Public request page

Each gig can have a public URL the audience hits with their phones to request songs from your library. The bandleader gets a stream of requests in real time during the gig.

The URL pattern is loadout.band/[bandSlug]/r/[gigSlug].

Enable it on a gig

Open the gig, toggle Public requests enabled to on. A slug is auto-generated from the venue + date (pressbox-2026-06-01 for "The Press Box" on June 1, 2026).

The full URL becomes visible in the gig page header along with a QR code you can show on stage or print on a table tent.

[screenshot: gig page with request URL + QR code]

Customizing the slug

The auto-generated slug is fine for most gigs but you can edit it for memorability. Click the slug field, type whatever you want (lowercase, hyphens, no spaces), save.

The slug must be unique within your band — Loadout will tell you if you collide.

Slug history (the part that matters)

Every gig also remembers its previous slugs. When you change the slug, the old one gets stored. Any URL hitting an old slug 301-redirects to the current one. So:

• You can print tonight's QR code, then realize the slug should be different, change it after the gig, and last week's printed QR still works.
• You can rename slugs without breaking links you've already shared.

There's no expiration on slug history. Once a URL pointed to your gig, it always will (until the gig itself is deleted).

The legacy URL

The original /r/[token] random-token URLs (from round 5) still work — they 301-redirect to the new canonical /[bandSlug]/r/[gigSlug]. So any printed flyer or shared link from before the canonical-URL change keeps working.

The band-level request URL

loadout.band/[bandSlug]/r (no gig slug) redirects to the next upcoming gig that has public requests enabled. If no upcoming gig has requests enabled, fans see a friendly "No active requests right now — check back when {band name} has an upcoming gig" page.

When to share the URL

• Pre-gig — in your social posts, table tents, business cards.
• During the gig — show the QR code on a screen or stage banner.
• Post-gig — the link keeps working until the gig is over. Past gigs' URLs return a "this show has ended" page.

What's next

• Audience requests — how fans use the page, how you manage the queue.
• Tips overview — the request page can also collect tips.