Dan & Phil Part 6: Choke Me Dad(dy)

[zvk]

The "Oh-god-I'm-bored-and-have-cabin-fever" games never cease. My last tour, I had the middle bunk and the singer had the bunk above me. He used to like to mess with me by standing at my bunk while I was in it (his crotch level with my bunk), pulling back the curtain, farting into my bunk, then closing the curtain.

oh what the hell what kind of gas filled hotbox was he trying to make. that's horrible

[Stakhanov]

What's stopping them is the tour itinerary. America is very very large. A large chunk of the time in-between dates will need to be used solely for travel time.
There is a possibility on certain dates that they they get a hotel room for one night, or maybe a hotel just to shower/get ready.
But realistically, they won't really have time between dates to perform, break down set, get to hotel room, sleep, wake up, drive to next venue, and set up by soundcheck.

Thanks, i forgot about how buses have the advantage being able to move while you sleep. You seem to have a lot of experience touring around Does the traveling ever get that exhausting that you really can't give a good performance?
I think Deppy is going to burn out on the touring pretty fast. Phil has travel sickness, Dan is a recluse.... we'll know how bad it's gotten when one of them broadcasts on younow and the other one busts in like

Is this a joint show? Because i can sure hear every word you say in my bunk bed. Let's make it a joint show ey?

As their doctor, i can only recommend lots and lots of lsd to take off the edge

[Catallena]

soz but getting back to the the ChannelFlip/Flipside topic for a moment.

Flipside just posted this on Twitter about going to Playlist:

They name Tomska and he replied so everything seems to be good there and I'm guessing any legal trouble he has talked about is not with them.

Interestingly they don't mention Deppy. DUN DUN DUN.

(jk that doesn't have to mean anything, maybe the people they mentioned are all on the same flight or whatevz)

If Dan and Phil have left or are leaving the Flips, don't count on their websites telling us anytime soon because Hazel isn't listed on Flipside yet either.

[swofro]

^^ I love to be such a conspiracy theorist and raise my eyebrow on this, but are already in US, maybe that's why their name are not mentioned.

[angrymob]

Sooooo... Bus Hunger Games anyone? Whose going to kill who first? Place your bets now!

Legit, though. when I first saw their itinerary, I thought that they may have seriously misjudged the size of North America, yet they just kept adding dates except, you know, in Canada I'm not still bitter. For two people who seem moderately high matainence, it's not going to be an easy tour, and I hope they don't actually burn out.

[Catallena]

^^ I love to be such a conspiracy theorist and raise my eyebrow on this, but are already in US, maybe that's why their name are not mentioned.

Yeah I know It's mostly the bit about Tom I found interesting because he was mentioned a few times in the discussion.

[fancybum]

Aw so Jack & Dean had a nice enough final radio show; they said they've been assured that they have more work coming in the future and it's not the end etc. They did their goodbyes and then after the second-last song were like 'oh well we have another 30 seconds oops' and listed a few of their highlights (Big Weekend and specific interviews) and then saved it (imo) by Dean saying "and thank you to Dan & Phil" and how it started with a Facebook message (asking them to host I guess?) and ended here. It was nice.

Ben will live-tweet the actual final show next week:

[corn flakes]

I still am in awe of the tour, like it seems such a tight schedule, not only from a stress point of view but I would be constantly worried about stuff like traffic, if something broke ...
EDIT:cora808 okay now you make me seriously think how deppy is going to come out from this tour

For Dan's bithday I think they will fly before to Vegas but my expectation for a vegas video is of an epic troll one.

P.S:Only today I saw this video: did it ever happen someting like at 53:00? Apart from the Phan swedish girl?


Also I love the question that the last girl asked.

