Musicians and Travelling
Traveling is a major characteristic of the musical industry. Musicians, bands, groups and orchestras, sometimes travel as far as around the world, to entertain their audiences.
People that follow musicians and their bands around the world on their tours, are known as groupies. Groupies follow every detail in musicians and actors’ lives. Some people feel that groupies are people who are totally obsessed with their stars or celebrities. But other say that a groupie is just a person whose devotion to a person, usually a celebrity or a rock and roll star, approaches a level of fanaticism.
Female groupies in particular are known for a long standing tradition of being available for, and willing to have, sexual intercourse with rock stars or celebrities. The tradition of rock and roll groupies continues to this present day, contributing to the image of the rock and roll lifestyle where sex and drugs are readily available at any time.
Winona Ryder, Courtney Love, Yoko Ono and Sable Starr are probably the most famous groupies of all time.
Recording artists will often travel with bands and musical groups to record their live performances and sell copies of it. Artists will often go on world tours, as it is very profitable, and it gives them the perfect opportunity to perform in front of a live audience and it also provides them with a lot of exposure to the market.
Some world tours and music festivals are only held for charity, such as the
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