Norfolk, VA

Norfolk, VA was about a 10 hour drive from Atlanta. We didn't get to sleep much the night before so we were all exhausted on the car ride. Our Tip the Van tour manager (Vanager), Jeremy, and I shared the driving responsibilities. He would drive while I slept and vice versa. He has been doing the vast majority of the driving so far and I don't think we could be doing this without him.

When we arrived in VA, it was cold and raining, so unloading the gear wasn't much fun, but once we got to our dressing rooms, our mentality changed. The venue we played, the Norva, has set the standard for dressing room. Ours had a pool table, ping pong table, foozeball table, big screen tv, arcade games (that were free) and giant leather couches. Oh and did I mention the showers, hot tub and sauna? I love being on tour :)

The show started fairly early and we went on at 6:30 to a packed crowd (if you couldn't tell from the photo). The crowd did not move nearly as much as the Atlanta one had, but we could still tell they were having fun and that kept us having a fun as well. Jeremy, our vanager, usually does our merch, but because of the long drive we had and the long drive to come, he went upstairs to sleep. We forgot to set up merch and after our set, people were lost as to where to buy things. Luckily, we quickly rectified the situation and even though we were in a corner where no one could see us, we had our most profitable night yet. As soon as the show was over we loaded out because we needed to be back home the next morning. We usually sign a lot of autographs when we are in the venue, but VA was the first place we had people waiting by our van for some signatures. It was pretty surreal.

January 19 was our day off and everyone used it to catch up on sleep.

NYC here we come!


-Dunnigan TTV