X Ambassadors – TOUR TIPS

This new set of Tour Tips was written by the New York based band, X Ambassadors. The past couple of months, the band has been busy on the road supporting both Jimmy Eat World and Imagine Dragons. You can check out their tips for being on the road, after the break.

1. Remember that being on tour is not a natural way of operating. It will eventually cause crankiness in at least a few of you, if not all of you. So sometimes, you just gotta let people be dicks if they wanna be dicks. They’ll get it out of their system soon enough and apologize.

2. Fast food is poison… But also an inevitability. Try to get salads, grilled chicken (not crispy), and lay off the soda.

3. Audiobooks are the greatest things in the world. Some good one’s we’ve read recently: “1Q84” by Haruki Murakami, “Black Swan Green” by David Mitchell, all the Harry Potter books (read em again… It’s awesome, trust me), and all the books in “A Song of Ice and Fire” (Game of Thrones) series. Passes the time and stimulates the imagination.

4. Take at least 30 minutes a day to do something creative other than playing music onstage. Draw, write, record new song ideas, etc.

5. Push-ups and sit-ups. Do a few of them everyday. It doesn’t matter how many you do in a row, you can spread them out throughout the day if you want.

BONUS TIPS!

6. Put things on your rider that you can take with you on the road (ex. Granola bars, dried fruit, apples, cereal).

7. Cheez-its are a must (that one gets its own bullet-point).

Keep up with X Ambassadors on Facebook and Twitter! Also, pick up a copy of their EP “Love Songs Drug Songs” here! You can listen to their song “Unconsolable” here.

Do you think these tips will be useful while touring? Let us know in the comments below!