“You’re doing all the work, selling your own merch, but they’ll still come at the end of the night and take 25 percent. For what?!” UK metal band on the cusp of breaking up detail the ludicrous costs of touring in the 2020s

Serena Cherry of Svalbard onstage in 2023.

Serena Cherry, singer/guitarist of UK post-hardcore four-piece Svalbard, has detailed some of the ludicrous expenses that go into being a touring band in the 2020s.

In a new interview with the Heavy Stories podcast, Cherry, whose band announced last year that they’d split up in 2026 after one last tour, breaks down the reasons why Svalbard are calling it quits, with the rising costs of touring being one of the biggest.