Izzy Malik – CRAZY TOUR STORIES

In this Crazy Tour Stories segment, the pop rock artist, Izzy Malik talks about one of her crazy moments from touring. You can check out the feature, after the break.

Let’s start off by saying that this is basically “Izzy and the No Good, Very Bad, Turned Pretty Freaking Awesome” day. I woke up in the morning feeling a bit tired and my best friend (and tour manager) Josh told me to just suck it up – it was the 2 nd of 5 shows in a row and I didn’t have time for feeling crappy, right? So, I have 4 cups of coffee (way more than my usual 1.5) and go back to my hotel room to get ready. Then, I found out our call time is 8AM… And it’s already 7:30… And the venue is half an hour away. So, I rush to get ready and we – thankfully – make it to the venue in time.

Everything went okay from then until the actual show. It started raining right before my set and I was about ready to freak out. Our stage can be super slippery and people HAVE fallen off before. So I don’t fall off during my performance, BUT as I’m running (like an idiot) down the ramp, I slip and fall on my butt, BOUNCE up in the air twice, and fall again twice. Yikes.

Then after the show, we’re making the four-hour drive to the next town. I’ve changed into my sweatpants and old ratty hoodie and look like a total bum. Also, we’ve finished an extra large pizza between the two of us so I’m in a food coma. We get to the hotel and are checking in when I hear my dad say “Oh, hey, Drake!” I turn around to see none other than the headliner, Drake Bell aka my childhood crush and one of my musical idols.

I freak out! I mean this dude is the definition of cool and I look like I rolled out of bed. I pull my hoodie over my face and pull the drawstrings so tight that I look like Kenny McCormick from “South Park” (and sound like him too, since my voice is so muffled). However, the conversation soon turned to all things Disney, and being a Disneyphile like Drake, we had an awesome chat!

So, my day started off pretty bad, but at the end of the day I’d become friends with my hero! All in a day of touring, I guess. :)

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