Advice on organising gigs?

[xLizardx]

Hello, unfortunately my band has had to say goodbye to our other vocalist, due to some unacceptable behaviour on his part.

However, he was the person in our group who covered all of the organisational side of things. With him gone, I'm going to be assuming this role, however, whilst I have played at, and attended plenty of gigs before, I've never actually arranged any myself.

Therefore, I was wondering if there are any general tips and advice that any of you fine folk could give me, and also whether there's a list of terminology that it would be useful to learn [terms like load-in time, backline, etc].

I've had a bit of a look on google already of course, but a lot of the information seems to be quite non-specific, and more oriented towards people who are looking to become career event-promotors, as opposed to band members themselves.

I'm based in Britain, so things like colloquialisms and also any necessary permits/ legal considerations should be applicable to the UK.

I'd greatly appreciate any help or suggestions that you guys could provide!

Thanks for reading.

-Liz