The Blue Stones - BUS INVADERS Ep. 2136 - 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 rock band, The Blue Stones, while on the Metro Tour. The Blue Stones is currently supporting their newest album, METRO.  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - June 27, 2025 Location - The Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH THE BLUE STONES: Facebook - https://facebook.com/thebluestonesmusic Instagram - https://instagram.com/thebluestones Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheBlueStones  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 00:36 Skip Intro 01:17 Front Lounge 07:35 Bathroom 08:45 Bunks 12:48 Front Lounge  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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00:00You know, you always feel like, oh, I'm going to read a book of this to her.

00:02It never happens.

00:03Only pee-pees, no poo-poos, okay?

00:05This is like the best readily available bourbon that isn't $200.

00:30Hey, hey, welcome in.

00:42What's going on?

00:42Come on.

00:43Please, enter the Blue Stones bus.

00:45So we are on our Metro North American tour that is in promotion of our new album, Metro,

00:52which we're very proud to have released.

00:54And we're here at the Vic Theater in Chicago.

00:56And a little bit more of a different setup last time we were on a bandwagon,

01:01and now we got a real bus, baby.

01:04Suspension.

01:05Legit.

01:06So let's take a tour.

01:07Dance party.

01:08Yeah, we typically like to host dance parties on nights that we don't particularly go out to bars.

01:15We just kind of get the crew and us in here.

01:18We're running DJ through Bluetooth on here.

01:20Got a couple of music videos playing on the TV.

01:22All the drinks are here.

01:23Yep, and we just kind of go wild in here, you know?

01:25Well, it's kind of fun, like as the bus is shaking, it got up on couches.

01:29You know, a lot of crazy stuff happens, right?

01:31So bus parties are definitely number one in this front line.

01:33Yeah, this is the bus party zone.

01:35Lately, it's been a lot of Charlie XCX, a lot of John Summit, Malaha, right?

01:41Yeah, yeah.

01:42Some justice kind of sprinkled in there for feeling a little bit more hedgy EDM.

01:47I'm trying to think of it.

01:47It's a lot of electronic dance music.

01:49Like, it's a lot.

01:50That's just what we end up bopping soon.

01:53Got to do it.

01:54Yeah.

01:54Got to do it.

01:54Yeah.

01:55It's great.

01:56This one's very clearly mine.

01:59Peanut butter, I like all natural creamy.

02:01Tarek's you eat, I kill.

02:02It's very simple.

02:03Very simple rule to follow, to be honest.

02:05And then in case I am feeling a little bit crunchy, I do have a crunchy.

02:08And again, you know, I just make sure that everybody knows.

02:10It's a little crunchy.

02:11A little crunchy, as is the disclaimer.

02:14A little crunchy.

02:14We basically have a fully working bakery here.

02:16Yeah, all different types of bread.

02:18Way too much bread here.

02:19I think it's because everybody has like different preferences.

02:22Yeah, I mean, I like the honey wheat.

02:24Okay.

02:24Because I like, I have a little bit of a sweet tooth.

02:27I like the Killer Dave's, Dave's Killer Bread.

02:29Yeah, that's good.

02:30Someone likes them.

02:31Yeah, I mean, every once in a while, I'll be a little nasty and I'll dip into the white bread.

02:36You know, like the fluffy white bread.

02:38Quest bars are must-have every day.

02:40Every day.

02:41So much fiber, so much protein, good stuff.

02:43Obviously, there's wine.

02:44There's like booze just hidden everywhere.

02:46Oh, actually.

02:48This might have been a victim of the dance party at one point.

02:52Ryder is sandwich materials.

02:55Usually.

02:56So, deli meats, turkey, ham, mortadella, breads, obviously, every single night.

03:02We are a big sandwich group.

03:04I'm going to pull something out.

03:05We can go into this drawer after, but there's a key element as to why we're such a big sandwich group.

03:11I think it is the top drawer there, Tess.

03:13Is it top drawer?

03:13Oh, it's just beer-y.

03:15Yeah.

03:16Well, there's a toaster.

03:18Well, there is a toaster as well, right?

03:19So, this is for the morning, you know, peanut butter jam toast.

03:22If you're feeling like you need a little practice.

03:24But this is really the key reason why we're such a sandwich group.

03:27Let's sit.

03:29Panini press.

03:30How many buses, you know, with a fully operational panini press?

03:35Not many.

03:35Not many at all.

03:36Not many.

03:37Not many at all.

03:38That does really well during the dance parties, actually.

03:41Yeah.

