The Problem
If you’ve ever had to enter tour dates into a platform, you know the pain:- Your booking agent sends a spreadsheet or a PDF with all the dates
- You have to manually enter each date, one by one
- Each entry needs: date, city, state, venue, ticket link, on-sale date, presale code…
- It’s 30+ dates, each with 5-8 fields
- One typo means a fan sees the wrong date or wrong venue
- It takes forever and it’s the least fun part of tour announcement prep
How It Works
Step 1: Open Fanaura AI Chat
Navigate to the AI section in your Fanaura dashboard. Start a new conversation or use an existing one.Step 2: Paste Your Tour Routing
Tell Aura you want to build a tour and paste your data. Here are some examples of what you can paste: From a spreadsheet (tab-separated):Step 3: Aura Parses Everything
After you paste your routing, Aura:- Identifies the data structure — figures out which parts are dates, venues, cities, links, etc.
- Normalizes dates — converts any date format into a consistent format (handles “Wed 10 Mar 2027”, “03/10/2027”, “March 10”, etc.)
- Extracts venue names — separates venue names from city/state information
- Finds ticket links — pulls out any URLs associated with each date
- Captures presale codes — identifies presale codes if included
- Fills in missing data — if state abbreviations are missing, Aura infers them from the city name
Step 4: Review and Confirm
Aura presents the parsed tour data in a clean, formatted table for your review:- Each tour date as a row with all extracted fields
- Date, city, state, country, venue, ticket link, presale code
- Any ambiguous entries flagged for your review
- Confirm everything looks correct
- Ask Aura to fix specific entries (“Change the Denver date to March 22”)
- Add missing information (“Add ticket links for all dates”)
- Proceed with creation
Step 5: Tour Created
Once you confirm, Aura creates the entire tour:- All events are created in your Fanaura account
- Venues are auto-geocoded for heatmap integration (so fans near each venue show up on your fan map)
- Each event gets its own smart link for sharing
- Tour dates appear on your Artist Hub automatically
- RSVP functionality is live immediately
Supported Formats
Aura is remarkably flexible about input formats:| Format | Supported |
|---|---|
| Excel copy-paste (tab-separated) | Yes |
| Comma-separated (CSV) | Yes |
| Freeform text | Yes |
| Agent email copy-paste | Yes |
| PDF text copy-paste | Yes |
| Abbreviated dates (“Wed 10 Mar”) | Yes |
| Full dates (“March 10, 2027”) | Yes |
| Numeric dates (“03/10/2027”) | Yes |
| International dates (“10/03/2027”) | Yes (Aura asks to confirm) |
| Mixed formats in one paste | Yes |
What Gets Created
When Aura builds your tour, each event includes:- Event date and time — properly formatted and timezone-aware
- Venue name — exactly as provided (or cleaned up from abbreviations)
- City and state — normalized for consistent display
- Country — inferred if not provided (defaults to US for US cities)
- Ticket link — if provided in the routing
- Presale code — if provided in the routing
- Presale date — if provided in the routing
- On-sale date — if provided in the routing
- Geocoordinates — auto-generated for venue location mapping
- Smart link — automatically created at
fan.fanaura.com/[artistSlug]/[eventSlug]
Date Format Handling
Aura is smart about dates, but here’s how it handles edge cases:- Two-digit years — “03/15/27” is interpreted as 2027
- Abbreviated months — “Mar”, “March”, “03” all work
- Day-of-week prefixes — “Wed March 15” works, the day of week is used for validation
- Ambiguous dates — if “03/04/2027” could be March 4 or April 3, Aura asks you to clarify
- Relative dates — “next Friday” or “this Saturday” work if context is clear
- Date ranges — “March 15-April 20” with individual dates listed below
Time Saved
Here’s the real math:| Approach | 30 Tour Dates |
|---|---|
| Manual entry (other platforms) | 25-35 minutes |
| Manual entry (Fanaura form) | 20-30 minutes |
| AI Tour Builder | ~30 seconds |
Why Booking Agents Love This
If you work with a booking agent (or you are one), this feature is a game-changer:- No reformatting required — paste the routing exactly as the agent sends it
- Reduces back-and-forth — the agent doesn’t need to fill out a special template
- Faster time to market — tour announcement pages can be live minutes after routing is confirmed
- Fewer errors — AI parsing eliminates manual data entry mistakes that lead to fans showing up at the wrong venue
Tips and Tricks
- Paste everything at once. Don’t feed Aura dates one at a time. Paste the entire routing in one message for best results.
- Include as much data as possible. The more information you paste (ticket links, presale codes, on-sale dates), the more complete your tour will be without follow-up edits.
- Review carefully before confirming. Aura is very accurate, but always double-check dates and venue names before creating the tour.
- Ask for corrections. If Aura misreads a venue name or date, just tell it: “The Nashville venue should be Ryman Auditorium, not Ryman Theater.” Aura will fix it.
- Add dates later. Already created a tour but new dates were added? Just paste the new dates and Aura will add them to the existing tour.
- Use for festival routing too. Festival appearances with stages, set times, and load-in details can all be parsed.
Example Conversation
Here’s what a typical Tour Builder interaction looks like: You:Build a tour from this routing my agent sent: Mar 15 Nashville TN - Ryman Auditorium Mar 17 Atlanta GA - The Tabernacle Mar 19 Austin TX - Stubb’s BBQ Mar 21 Denver CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre Mar 23 Los Angeles CA - The Greek Theatre Mar 25 San Francisco CA - The FillmoreAura:
I’ve parsed your tour routing. Here’s what I found:You:6 dates found. I didn’t see ticket links or presale codes — would you like to add those, or should I create the tour with what we have?
Date City State Venue March 15, 2027 Nashville TN Ryman Auditorium March 17, 2027 Atlanta GA The Tabernacle March 19, 2027 Austin TX Stubb’s BBQ March 21, 2027 Denver CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre March 23, 2027 Los Angeles CA The Greek Theatre March 25, 2027 San Francisco CA The Fillmore
Create it! I’ll add ticket links later.Aura:
Done! Your tour has been created with 6 events. Each event has a smart link for sharing, and all venues have been geocoded for your fan map. You can view and edit the tour in your Tours section.That’s it. Six tour dates, created in under a minute.