Houston, Dallas, & Austin. San Antonio tomorrow. And a stop in Phoenix beforehand. All either sold out or within a couple dozen of being so. To put it lightly, the tour is picking up steam.
Due to the steady social media flow, word is getting out and tickets are moving. And we could not be more privileged or thankful.
A sold out show in Phoenix, AZ kicked off our week. One would be forgiven for thinking Sunday night had morphed into Saturday with the amount and intensity of fans that made their way out to the Rhythm Room. It proved to be an poignant indicator of the way the rest of the week would unfold for us: great audiences in great rooms making for great shows.
Houston and Dallas both offered up their House Of Blues venues, and Austin propped us up at the estimable Stubbs' BBQ. The band continued to break pre-sale records at each subsequent step, and despite several crew members coming down with the bug, the performances have delivered.
There was another gift tossed our way during this little road trip: after our Phoenix gig, our fearless leader hopped a flight back to Los Angeles to film a performance for Ellen. (Tyler and his 'How To Love' compadre, Christina Grimmie, will be all over daytime television this coming Monday.) After the taping, Tyler joined back up with the rest of the crew in the Lone Star State.
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| Not even breakfast ceases to remind you of where you are. |
The daily schedules have been packed, as well. After a two-day jaunt into the Central Time Zone, our week was a whirlwind of traveling in the morning, checking sound in the afternoon, and performing in the evening. As I write this, we're on a rare day off after three straight travel/performance dates, and it's an understatement to say that the response of the fans has been a rejuvenating force for the band: playing every night to packed & fired-up houses makes the daily cyclone absolutely worthwhile.
In the meantime, we've found some rather effective ways of passing the considerable amount of time spent in the van. Friday Night Lights, The Big Bang Theory, & Breaking Bad have all been getting serious time in the DVD players, and we've been able to record our performances from the previous night and listen back for some on-the-job review. The work never stops here in the Tyler Ward Crew, people.
Actually, that last part's not true at all. Last night, after our show here in Austin, we made our way down to 6th Street to see what all the fuss was about and, well, as they say here in Texas, it was somethin'. And tonight, the schedule's completely free, so who knows? Maybe we'll even catch one of those fancy moving picture deals everybody keeps talking about.
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