Nicholas Lutsko
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Home from TOOUUURRRR!!!
🕑 Added 2023-04-12 16:50:23 +0000 UTCWow! What a week. Apologies its taken me a few days to provide an update. I tend to become creatively paralyzed for a minute when I complete any stupidly large task.
This tour was a whirlwind. When we went to L.A. last fall, we got to visit Universal Studios, see Danny Elfman at the Hollywood Bowl, enjoy some sights and fine dining, etc. This trip was non-stop van > air bnb > van > venue > van > air bnb > van > venue > van > air bnb, etc, etc, etc. I didn't have an opportunity to grab a gift for my daughter until Buc-ee's on the way home!
The journey began with me and my wife flying to NYC a few hours before the band departed in the van. Mike Diva hooked us up with dress rehearsal passes for the other SNL. It was awesome! It's truly a marvel seeing what a well oiled machine that show is, seeing all of the sets basically on top of each other and the hundreds of crew members making it all happen on a moments notice. Mike's sketch didn't make air, despite its [REDACTED] dollar budget π They cut a lot of good stuff!
After the show, Mike pulled some strings and let me and Clair hangout in his office while the actual show aired. It was crazy seeing the changes between dress and live and honestly convinced me to start doing full dress rehearsals for my SNL. Mike was adamant about getting video of me adding my photo to the wall of cast members, despite my concerns that he might get in trouble. They had a zero tolerance policy on cell phones during dress resulting in confiscation and removal. Luckily(?) barely anyone watched that video so I can't imagine anyone getting too upset by it. Mike invited us to attend the infamous SNL after-party, but we politely declined due to us being decrepit old parents and having a show the next night. Mike was able to attend the Gramercy Theatre show and grabbed pizza with us after the show, it was great to finally hang IRL!
Meanwhile, the band embattled high winds in our very tall van en route to NYC and they arrived in Apple Town at 4:30 am π¬
We tried really hard to make each night a unique experience. Writing each setlist was a grueling, hours long process. We were trying to do shorter sets to help preserve my voice, but there were so many songs that we felt like we needed to play. Our first task was listing all of the songs we planned on doing every night no matter what. We knew we were in trouble when that list was already 20 songs long (We had a pool of 40 ish songs and we planned to do 20 ish songs a night). We became less precious about which songs needed to be played as we got deeper into the trip.
In addition to trying to differentiate each set, we came up with ten or so city-specific phrases for AI Greezy to spit out at any given moment.. We had a lot of fun coming up with those, but it was always last minute and a race against the clock. We had Donald Trump call me from prison in Washington DC. We didn't get to my favorite part of the conversation which had him enthusiastically reciting "Bawitdaba" by Kid Rock. Steve Harvey called in during our Cleveland set and challenged us to an impromptu game of Family Feud. Maestro Adam was operating all of these from his drum throne.
Each venue was vastly different than the one before it. The VIP experiences were fun! We would take a few requests and then hang out and chat and take pictures. All of the openers were fantastic. Because we were doing the VIP packages, we needed to sound check, strip the stage, let the opener check, strip the stage, do our VIP set, strip the stage and get the opener back on stage. Incredibly hectic for everyone involved!
I'm sure I could write another 1,000 words but I need to pick my daughter up from daycare. I'm incredibly proud of the $100K Band! I think the performances improved every night.
Thanks so much to all of you who came out, and to everyone cheering us online. Truly can't say thanks enough for giving us these cool opportunites.
I'll see Triple Taxers Saturday evening! I'll be opening up the Obituary logic session and walking through the full lifespan of the project. Lyrics, production, mixing, recording, composition. Excited to go DEEP! I'll post more info ASAP.
Here's a list of the songs we did on TOOUUUURRRRRRR:
- Sideshow
- Superior
- Sick
- Shakedown
- Straitjacket
- Sometimes
- Stairwell
- Okay
- Predator
- All Shook Up
- By & By
- Morning Star
- 21st Century Nightmare
- My Sweet Clair
- Grinning Like a Barracuda
- Spineless
- Obituary
- Alex Jones Indie Folk
- RNC
- RNC Reprise
- Gremlins
- Spirit Theme
- Chrissy Teigen
- Boat Parade
- Cat Piss
- Unleash Your Spirit
- Nick Jr
- Bidenβs Inauguration
- Tuckerβs Show
- Brendan Fraser is Back
- Gremlin Man
- Country Radio
- Biden Meat
- Ernest
- Spirit Halloween Planet
- Deputy of Depp
- Persecuted Man
- Joker Too
- Doctor Donβt Scare Me
- A Ghost Story
- Fall Time
- Hellmo
- Irishman Tech
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Big Nick
Comments
Leesie Telechan
The show in Chicago was incredible! It was really neat to be part of the meet and greet! Such a special day! Thanks for all you and the band put into this β€οΈ
Nurse Sparkle
Had the most fantastic time at the Chicago gig. The band and the fans are all fantastic people and big shout out to Karen for being uniquely amazing. 5βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
Kacper Korzybski
don't think I'll be able to attend any tour in the US in the near future, but if you guys ever do a tour in Europe (fingers crossed!) then you can bet your ass I'll be taking time off work π it's awesome reading the updates and following snippets and clips from the tour, amazing stuff!
Mike Callahan
It was absolutely amazing. I loved both nights. It was great meeting the $100k Band & Karen. Everyone was so great to us fans.
Jonathan Harvill
Thanks for sharing this, Nick! Incredible night in D.C. last week and great to meet you again. Met a few new friends and am inspired to attend more than one show next touuurrrrrr!!
Molly Rosen
I had a great time in Chicago! The effort you all put into making each show unique is seen and appreciated. Can't wait for Cowboy Cam 3.0
Michael Newhouse-Bailey
Brought the wife and son to the Chicago show and we all had a blast. Enjoy some downtime with your family and we hope we can see you next time you venture out! Also, on a sidenote, my wife wants a karaoke version of Fall Time so she can sing along on our karaoke machine. lol
Jon Coughlin
It was a thrill seeing you all in Chicago. Glad you're home, hope you all are getting some rest, hope you don't lose your voice for the rest of your life. Godspeed.
Samantha Gallagher
As always, I appreciate you taking the time to share these details/updates with us - thank you! As someone who was lucky enough to see more than one of these shows, the attention to detail and all the gags and clips and surprises were so exciting every time, we never knew what (or who!) was coming. You all put on one hell of a show, and it was such an absolute pleasure and privilege to get to meet and greet with y'all as much as we did π
Ron Crawford
Keep kicking ass Nick!
chefsdaughter418
i wasnβt there, but every show seemed amazing and everyone did a phenomenal job!! props to you and the 100k band, see you in charlotte and hope to see you in chattanooga! πππ«Άπ«Ά
