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On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the rock band, Halestorm, while on Babymetal's "The Biggest Babymetal Tour Ever North America 2026" with Violent Vira. Halestorm is currently supporting their newest album, Everest.
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Film Date - September 4, 2026
Location - Huntington Bank Pavilion in Chicago, IL
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VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Skip Intro
01:03 Front Lounge
05:25 Bathroom
06:22 Bunks
09:42 Back Lounge
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On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the rock band, Halestorm, while on Babymetal's "The Biggest Babymetal Tour Ever North America 2026" with Violent Vira. Halestorm is currently supporting their newest album, Everest.
VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - September 4, 2026
Location - Huntington Bank Pavilion in Chicago, IL
KEEP UP WITH HALESTORM:
Facebook - https://facebook.com/halestormrocks
Instagram - https://instagram.com/halestormrocks
TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@halestormrocks
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Halestorm
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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/
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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus
VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Skip Intro
01:03 Front Lounge
05:25 Bathroom
06:22 Bunks
09:42 Back Lounge
ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS:
Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.
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00:00What the hell are you blathering about?
00:01I'm trying to take my afternoon beauty nap.
00:04I used to jump off half stacks in six inch heels,
00:06and now if I have the wrong pillow,
00:08I'm screwed for a week.
00:39Oh, hi, how you doing?
00:42Welcome to our lovely home.
00:44So years and years ago,
00:45we were touring in recreational vehicles,
00:48going through like seven alternators,
00:50you know, fan belts every day.
00:52So I think we've been doing pretty good over the years.
00:54We finally upgraded to a bus.
00:56We're out here with Babymetal and Violent Vera.
00:59It's the second day of tour.
01:01It's amazing.
01:02And promoting our latest record, Everest.
01:06And let me show you around.
01:08This is our main cabin.
01:10This is where we hang out the most.
01:13Very important.
01:14We have our sugar fix over here.
01:16We have all sorts of candy.
01:17We did achieve a VHS tape that we don't think
01:20we're going to be able to watch on this tour,
01:23you know, but we'll figure it out.
01:25So this is completely split out.
01:26This comes back in kind of like a fun house.
01:29It's a little narrower for the road because, you know,
01:31you don't want to be going on the highway with this thing.
01:32It's kind of, you know, it's dangerous.
01:34It's kind of illegal too, so we don't do that.
01:36We got our TVs here.
01:38We don't do a whole lot of TV watching,
01:40but occasionally we'll do movie nights.
01:41But it's usually like, you know, Wayne's World
01:44or something like that, or the Big Lebowski,
01:46almost famous, that kind of thing.
01:48So let's see, we got our sink thing over here.
01:52We got, oh, let's see what's in the fridge actually.
01:54Got some lunch meat, got some yogurt.
01:56So we get a ride every day.
01:58We get like snacks and bananas and lots of water.
02:02Diet Cokes, we have definitely a Diet Coke problem.
02:04It's happening.
02:07And there's usually different stuff for bus stock.
02:10Years ago, we were fine with just like tortilla chips
02:13and peanut butter, but now everyone's kind of got
02:16their specific things.
02:17We got some cottage cheese.
02:19The boys and everybody kind of really love these,
02:23these little Siggy's yogurt packs.
02:27Let's see what else, oh yeah.
02:28Gotta have the liquid death.
02:30Something about having the water in a can.
02:32It just hits different.
02:33Like I said, the Diet Coke problem.
02:35Then if you go to water, it's gotta be a can.
02:37It's just a natural reaction.
02:39Lunch meat.
02:41Apparently we have blueberries.
02:42I'm not quite sure.
02:43No one's touched the blueberries yet,
02:45but I don't know who does the coffee mate though.
02:48None of the boys or I do the coffee mate.
02:50So we're gonna have to talk to one of our growing boys about that.
02:53Oh, I actually don't know what this is.
02:56We got leftovers, I think, from somebody.
03:00What's this?
03:01Oh, we got lemon cakes.
03:03Oh, I think that's from a fan.
