Tour or residency? Jade, CMAT and Wolf Alice on live music debate

Can a tour be a tour if you don't move?

It's a question more fans have been asking as some of the world's biggest acts have chosen to concentrate their upcoming shows in big cities.

Whether it's 12 nights of Harry Styles at Wembley or 10 nights of Ariana Grande at London's O2 Arena, setting up shop appears to be replacing hitting the road.

It's an emerging trend that's upset some fans, who are having to factor in extra costs if they want to catch their idols in concert.

But what do other artists think? BBC Newsbeat spoke to acts including CMAT, Jade Thirwall, Self Esteem and Wolf Alice for their takes.

Speaking to Newsbeat on the Brit Awards red carpet, Jade says that, as a musician, residencies can be better for your body.

"For an artist doing a residency, it's probably just healthier for your body and your voice and your mind to not be travelling all the time," she says.

However, the ex-Little Mix star added that she "personally really loves" touring and travelling.

For British singer- songwriter Myles Smith, it's a "mixed bag" as to why artists might choose to stay put.

"For artists like Harry Styles or Bruno Mars and Adele, they've toured 10 to 15 years of their life, sometimes nearly 20.

"So it's like the idea that if they want to stay in one location, it feels very earned."

However for fans, artists performing in fewer locations can cause higher costs and issues with accessibility.

Last year, Ariana Grande said her upcoming Eternal Sunshine tour - including 10 nights at Wembley - will be her last for a "long time".

The announcement didn't go down well with everyone, especially as the singer had taken a long break from performing to film the Wicked movies.

Some fans complained online that the booking 10 dates in one venue was "annoying".

For those coming in from out of town, there's the prospect of paying for accommodation, travel and food on top of a potentially hefty ticket price.

There were complaints about the prices for Styles' UK shows, which ranged from £44.10 to £466.25.

Big tours can mean big money for local economies and, according to Barclays, Taylor Swift's Eras Tour contributed almost £1bn to the UK economy when it hit London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Liverpool last year.

Georgia said she and her friends planned to travel from the Cotswolds, Portsmouth, Birmingham and Leeds for two shows at Wembley - and would return home straight after the concerts.

Rock band Wolf Alice tell Newsbeat residencies can make sense for certain artists.

"It feels like a new thing and Harry's doing it in an amazing, unique way and it also feels like an artistic choice for him," says bassist Theo Ellis.

But they believe that residencies can mean fans miss out.

"I think the negative side can be that maybe not everyone gets to go and experience it," says Ellis.

"You need to be an artist of a certain size to do it."

In their acceptance speech for group of the year, the band's singer Ellie Rowsell highlighted the crisis facing grassroots music venues where Wolf Alice cut their teeth.

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, who performs as CMAT, tells Newsbeat smaller venues mustn't be neglected.

"There should definitely be longer breaks and stuff inbetween shows, but there's something about learning how to play in front of different audiences and not just a home crowd and not just a kind crowd.

"Learning the differences between that makes creativity a bit more fertile.

"You've got to suffer," she says.

Singer Self Esteem, real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor, did a run of shows in London for her most recent album.

But she says the gigs at the Duke of York's Theatre were more about concept than convenience.

"I did a theatrical sort of show to launch my album because I wanted to use the infrastructure of theatre to kind of realise my idea," she tells Newsbeat.

"It's nice as a performer to be in one place, I can't deny that.

"But it is important to keep making sure that it's not only for one type of person in one area of the country."

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