{"id":22020,"date":"2026-10-16T03:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=22020"},"modified":"2026-10-16T03:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:38:42","slug":"chelsea-wood-on-artist-management-and-touring-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/chelsea-wood-on-artist-management-and-touring-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Wood on artist management and touring costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chelsea Wood<\/strong>, who has worked in artist management for <strong>13 years<\/strong>, identifies financial sustainability as a central challenge for working-class managers and artists, with touring costs forcing some acts to decline shows.<\/p>\n<p>Her current roster comprises <strong>Finn Forster<\/strong>, <strong>Dom Malin<\/strong> and <strong>Maius Mollis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Building Wood Management<\/h2>\n<p>Wood connected with her first artist at <strong>Wood Management<\/strong> through a mutual friend while assembling her roster. The introduction arose from a conversation with someone she rarely sees.<\/p>\n<p>She considers establishing her own management company her career highlight. Her work has also involved supporting hundreds of independent musicians through organisations including <strong>Generator<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpmusicians.org.uk\/\">Help Musicians<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Another highlight was seeing Forster support <strong>Stereophonics<\/strong> in stadiums and arenas. Those performances strengthened their ambition for him to headline venues of a similar size.<\/p>\n<h2>Planning and financial pressures<\/h2>\n<p>Wood says her most productive days combine progress on immediate priorities with longer-term planning. Days dominated by resolving other people\u2019s problems leave less time for those goals.<\/p>\n<p>She describes <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/martin-tibbetts-on-artist-management-and-financial-pressures\/\">financial sustainability<\/a> as the hardest issue she faces as a working-class manager representing working-class artists.<\/p>\n<p>Wood values live performance as a setting where audiences need not question artificial intelligence (AI) or authenticity. However, she says some artists cannot afford to accept shows because of touring expenses.<\/p>\n<p>She welcomes Liveline and UKAT for helping offset losses on headline tours, alongside the Music Growth Fund\u2019s support for managers.<\/p>\n<h2>Professional community and listening<\/h2>\n<p>Working independently, Wood values having fellow managers available to discuss ideas and concerns. 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