Of Virtue - BUS INVADERS Ep. 2133 - video Dailymotion

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Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the metalcore band, Of Virtue, while on Archers' The Temporary High Tour with Rivals and Dead Eyes.  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - July 18, 2025 Location - Reggies in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH OF VIRTUE: Facebook - https://facebook.com/ofvirtue Instagram - https://instagram.com/ofvirtue Twitter - https://twitter.com/ofvirtue  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:37 Skip Intro 01:03 Driver's Area 03:13 Middle of the Van 06:16 Back of the Van 07:33 Trailer  ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS: Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.

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00:00He just drives. He raw-dogs it.

00:03This is where we keep the drinks.

00:06In case we don't get a chance to take a shower,

00:09this is the best way for us to feel refreshed.

00:30Hey, what's up? I'm Tyler. And I'm Ryan. And we are InnoVirtue.

00:42We are currently on tour with Archers, Rivals, and Deadeyes.

00:45We are in Chicago at Reggie's.

00:47Gonna have a great time tonight.

00:48But we wanted to take you through our tour bus, van, car, transportation.

00:55Alright, so as you can see we have this nice little Ford Transit.

01:00We rent it and it gets us from A to B. That's all that matters.

01:05Mike does a lot of the driving. I also do some driving as well.

01:10I'm useless. I sit here or I sleep in the back. I'm the useless one.

01:16Yes. He said it, not me.

01:19Mike does a lot of the driving. He also drives for Vance on the side.

01:25So we trust him the most.

01:27And then for some reason they trust me too. I don't know why.

01:31But I've gotten us safely. So I guess that's why I'm still doing it.

01:35We always drive two, three hours at night.

01:39Stop at a hotel.

01:41And then there are some nights like tonight.

01:44We play Incarceration tomorrow. So we have to get right on the road.

01:49It's gonna be a van sleep.

01:50So our lovely main driver, Mike, does listen to a lot of music when he does drive.

01:54But since he's the driver, he gets complete control of the music.

01:57Even if we don't like it, plays a little bit of country sometimes.

02:01Which, you know, we don't mind, but...

02:03Hey, good old Nate Smith, right?

02:04Good old Nate Smith. Good old Nate Smith. We do love Nate Smith in this van.

02:07Co-pilot, this chair. This is designed to keep the driver awake

02:11so he does not kill us all in our sleep. Hopefully not.

02:16So when we do drive, Mike actually taught me a really cool thing to help you stay awake.

02:24So it's getting something like this, like planter's peanuts,

02:28or doing like sunflower seeds or even chewing gum.

02:32He also has taught me that the term raw-dogging it, as in we don't listen to any music.

02:39We don't drink any caffeine, don't do any of that.

02:42Sometimes that actually just works and we're psycho.

02:45Like, I mean, locked in.

02:46Like, I mean, I've done like a three or four hour drive with none of that.

02:51And it doesn't sound like a lot, but when you don't have any music going and it's just the road,

02:57sometimes it can get a little, you know, get a little in your thoughts, right?

03:02But it's, I don't know, I love it. So, yeah, he just taught me, you know,

03:07sometimes he just doesn't even listen to music, doesn't even have snacks.

03:11He just drives.

03:12He rod-dogs it.

03:13Yeah, he rod-dogs it.

03:14Alright, so, you know, for whenever we do rent these vans,

03:19there actually is normally two. We have like two more rows,

03:23but we like to keep that space so people can sleep.

03:26So, Damon usually takes this spot. This is his, you know, his area and everything.

03:32Sometimes other people do stay here, but most of the time this is Damon's spot.

03:36And then I'll let Ryan take the back of the van.

03:39The back of the van. This is my territory.

03:42Not just mine, but we also do have our photographer in our front of house that do come back here with me as well.

03:46Just to give you a little bit of a tour, this is the bed area.

03:50You see, we have got some pillows, lots of blankets to keep us comfortable on this comfy floor.

03:58And then we also do have another chair here.

04:00This is a nice little place for someone to sit if they don't want to be sitting on the floor.

04:04If you want to get some work done on your laptop or something, just sitting up.

04:07Or if you even want to just sit, kick the feet up and relax, you can do that as well.

04:12Speaking of the cooler, this is where we keep the drinks, mainly the Miller Lite.

04:19Oh, thanks, man. I appreciate you.

04:21Here we go. Crack one open. It's hot today in Chicago.

04:24So, you know, we have these things like face and body wipes in case we don't get a chance to take a shower.

04:32This is like the best way for us to feel refreshed.

