on tour
Playing multiple venues
On tour describes performers, bands, athletes, or other public figures traveling from place to place to give performances or compete.
A musician on tour might play dozens of cities over several months: The band is on tour promoting their new album.
The phrase implies a scheduled series of appearances rather than a single engagement, and carries connotations of life on the road—hotels, buses, and temporary accommodations away from home.
- backstageTheater's hidden area
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- roadieConcert equipment handler
- behind the scenesOut of public view
- concertLive musical performance
itinerary · venue · festival · schedule · performer · transportation · exhaustion · vacation · soundcheck · setlist · sound system · live show · promoter · route · merchandise · jet lag · hotel room · booking
- Status phrasesat home, in town, in transit, at sea, in flight
- showbizHollywood, Bollywood, Tinseltown, backstage, behind the scenes
on tourstationary
Not in motion
at home · settled · homebound · home-based · based
on, tour, tourist, detour, touring, tourism, toured, detoured, detouring