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Tour bus specialist Beat the Street is making moves in the United States, debuting its new double-decker, 16-sleeper coach in January 2020
By Anna Grace on 26 Nov 2019
Austria-based tour bus provider Beat the Street is making its debut stateside in January 2020, introducing the first double-decker coach to the American touring market.
Beat the Street, which counts AC/DC, Lionel Richie, Mötley Crüe, Beyoncé and Queen among its clients, is offering a double-decker, 16/14 bunk bus to the US touring market, in an exclusive deal with Belgian supplier Van Hool.
The US team, headed by Beat the Street’s Tim King, has already secured several key tours for 2020.
The company has also added the latest X3, single-decker models to its offering, from Canadian manufacturer Prevost.
“American clients have been asking us for many years to run our buses in the States”
“Double deckers are not yet used in the States for touring, but their additional capacity is well known to those US tour managers who use them with us in Europe and the UK,” comments Jörg Philipp, managing director and owner of Beat the Street.
“American clients have been asking us for many years to run our buses in the States. Our first building phase will run until August 2020, with more to come.”
The first new double-decker buses will be available to view at Beat the Street’s official US launch on 29 January 2020 in Nashville.
Production and tour managers can contact Tim King for more information.
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