Interview · moment 22 of 25
The 'Use Me Tour': Jeff's Plan to Pay Comedy Clubs and Openers Fairly
from #258 - Fat Recluse | The Tim Dillon Show · #258
2 min
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Jeff explains his upcoming stand-up tour where he performs for free to help struggling comedy clubs recover post-pandemic, while insisting clubs properly pay his opening acts.
- Jeff has done well enough to fund a tour where he pays clubs and openers fairly instead of taking money himself.
- Opening acts in the late 80s and early 90s made $600 a week; today they make maybe $50 per show.
- Jeff is forcing clubs to pay his opening acts $1,000 because he feels that's the proper amount, while he performs for free.
- Tim notes that feature acts get paid dirty money by clubs and don't receive hotel or airfare coverage.
- Opening acts who made $600 back then should be making $1,400 today, but they're making half that and barely clearing $300-400 for a weekend.