1.   Alabama performs there occasionally, as do touring acts such as Waylon Jennings, Charlie Daniels, Billy Ray Cyrus and Little Texas.

2.   Buffett is a perennial touring act, but he now tours out of the sheer joy of it.

3.   Competition for top touring acts and a dearth of local headlining talent that regularly fills a room also have escalated the price of doing business.

4.   Like Willie Nelson, he balances two separate careers as a touring act and a recording artist.

5.   These performances are offered through the L.A. Arts Care-a-Van, a program that provides annual touring acts free to the public at city parks.

6.   Concert promoters say ticket prices for international touring acts will rise.