Northies into Euro's

[Coutts_is_god]

When a band, say from North America is doing a tour in Europe how do they plug their amps in?
The plugs are different. Do they have converters?

Explain this, to this youngin'

[Mitchell Royce]

Most bands will rent their equipment here in Europe. Same goes for euro bands in the US. It really isn't cost-effective to move all that stuff across continents unless you're at the level of "huge". Usually, all that bands bring along is their axes and effects(for which they do get a converter).

[JimmyM]

Even the huge bands will rent backline gear when they go to a different continent.

[Coutts_is_god]

I never even thought about renting gear. I thought I would find this out before, well you know. When the crowds come a calling