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Welcome to the ever-growing market of musicians that have

begun to carve a niche for themselves as tribute bands. In today's
music world, original bands are finding it difficult to make a living.

Streaming services and fewer venues are making it impossible

for them to turn a profit and support themselves. Cover bands
face low paying gigs and are limited within a single city.

Tribute bands have now grown into a market where the top acts

are grossing more than most touring national bands. Venue

owners, casinos, and music festivals have all found a way to give
the consumers amazing talent at a price that they can afford and

in turn can offer to music fans at an equal bargain.

I recently spent time with two of the nation's top tribute bands,

Thunderstruck AC/DC and Jump: A Tribute to Van Halen. Jump
had recently returned from a tour of British Columbia, hit a few

U.S. dates, and were off to Australia. Thunderstruck were busy

crisscrossing the U.S on their own tour.