Tour Life

Sometimes, life just divinely aligns. From making a friend at church to touring the world, drum tech Josh Kottke has spent the last year and change living the dream with LANY. He was kind enough to … [Read more...] about Tour Life: Josh Kottke – Drum Tech for LANY

S&S staff member Mike Thomas was previously featured in Tour Life for his work with Chief State. He recently went back out on the road as a tour photographer, this time with Calling All Captains … [Read more...] about Tour Life: Mike Thomas – Photographer for Calling All Captains

Mike Thomas started contributing to Stars and Scars last year as a staff writer/photographer. Recently, he joined the Tour Life family as Chief State's photographer on a week-long tour. It's an honor … [Read more...] about Tour Life: Mike Thomas – Photographer for Chief State

I was blessed to experience Sound Engineer Abel Ocasio's work in action on The Aces' latest tour with COIN. The sound was so phenomenal, I just had to find out who ran it! I connected with Abel on … [Read more...] about Tour Life: Abel Ocasio – Sound Engineer for The Aces

The internet is a wild and wonderful place. An always-on world where you can connect with someone who you were ironically standing in a room with hours earlier! Such was the case with me and Eric … [Read more...] about Tour Life: Eric Price – Lighting Designer for Thrice

From small town girl to big time tour professional, Julie Grant has been a part of the Vans Warped Tour for over a decade, working her way up from Gum Sampler (yes, seriously) to Operations Manager … [Read more...] about Tour Life: Julie Grant, Operations Manager for 4Fini

I had the chance to interview Nick, a merch guy for Deviant Clothing, at this year’s Mansfield, Massachusetts Warped Tour date on July 12. Nick Guertin, 22, from Hartford, Connecticut is on his … [Read more...] about Tour Life: Nick Guertin – Merch for Deviant Clothing at Warped Tour

Tour Life is my favorite new Stars and Scars section because it allows us to give the spotlight to some incredible men and women who offer an inside look into their world - and it's grown to the point … [Read more...] about Tour Life: Ben Packard – VIP Coordinator for Green Day