Nothing Extra frontman Jonny Hawkins has described a tour with Sleep Token and In This Second because the worst of his life.
From a bus being flooded with bathroom water, a pal dying, a key crew member quitting and exhibits being cancelled, just about all the pieces that would go mistaken on the 2022 American journey did go mistaken.
The trek was headlined by In This Second with predominant assist coming from Hawkins’ Nothing Extra and Sleep Token taking part in earlier than them.
Hawkins tells the Jesea Lee Present: “It was the worst tour of my life. The folks on the tour have been wonderful, we acquired together with everybody. However the entire tour was fucking cursed. On a regular basis we have been like ‘what is going on to occur in the present day?’
“Sleep Token’s bus flooded and all the toilet stuff backed up in order that they have been strolling in it for days. That they had a bus driver that give up and simply left the bus.
“Certainly one of our crew man’s actually good pal died. The following day we had somebody not make it due to a flight. Then we had two exhibits cancelled – and on and on. Daily was actually a disaster on that tour.”
Regardless of the chaos, Hawkins had fond recollections of no less than one facet of the tour.
He provides: “On the flip facet, we acquired to see Sleep Token blow up in entrance of our eyes. You might simply see it occurring. Folks have been exhibiting up and have been stoked to be there.
“I will be sincere, I like the dudes in Sleep Token. Nice band and it was good touring with them. However I actually did not assume they’d blow up as large as they did.
“I assumed they’d be a distinct segment band. They’re so conceptual and numerous the music takes numerous endurance. I really feel like they tapped into the horny steel of Deftones and made it related once more. I like that about them. They’re a type of bands….large danger, large reward.”
