Band drops our new album with a big Chicago show on the 12th, then that weekend, we hit it for 2 weeks. If you want to see the dates/cities, DM me - but given that its August and we’ll be going through some desert area, any tips? Never been in a proper desert before.
Compared to other tours I’ve been on, we’ll be in much hotter places. So, ive got sunscreen and sunglasses on the list, and ill make sure we get some hydration tablets. We’re using a rental van, so we have AAA in case we next anything out in the middle of nowhere with the van. Cases of water are a must, and beyond that im kinda drawing a blank. I will be taking my Luffy hat for the sun as well. Wet wipes too.
As far as entertainment shit, im covered on that so really just looking for “what would you take if you had to drive hours through the desert?”
Electronic, magnetic road flares, keep them in the glove box. I tire plug kit and a cheap air pump. Make sure you have your oem jack and tire iron and that you know where to place it on the frame. Jumper cables. Cheep flashlight, booboo kit (bandaids, ointment etc.). Ginger pills for nausea if you get car sick. An eye mask and a camp pillow for napping while someone else drives. If you have a small hammock I’ve used those at rest stops for an afternoon nap on road trips. If you use Google maps, pre download the regions you’ll be traveling through in the “offline maps” section of the settings. Get yourself an Anker car charger for your phone, they’re like $10 and put out ~50 watts via usb c and a plugs. Be safe my friend!!
You’re on tour and being that you’re so cool and a leftist, you and your band are probably hot af. So bring condoms, lots of them.
Funnily enough, we are endorsed by One Condoms. No joke. They made us tins with our logo on them.
Lol that’s cool! 😎
I guess the whole deal is someone who works there is a big fan of metal bands, and has been making them for a bunch of different artists as brand promotion.
Do you know how to use a tire plug kit?
Yup
Get Organic Maps. Google maps will find a way to burn you when you really need it, only allows temporary offline use.
I have lived on this app across multiple continents and love it.
That said, the default database(s) (never looked into updating) will often not show a place even when you look it up by the exact name.
However, if you’re looking up the place on google and want to navigate via OrganicMaps, just grab the Open Location Code, key that in and use it to navigate. It’s like latitude and longitude, so nothing needs to be registered for e.g., PV-84+VR to work, it will just direct you to that point.