TONO distributes royalties for concerts in September/October of the year following the actual performance. If you performed a concert last year, your royalty payment will therefore be distributed this year.
We depend on receiving setlists in order to process royalty distributions. As a general rule, the concert promoter is responsible for submitting these reports, but in cases where you, as the rights holder, also performed as the artist, it is often more practical for you to send them to us directly.
Your report may form the basis for the invoice we issue to the responsible promoter, so it is important that the information is as accurate as possible.
Log in to My TONO and report your concert there. Remember to list all works performed, including cover versions and works by other writers.
To ensure that all concerts can be processed ahead of TONO’s autumn distribution, we have set the following deadlines:
• 1 February for reporting concerts performed in the second half of the previous year
• 1 October for reporting concerts performed in the first half of the current year
Please note that it is not possible to report concerts in Mitt TONO that are more than two years old (counting from today’s date).
Please note: The information below applies to performances in 2024. A new model will be fully implemented for performances in 2025.
For this category, the licence fee collected directly determines the royalty value of the concert. Each concert is assigned a number of points based on the amount paid to TONO. In cases where the concert is covered by a central agreement, points are calculated as an average; that is, the total licence fee under the agreement divided by the number of reported concerts covered by that agreement.
A minimum of 1,000 points and a maximum of 10,000 points are awarded, as shown in the table below.
If the fee paid to TONO exceeds the amount corresponding to the maximum 10,000-point threshold, the full paid amount will be distributed after deduction of administrative costs, etc.
Concerts held multiple times per year at the same venue with the same promoter and orchestra/soloist
If the same promoter holds concerts—charged according to TONO’s minimum tariff—at the same venue with the same orchestra/soloist more than three times per year, each concert will receive a reduced number of points. The more such concerts held during the year, the fewer points allocated per concert. At 60 such concerts per year, the number of points per concert is reduced to 30% of the standard value. This is also the lower limit for reduction.
These performances are allocated 1,000 points per programme/report.
These are concerts generating more than NOK 50,000 in TONO licence fees. For these concerts, royalties are calculated directly from the amount paid for each individual concert, with a fixed administrative fee deducted.