[Cora]

Thanks, i forgot about how buses have the advantage being able to move while you sleep. You seem to have a lot of experience touring around Does the traveling ever get that exhausting that you really can't give a good performance?
I think Deppy is going to burn out on the touring pretty fast. Phil has travel sickness, Dan is a recluse.... we'll know how bad it's gotten when one of them broadcasts on younow and the other one busts in like

Is this a joint show? Because i can sure hear every word you say in my bunk bed. Let's make it a joint show ey?

As their doctor, i can only recommend lots and lots of lsd to take off the edge

I've always been crew not performer so I can't speak from personal experience, but from what I've observed of the bands I've been with, the fatigue of performing nightly wears on you more than the travel does.
I was thinking about it and theirs might be a unique situation in terms of response to traveling.
Usually what happens is that for the first week or so, tour bus life is fun and exciting. After that, you get a bit of cabin fever and want to spend as much time as possible off the bus. You start making excuses to do things like stop at Middle America Wal-Marts to buy silly things. Shortly after that comes the phase of "tour bubble", where you start to feel like the bus is your home and the outside world is scary and loud and annoying.

My roommate's band has a very similar fanbase to Deppy and I've literally had to drive him away from venues as young girls screamed and pounded on the windows of my car. When you know that a response like that is just outside your door, you start to feel like the bus is your safe place and you disconnect yourself from the outside world. "Tour Bubble" is a very common thing. On one of my tours, we started creating fake news stories to see how many people we could convince it was truth, because people started to disconnect from outside life so much they weren't sure what was real anymore.

On Warped Tour they literally have a plan in effect to battle this thing. It involves designating a "BBQ band" that sets up by the buses after every show and cooks and plays music to encourage the bands to not just hide on their buses, but actually venture out and talk to other people on the tour.

Deppy have a unique situation in that they are already rather reclusive and scared of the outside world so I am very interested to see how this will effect them. It's one thing when you just like hiding in your apartment, but can still occasionally walk to the market, or go see a film. With the stalker nature of their fans, it's going to be hard for them to leave the bus at all.

[Stakhanov]

@angrymob: I'm placing my bet on Dan killing Phil, in the ball room, with the lead pipe. I told you to those maltesers where mine
Maybe they'll get so tired of hitting the road every day that they'll warm up to the idea of a second Montreal show anyway. flattening their tires is a solid plan B

@cora808: Some evil guy from management will just have to steal Phil's anti-drving sickness pills and block the wifi signal on the bus. Before we lose them forever

[DryCereal]

If Phil gets behind the wheel of the bus he'll probably wind up killing everyone onboard (without meaning to...)

If I thought they'd be filming DAPG vids on the bus - (I said IF - I know it wouldn't ever happen!!!!) together will end up murdering Dil & Tabitha, and I don't see their merciful run on Undertale continuing past the Floridian border...!

[smugpug]

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a literal one second mention of Dan in Connor's latest video and every comment is mentioning it



edit:tf do you properly embed a video on this. Ugh it's at 6:09

[missemma]

Question for those who saw TATINOF in the UK: What's the set like? Did it look easy/quick to set up/take down/transport in a van/truck?

The set wasn't very complicated, it was a big screen in the middle with a collage round it, and steps built into it. They also has extra stuff around the stage like the house plant and some boxes. I mean, it wasn't something I think would be that easy to take apart but they could transport it in a truck easily. It was kinda different in the uk though as they had one set and the dates were quite spread out bar a few that were one after the other, but the uk isn't as big as America. They've also said the set is bigger for America as the venues are larger.
The show finishes mega early in the uk (9pm) so I guess the people who dismantle the stage will have time to get it down and make their way to the next city/state but it'll be a stretch for them. I'll be interested to see how they manage it.

[phamnotof]

I still am in awe of the tour, like it seems such a tight schedule, not only from a stress point of view but I would be constantly worried about stuff like traffic, if something broke ...
EDIT:cora808 okay now you make me seriously think how deppy is going to come out from this tour

For Dan's bithday I think they will fly before to Vegas but my expectation for a vegas video is of an epic troll one.