03:41Also dangerous.

03:42Yeah.

03:43Yeah.

03:43Okay.

03:43So, this is obviously the most important liquor drawer.

03:47A lot of bourbon.

03:48Specifically the bourbons.

03:49Yeah.

03:50These are like our bourbons of choice.

03:50Make this here, obviously.

03:51Make this small batch is good.

03:53The Woodford double oak.

03:54This is our Ryder bourbon, Woodford double oaked.

03:59So many times we don't get the double oaked and I'm like, man, it's right beside the normal

04:04stuff.

04:04Yeah.

04:04It's just that much.

04:05This is like the best readily available bourbon that isn't $200 by far.

04:11So, we always go with that with the Ryder because it's consistent.

04:13That's great.

04:14Uh, we got some good stuff in here.

04:16Sometimes we have to switch it up.

04:17We'll do like on Saturdays or whatever, we'll do some mezcal or some tequila.

04:21Um, a good buddy of ours who has a cool Instagram page got us this.

04:31We haven't even cracked it yet.

04:32Yeah.

04:33But this is a very, very, very fine bourbon.

04:35Yeah.

04:36We'll probably crack this at the end of the tour once we're capping everything off.

04:40Yeah.

04:41But, so we always appreciate good bourbon, um, good rare stuff, but yeah, exactly.

04:47This is kind of like the rest of our crew items here.

04:50So this big drawer here, you might want to come around, um, we have cutlery on top.

04:54Okay.

04:55We have spices and seasonings because our front of house, our sound guy, loves to cook on tour.

05:01He has a charcoal grill that he brings.

05:02He has a black stone that he brings, which is basically like a big griddle.

05:05So we have a lot of materials.

05:07So he's able to make us amazing smash burgers and quesadillas and fajitas and just really whatever

05:13you can think of on the grill, uh, underneath that more spices, more protein bars.

05:16We have so many protein bars.

05:17I know.

05:18I just realized, um, we have teas.

05:21Then we get into a bit more of the healthy stuff here.

05:23So we have, uh, our tea drawer, our hydration, right?

05:26Our hydration multipliers, which I never really understood.

05:28Yeah.

05:29Why is it?

05:30I don't know.

05:31It doesn't really make sense.

05:33More bread here.

05:34Amazingly.

05:35Okay.

05:36Then as we keep going, this is our kitchen items, but also doubles as our vitamin drawer,

05:41right?

05:42Magnesium, zinc, vitamin D, ashwagandha is in here.

05:46I mean, we really got everything.

05:47We've got almost like a fully operational pharmacy in here.

05:50Um, but you can't quote me on that because we'll get in a lot of trouble.

05:53And then finally, we have our dirty little snack drawer.

05:58So this is usually full of chips and actually specifically full of like jalapeno chips.

06:03Yeah.

06:04But now we have, um, just some tortilla chips.

06:07And then underneath it all, let's take a look at this.

06:11Look at all this hot sauce that we have.

06:13Okay.

06:14And like untouched as well.

06:16There's some that are, um, but sometimes if we have wings or like some kind of meat where

06:21we cook on tour, we just like to have the option.

06:23You know, we're not going to use it, but we want the option.

06:25All right.

06:26So the game, the game on tour, if we're not doing, uh, like a DJ bus party, dance party,

06:33we're playing Yahtzee.

06:35Okay.

06:36Um, Tarek does a very special version called DJ Yahtzee.

06:42He has a playlist built out of songs that represent the person who's rolling the dice.

06:48And right the second that they touch the dice, your song comes on.

06:51Your next song comes on.

06:52So you're always looking forward to your next turn, so you never know what song you're going

06:55to get next.

06:56Um, but Yahtzee is an absolutely underrated game.

06:59It's incredibly exciting.

07:00Yeah.

07:01We've had some of our best nights on the bus.

07:02It's so simple.

07:03It's so simple.

07:04All you need is five days.

07:05That's it.

07:06It's pretty great.

07:07It's the best.

07:08For the most part, they're just shoes.

07:09So I think this is, yeah, just a couple of shoes.

07:12I think it's the same thing here.

07:15Yeah.

07:16These are all just shoes.

07:17I put sandals here.

07:18This one has these weird like slats for like, the sandals don't really fit.

07:23I don't know what else these would be for, so I've been putting myself in.

07:27Um, that's really all that is.

07:29Well, before you do that, I mean.

07:32Toilet.

07:33Okay.

07:34So, as everybody who's been in a bus knows, only peepees, no poo-poos.

