Murray,

For many years, I was on the committee of a club which you will know very well.

The original constitution stated that all the audience including the committee paid to get in with the exception of whoever was working on the door. It is much more relaxed these days but, as far as I'm aware, this club never quite got round to writing a new constitution.

Generally, we used to allow one guest per artist or band member. 2 per member would have been considered excessive. Sometimes, we would stipulate that guest tickets would be deducted from the total before we calculated their fee..If they exceeded the guarantee and we're due a percentage. This helped to concentrate the artists/bands' minds no end. ;-))

There was always a bit of "come and go" especially if an artist's friend was providing transport and/or accommodation as this saved the club money.

In recent years, reviewers also have been given free entry at this particular club and the committee members too.