P.S:Only today I saw this video: did it ever happen someting like at 53:00? Apart from the Phan swedish girl?


Also I love the question that the last girl asked.

that is so mortifying, I wanna dig myself a hole now and not climb out for weeks. Oh god. I hate audience questions with everything I have. I can't even bear to finish watching it, does anything interesting happen?

[karma_yeah]

Thanks pearshaped34 for sending me the venue information from the UK tour. I've updated the comparison chart.

Stanikov: I'll take Phil kills Dan, in the tourbus bathroom, with Dan's Haru pillow for ignoring him while he points out "interesting" scenery for 62 days.

[zvk]

[blueapple_x]

What could this possibly be about? I'm guessing some type of incentive for more people to buy tickets.

[SquishPhan]

I'm hungry af for any content right now, so I say don't leave us hanging.

[missemma]

It'll just be the generic video they've been releasing recently saying the show is on at Playlist & how to possibly win tickets/an upgrade to VIP.

Edit:

Also, when do you think we will get the first liveshow? I reckon 2 weeks into the tour.

[DryCereal]

Thanks pearshaped34 for sending me the venue information from the UK tour. I've updated the comparison chart.

Stanikov: I'll take Phil kills Dan, in the tourbus bathroom, with Dan's Haru pillow for ignoring him while he points out "interesting" scenery for 62 days.

One thing with the UK tour (travel times) - they were able to go home in between certain shows. DEFINITELY between Belfast & Brighton (that's when they filmed the Hallowe'en baking video last year, and they did a joint LS at home before the final date at the Palladium.)

Also, when do you think we will get the first liveshow? I reckon 2 weeks into the tour.

Well, I was hoping for one last night, and I'm hoping for one tomorrow night, but we'll see.

[SquishPhan]

It'll just be the generic video they've been releasing recently saying the show is on at Playlist & how to possibly win tickets/an upgrade to VIP.

Also, when do you think we will get the first liveshow? I reckon 2 weeks into the tour.

I will even take those generic videos at this moment.

I hope we would get a live show before then, but you can never know for sure with these two.

[zvk]

Also, when do you think we will get the first liveshow? I reckon 2 weeks into the tour.

wh-what? my dreams

i hope they break one in before the start of tour, but maybe they're utilizing all that time for the vacation. it just seems like it would be easier to get it out of the way now

[missemma]

I was thinking they'd do a liveshow 2 weeks in, but I am hoping for one before that haha, although highly unlikely.

I would totally settle of a selfie outside the tour bus though, or just anything to do with the tour bus so we can analyse the fuck out of it

edit - yay zvk, you made it over

[zvk]

I was thinking they'd do a liveshow 2 weeks in, but I am hoping for one before that haha, although highly unlikely.

I would totally settle of a selfie outside the tour bus though, or just anything to do with the tour bus so we can analyse the fuck out of it

edit - yay zvk, you made it over

first glimpse of the bus and i can feel it in my bones this place will have the make, model and year of the bus within the hour

i have missed you guys

[lilMango]

P.S:Only today I saw this video: did it ever happen someting like at 53:00? Apart from the Phan swedish girl?

Also I love the question that the last girl asked.

that is so mortifying, I wanna dig myself a hole now and not climb out for weeks. Oh god. I hate audience questions with everything I have. I can't even bear to finish watching it, does anything interesting happen?

Oh, lord. This reminds me of the kids at school who would ask questions specifically relating to their own assignments or the cringey "can I go to the bathroom?" when the teacher is trying to help people. Like.... Jesus....

I was thinking they'd do a liveshow 2 weeks in, but I am hoping for one before that haha, although highly unlikely.

I would totally settle of a selfie outside the tour bus though, or just anything to do with the tour bus so we can analyse the fuck out of it

edit - yay zvk, you made it over

Same!!! I'm so anxious to analyze something new. Any picture will do, deppy!