07:38Okay.

07:39Um, and that's because of the plumbing, but also the hole.

07:41But yeah, this is basically, you know, an operational bathroom.

07:44Um, right here is really interesting.

07:47Normally for a towel, but I find it's nice for, and support, you know, especially when the

07:51bus is moving.

07:52Um, you know, and kind of just make sure that your aim is on.

07:55So that's the toilet.

07:56Fridge.

07:57So we have a bunch of condiments here.

08:01Some homemade jam.

08:02Thank God.

08:03That's actually for the Darcy's.

08:04Oh, wow.

08:05Um, we have a lot of different things like salsa, hummus, Diet Coke.

08:10It's kind of just like a mishmash of things, but there's the deli meats that we were talking

08:14about.

08:15Cheeses, butter in case we're making toast, jalapeno in case we're feeling a little bit spicy.

08:20And, uh, coffee.

08:21I think that's cold brew coffee every day.

08:23Oh, cold brew coffee.

08:24That's like, I don't even really go to coffee shops anymore.

08:26I just do the cold brew thing.

08:27Right when you wake up.

08:28Yeah.

08:29And then our freezer.

08:30Some burgers.

08:31Some wings.

08:32There's actually some salt and straw ice cream in there.

08:35Which is not ours, but I'm going to take some.

08:38Air compressor doors.

08:39Great when they work.

08:40Awful when they don't.

08:42These ones work.

08:44With the power of force.

08:46Isn't that incredible?

08:47Welcome to bunk alley.

08:50Bunk selection is very important.

08:52I actually had to switch bunks mid-tour because I wasn't sleeping so well.

08:57So I was in the middle.

08:59I ended up going on the bottom.

09:00I like, I'll just show you my bunk.

09:02I like the bottom because, so the bottom you usually get, um, a little more bump, but

09:10not as much sway.

09:11Okay.

09:12And as a side sleeper, when I was sleeping up top, anytime that the driver turned, I would

09:17fall and wake up.

09:18And so I went for the bottom and sleeps have been a lot better because of that.

09:23Um, I put like a little mattress topper on my, it's like a foam mattress topper.

09:28It just makes it a little more comfortable.

09:30That's why it looks a little messy.

09:31I swear it's not.

09:32Um, got a little alcove thing here.

09:35Put your glasses in here.

09:36Got a book that I've read about two pages of.

09:39Uh, you know, you always feel like, oh, I'm going to read a book this tour.

09:42It never happens.

09:43Never happens.

09:44Um, yeah.

09:45Yeah.

09:46So that's, that's my bunk.

09:47Yep.

09:48That's my bunk selection.

09:49This is, you know, we do have a total of four junk bunks, um, just because of our ratio

09:52of crude bunks on this tour, which is really nice.

09:55It makes for, you know, very spacious atmosphere.

09:57This is a very prototypical junk bunk, right?

10:00This is specifically mine and Justin's junk bunk.

10:03Yeah.

10:04So we'll have our personals on here, like personal carry ons, which we use to go to and from the

10:08bus into venues.

10:09Um, we have our backpacks or toiletries.

10:12Uh, just kind of random things strewn about.

10:15But I also keep my acoustic guitar, which I use for VIP in an actual bunk because I find

10:20that if you keep it in a trailer, it's going to get rattled around a lot.

10:24And if you keep it in a bay, it's going to get really, really hot.

10:27Yeah.

10:28So the temperature will screw with your tuning.

10:29So it's really, really well placed here in the junk bunk.

10:32Um, really the rule on the bus is you don't have any bags or anything on seating areas,

10:38like chairs or couches.

10:39You have so many junk bunks that there's no reason for you to put a bag on a couch.

10:43And if you do, you're going to absolutely call it out for it.

10:45Oh yeah.

10:46Happens every day.

10:47But yeah.

10:48So eight people on the bus, which means four junk bunks.

10:51So it's nice because every, everybody gets half of a junk bunk to themselves.

10:56And there's a lot of tours where it's like 10 people on the bus, which means 10 people

11:00with bags and only two junk bunks.

11:02And that's a nightmare.

11:03Uh, so we're, we're definitely, we have it nice and easy just being a two person man.

11:08Nice touch that we've, we've added here is actually identifiers for everybody in the bunks.

11:12So Jesse, you know, he's our hacker.

11:14Um, we have Caroline, our tour manager, who's just like a rock and roll chick.

11:18Avi, who is just super into little cute things.

11:21He's like a buddy.

11:22Little identifiers of who everybody is.

