NIHILS – TOUR TIPS

In this Tour Tips segment, the alternative pop band, NIHILS, give you their tips for being on tour. You can check out the feature, after the break.

1. Listen to your tummy. If you’re not feeling the food, don’t dig the smell or something appears to be off even if you can’t explain why. STAY AWAY.

2. Color coordination and labeling. Living in Germany and touring with a German team, we learned to appreciate the importance of incredibly detailed labeling and marking of equipment, cables, boxes, microphones, In ear cases, etc. There’s nothing that doesn’t deserve to be labeled. This will make your life and the life of all others on tour a hell of a lot easier. This also minimizes the fact of losing things.

3. Make sure you know where the toilets are, how to get in and more importantly how to get out again. Thinking one short tinkle before the show would surely go unnoticed I spent 10 minutes banging on the door, praying someone will hear, whilst the others had already gone on stage.

4. Keep a water bottle with you at all times. Fairly boring but essential to living healthy on tour. Get into the habit of keeping a glass water bottle with you and make a game out of how many times you have to refill it daily. Especially for singers, exposed to air conditioning and dry air this will do wonders. Of course, make sure there is a toilet on the bus or you might become the unpopular kid on the bus real fast.

5. Be good to the gentle giant. If your bus driver looks anything like ours, chances are he’s big, scary, tattooed all over and not to be messed with. However, get to know him and listen to his stories. They are both entertaining and unbelievable. He can be your best friend or your worst enemy on tour, so chose wisely and follow his rules!

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