BANFI – PRESHOW RITUALS

In this Preshow Rituals segment, the pop rock band, BANFI, share what they do before every show. You can check out their rituals, after the break.

It depends on where we are or what sort of venue we’re at…A few things definitely stay the same though. One mainstay has been to watch Bruce Springsteen slayin it in Los Angeles. The footage is from 1985, so at the peak of his powers. It just hypes us up and gives us a pretty decent target to aim for in terms of commitment to our performance and to the audience – he runs around like a lunatic and is still just fully in control, it’s insane.

Another is drinking – We know most bands probably say that, but it really does give you courage and energy! When we hang out at home (if we’re not working on something or working our rubbish jobs) we usually go for a drink and talk crap and end up arguing and then hugging, so it feels right to have a drink when we’re just about to take the stage – it brings us together.

We will usually have an acoustic guitar with us backstage at shows too. this is so we can start singing together and warming up together before we go on. It’s not cheesy campfire stuff, more just any song that one of us can play (or get through!) on the guitar and that we think we know at least one or two words of. It just helps us to bond a bit again before we go on stage. When we were on the Bears Den tour it was great because the guys from the band would come into our dressing room before we went on sometimes and join in – that’s something we think is pretty important too. You have to try and bond with the other acts because you’re all in it together. If one of you has a great show it’s more likely that the rest of the guys and audience will too! Other than that, we all have our own little warm-ups that we go through, whether that’s doing some vocal warm-ups, hitting things with drumsticks, or going out for cigarettes!

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