04:36Tonight is actually going to be one of those nights.

04:39So we are going to have to use these and which is really cool because it is a cold shower, face and body wipes.

04:45It helps. It's kind of like a makeup remover, too. You can use that.

04:49But it gets all that gunk off. It's really nice and also helps with B.O.

04:54Even on days because we're touring in the summer, it is currently July and it is hot everywhere we go.

04:59So even if we do get a chance to shower, by the time we come out of that venue again, we are loaded with sweat.

05:04So these are a must for the van. Always keeps us fresh. And yeah, we love it.

05:09Yeah, so we do like to not wear shoes as much as we can because people do sleep on the floor.

05:16So we have, you know, some slippers that we don't wear like outside of the van.

05:21Got some sandals too, van sandals.

05:23Yes, van sandals and all that.

05:25Now, this is essential for any of us, but especially us vocalists.

05:32I always highly recommend like liquid IV or anything with electrolytes, especially on days, hot days like today,

05:39because you get very dehydrated.

05:41I drink so much water and I'm still very dehydrated.

05:44So this really helps. And yeah, like they're really good. They taste amazing.

05:51On top of that, let's get into some drink mixes here.

05:54We also do keep a tub of protein. This one's empty. We got to go get some more.

05:58We do have a passion for health and fitness in this band.

06:01So we do try to stay as healthy as possible, especially on the road.

06:04And on the road, it is tough to get more than like four grapes a day.

06:08So having a couple of scoops of protein always helps to keep us nice, big and strong.

06:13Now in the back here is kind of where we keep like show shoes and then just some extra like hoodies and stuff,

06:22because sometimes it does get cold, not necessarily temperature wise, but air conditioning.

06:28So we have all these lovely, you know, hoodies and all that stuff.

06:32You also keep, you know, I am starting a passion for, you know, cameras, all that stuff.

06:38We have like a Polaroid, you know, which is really nice.

06:41Ryan's trying to teach me. I'm still not very good at it.

06:44But hey, we're getting there.

06:46He's trying.

06:47And then we have the essentials right here.

06:50So on the road, this, you know, this looks really nice.

06:54So we have the, we have the Xbox.

06:57We have the portable TV screen.

07:00And then we have the lovely, I think if I can open it correctly.

07:05Please don't try to have the Xbox on the floor.

07:07Oh, that's fine. Yeah, we can open it up.

07:09So this is essential for us gamers, you know, people that really love gaming.

07:15So yeah, I have the Xbox and everything in here.

07:18So if we have like an off day, this is usually when I will spend time gaming,

07:24or if we have a good enough room in the green rooms.

07:27But yeah, if anyone wants to play and probably destroy me, let's, you know, we can do that.

07:32Alright, so this is our lovely trailer.

07:34This is where all of the gear goes at the end of the night.

07:36A nice, hot, steamy trailer for drums to get detuned, guitars to get detuned.

07:41But we'll take care of that later.

07:42This is our Tetris Master.

07:44He makes sure that everything gets put in there in a good spot.

07:47So I'll let him take that over.

07:48Yeah, so, you know, it's all about weight distribution.

07:51So we like to keep, you know, some merch in the front as well as like our heaviest kind of stuff.

07:59And then, you know, we'll do drums.

08:01We'll do all of our cables, all of our pelicans.

08:04And then last but not least is the rest of the merch after the show is done.

08:09And then all of our luggage.

08:11So the trailer is empty right now or else we show you that.

08:15But just to kind of give you a glimpse of what the touring life is, especially with a U-Haul trailer.

08:22It is amazing.

08:24This thing fits everything.

08:25Like we fit a bike in there, which is awesome.

08:28Like we could fit two more, three more bikes.

08:30Yeah, we definitely could fit like three more bikes in there.

08:32So, you know, thank you, U-Haul.

08:34Sponsor us, please.

08:36Alright, once again, we are a Virtue from Lansing, Michigan.

08:39It was an honor being on Digital Tour Bus.

08:42Thank you for having us.

08:43You can find us on all the social media.

08:45So, Instagram at A Virtue.

08:48Facebook, A Virtue.

08:49TikTok, at A Virtue.

08:51Threads, Twitter, all of that stuff.

08:52Sorry, X.

08:54And you can find our music and tour dates on AVirtueBand.com along with merch as well.

09:00After the tour, we'll be putting everything that we don't sell up on there.

09:04So, make sure you go there to pick it up.

09:06And I guess last but not least, new music coming very soon.

09:10So, stay tuned and keep your eyes peeled.

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