11:25Um, and it just kind of helps to see like where everybody is in case for whatever reason.

11:29Um, but really the rule is when the curtains close, like that's you behind the curtain.

11:34You know, you don't, you don't open a curtain.

11:36That's insane.

11:37That's your time.

11:38So, um, this is my bunk.

11:40I, I do choose the middle on the driver's side.

11:43I find that the driver is more attentive and is closer to their side.

11:47So they're less likely to go on a rumble strip.

11:50Um, also the middle is just kind of a good ratio of, of sway to not a lot of rattle on the lower bunks.

11:58Um, I haven't really experimented with, actually, well, before I used to do a top bunk.

12:02And the reason why is because top bunks almost always, another top bunk here, have a higher ceiling, right?

12:08So, if you are a side sleeper or if you get a little bit claustrophobic and you don't mind the height,

12:13top bunk is probably your choice.

12:15Because you just have a lot more.

12:17Just a pain to get in and out of.

12:18That is true.

12:19That's another reason why I like the ground.

12:20Yes.

12:21Because you just slide right in, slide right out.

12:23Yeah.

12:24You, top bunk you gotta like climb.

12:26You gotta like put your foot on someone's, and that's what, one thing that sucks about the middle bunk,

12:31is that in the middle of the night you'll just have someone's foot fucking stepping up here to get into your, that's a pain in the ass.

12:37The amount of times I go to the washroom at night, too.

12:39Yeah.

12:40There's no way I could be on a top bunk.

12:41I just drink so much water, that I'm up like three times a night.

12:44Yeah.

12:45With the, with the, with the, and here's the back lounge.

12:50This is it.

12:51So, another entertainment zone.

12:53Yes.

12:54Lately it's an entertainment zone, it's a casino.

12:57It was a casino last night.

12:59It was a casino last night.

13:00The casino last night, and uh, yeah, I lost my shirt.

13:03Um, brought the PS5 on tour.

13:06It's great for just like decompressing at the end of the night, wind down with some video games.

13:10It's awesome.

13:11And it's good to put it back here because obviously people want to hang in the front lounge.

13:13Yeah.

13:14You know, you want some privacy and they want some privacy.

13:15Yeah.

13:16So, I finished Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.

13:18It was really, really great.

13:20Um, we both said that that was one of the games that like brought me back to like Skyrim level.

13:25Yes.

13:26Of like, wow, this is really, really good game.

13:28Yeah.

13:29Um, so that was really good.

13:30And I just finished that and we only have two days left so I'm not playing anything else.

13:33But, last night we were playing Pass the Pigs.

13:36Back here.

13:37Great game.

13:38Underrated game.

13:39And we were playing for money.

13:40And uh, we had some exciting games.

13:41Small bets, but good bets.

13:42Yeah.

13:43But exciting games.

13:44It gets really, really, really good.

13:45Exciting games.

13:46So that was really good.

13:47Uh, back here the uh, drawers are just again, shoes.

13:52You can never have enough room for shoes.

13:54Yep.

13:55Same thing here.

13:56Bunch of shoes.

13:57Yep.

13:58Usually we keep, you know, our show clothes will be in the back lounge.

14:02Uh, this is more of just like a hat and lanyard sort of cupboard, but also we have this,

14:07the fabric spray, you know, just as we are letting things dry, it's nice to keep them smelling

14:12pretty good.

14:13Um, but yeah, this is typically where we keep all of our show clothes.

14:16So, if we open up these cupboards here, you know, we're jamming them all in here.

14:21This is all of our show outfits, right?

14:23Jackets, shirts, but it's, it's where we keep what we wear for shows because we can hang

14:30them up.

14:31Um, if something gets particularly sweaty, we take it out of the cupboard and we let

14:34it hang just so it can get some air flow.

14:37This is basically just like a, another junk zone.

14:40Yeah.

14:41Yeah.

14:42If we had more clothes, we'd probably put it in there.

14:43Yeah.

14:44Yeah.

14:45Well, thanks for spending your time with us.

14:46Um, you know, we do have a new record out.

14:48You can find us on our website, but more importantly, just look us up on Instagram and TikTok.

14:52We're just on there every single day.

14:54That's probably where we're going to get the most news.

14:55Yep.

14:56Make sure you spend the new record Metro.

14:57Yeah.

14:58Okay.

14:59You got to get out of here cause we got to get ready for your show.

15:00Okay.

15:01All right.

15:02What would you like to put on the camera?

15:03Let's go.

15:04Let's go.

15:05Gonna take care.

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