When you're up to your eyes in it on show day a friendly tour manager can save your mood but an aggressive tour manager can ruin it.

But what is a tour manager, why are they so important to bands and why do their roles and attitudes vary so wildly?

Gav and James do their level best to describe the role before sharing their experiences of dealing with the good, the bad and the downright ridiculous sides of the hard-grafting TM.

And what the fuck are ginger shots? 

We go again, every Thursday morning.

You've made your offer for the band, it's been accepted and even the ballache of billing the poster might have been settled... but now what?

There's a series of hurdles to deal with before your prized booking ever sets foot on your stage; press and promo, backline, production, hotels and ground transport and did you remember there's no onion or garlic allowed in the hot meal?

Gav and James pick through the pitfalls of "advancing" any band and explain that even when everyone appears to be on the same page, maybe the drummer hasn't read the memo.

We go again, every Thursday morning.

Gav and James commit 90 minutes to catching up with as many questions as they can to clear the backlog... and fail miserably.

Slam Dunk taking a gender balancing beating from the BBC, the pressures of Damnation mounting, a film review no one asked for and an unprompted Deftones discography chat take centre stage instead.

Oh, and there's some questions from listeners to finish the pod off. 

We go again, every Thursday morning.

Our first (and hopefully last) Friday pod after a Spanish drama that required an Emergency Passport.

Gav and James tackle the hot topic of Oasis' "dynamic pricing" PR disaster before getting stuck into Damnation planning and your questions.

We also pick our very first 'Super Sub' to play their part in next week's pod.

Thanks for your patience, and enjoy.

We go again, every Thursday morning.

It's exactly six months from the release of episode one and we're in the mood to celebrate but first we have to savour the delights of another spectacular edition of ArcTanGent.

Best sets of the weekend, how surreal the live pod was and the benefits of Bossk's bus. 

And Gav has a wee rant about "wet wipe Karens" who find any reason to complain about everything from tall people to kids blowing bubbles.

We go again, every Thursday morning.

Gav and James took the stage in a PACKED Elephant In The Bar Room Stage at ArcTanGent for their second live outing, only for the "curse of Johannes" to strike just as they were warming up.

But it takes more than a full power outage to stop this pod.

And if the show keeps growing at this rate, it might just become a "real job".

We go again, every Thursday morning.

As we near the end of a summer of chaos, James prays the wi-fi holds up from a campervan in Fernhill Farm to tackle the most pressing of fan questions.

What is our favourite Metallica record? Are payment plans and risky business strategy? What's the story with noise curfews and would James rather cancel Trees or ATG if he had to?

We answer them all in our fifth Q&A session.

We go again, every Thursday morning.

ArcTanGent's 10th birthday bash is almost upon us and we're in the mood to party.

Co-hosting from a campervan in Fernhill Farm, James talks us through the "holiday mode" site build, where Spiritualized appeared from at the 11th hour and some last-minute shuffles with band cancellations and replacements.

And we're joined by the man, the myth, the bassist of Bossk, Mr Tom Begley, fresh from TMing Converge, to reveal the band's grand plans for their two sets next week, and the highlights to catch in between.

If you didn't think you could be more excited about ATG, you're wrong!

We go again, every Thursday morning.

Gav and James dust off their old budget sheets and company accounts and crunch the numbers of running festivals over the past two decades.

How is it possible that in 2024 James paid more for diesel than the ENTIRE bill for Damnation 2005? 

And it costs how much to have bins emptied!? 

We get in about pounds and pence. 

We go again, every Thursday morning.

Fresh from a successful 2000trees festival, Gav and James hit us up with a breakdown of all things that went off over the weekend. 

They talk Live Podcasts, Merch, Hot Sauce, Toilets and even a bit about bands!

And in true form, they decide to do it on opposite sides of the world via an iPhone and Mexican Wi-Fi, We Go Again...or, Nosotros vamos de nuevo!

We go again, every Thursday morning.