International performers Bypassing adelaide

[ChillyPhilly]

I wrote this on another thread:

While the above is a true behaviour, it's actually logistics thanks to Australia's geography/population distribution. Tours are expensive to run, even on days of no performances: tours by bigger acts with more equipment etc. cost more to operate. For example, the U2360 Tour cost about $750,000 to run per day and this was back in 2009-2011. Hire of vehicles, truck drivers, caterers, general riggers and labourers all need to be paid and be available on days off. The tour involved three stages that travelled as per the tour schedule, leapfrogging each other. In Australia, geography makes it more tricky because of the distance between countries and the pack/set up times, and it's not always profitable or feasible to do all five major cities for this reason. Keep in mind that all major acts involve travel from many thousands of k's away as well.

It has little to do with available venues or the general perception that 'artists skip Adelaide'. Brisbane and Perth have their share of being skipped as well, and generally the only guarantees are Melbourne and Sydney.