Responsibilities & deliverables
- City-specific merchandise coordination
- Product, show and release-calendar alignment
- Ecommerce and fulfillment handoffs


Bring OOO into your project
Coordinate the operating work around an artist’s tour and connect each show to its product and release needs.
Engage OOO for a defined assignment or ongoing leadership across the program.
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