How do music acts get booked?

Are the days of big musical acts snubbing New Zealand over? In the past few years the likes of Taylor Swift, Oasis and Lady Gaga have left New Zealand off their world tour schedule forcing fans to travel to Australia to see some of the world's biggest artists Earlier this week the Government announced a $70 million events package to attract more events to New Zealand .. hoping to stimulate the local economy. We wanted to know why you need money to attract rockstars and how these deals work behind the scenes. Here to help is Ben Howe, he's the Music Programme Lead at Massey University, he's also the co -owner of Flying Nun records and a former music promoter.