03:04So we got, sometimes we get fan treats and then,
03:07and then we get, we forget we have them.
03:09And then it's fries, fan treats.
03:11Let's see what else.
03:11Oh, very important, the baking soda.
03:14Keep everything not so smelly.
03:17Sometimes I'll take the baking soda and put it in everybody's shoes just for good measure,
03:21because every now and again, gotta keep that up.
03:24And then we got snacks.
03:26These have become a favorite.
03:28The peanut butter filled pretzels.
03:31Like I said, it's, you know, it's only been a little while, but this is probably going to be gone
03:35by the end of the day.
03:38We, on our last tour, we asked for Pringles and we got so many Pringles.
03:41So we're trying to just kind of keep the Pringles to a dull roar.
03:45On our last tour, we had so many Pringles, we opened this up and it would all avalanche out.
03:49Let's see what's in here.
03:50Ah, Wonder Bread.
03:52That's, uh, was not a request, but it did happen.
03:57So, you want a good solid, you know, retro sandwich.
04:03What's in here?
04:04Okay, we, okay, here we go.
04:06Now we're, now we're getting into some health stuff.
04:07We got some organic greens, the wheat powder, fruit snacks.
04:14We, there, this has become a thing now with us, where it's like, we, uh, always have these just
04:19club crackers.
04:20It's a fantastic snack.
04:23Oh, that looks like that's about it over here.
04:25That's, that one's been raided.
04:31Ah, yes.
04:32Okay, now we're getting into the good stuff.
04:33Always have a little bit of whiskey.
04:36Red Solo cups.
04:40Ah, there's the toaster.
04:42We were looking for that earlier.
04:44Um, all right, then we got the coffee maker over here.
04:47Very important.
04:48Always available.
04:49You know, coffee's life.
04:52Intensils.
04:53There's tea station.
04:54And then this is kind of fun.
04:57Trash doggy door.
04:58First time we've had a bus that has, has had that.
05:00That's been a little bit of a learning curve.
05:02Oh, this is microwave, I think.
05:04Oh, no, there is.
05:05It's a freezer.
05:08Oh, okay.
05:09I think these are for our, for our day.
05:12So it's like ice packs for when he has a little bit of, you know, drummer tennis elbow.
05:20He'll correct me on that later, I'm sure.
05:22He probably uses it for all other things, but maybe we don't want to know about those things.
05:26We got our bathroom in here.
05:28Oh, hi.
05:29We keep our base player in the bathroom.
05:32Just make sure it's clean in here.
05:33It's for, it's for, well, it's for good luck too.
05:35Because if we keep you in there, like, till right before stage, it's going to be a good time.
05:38It's dark.
05:39Yeah.
05:39The bathroom rules, if you don't know bus in RV culture, typically is no paper, no puke,
05:46no poop.
05:47Yeah.
05:48And we kind of live by that.
05:49They've left a sign for, for reference.
05:53For reference.
05:54And then it's always fine with the toilet to find where the flusher is.
05:58This one happens to be, is it a pedal?
06:00Yeah, just a little pedal.
06:03Sometimes there's a button.
06:04Yeah.
06:05So sometimes there are multiple buttons for multiple different types of flushing.
06:10Yeah.
06:10And that gets confusing.
06:11Do you want like the full flush or the half flush?
06:15Yeah.
06:16Can I come out now or?
06:18Yeah.
06:18Yeah.
06:20For now, Josh.
06:22All right.
06:23Let's take you into the bunk hall.
06:24This is where the magic happens.
06:26Ow!
06:27What?
06:29What, what's, what, what the hell are you blathering about?
06:32I'm trying to take my afternoon beauty nap and all I hear is this, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.
06:37What, what, what's going on?
06:38Who let you in here?
06:39Who is that?
06:40What's happening?
06:41We're giving everybody a tour.
06:42A tour?
06:43Yeah, of our home.
06:44Wait, so like.
06:45It was on the schedule.
06:45So it's like, wait, wait, people are going to watch this?
06:47People are going to watch this, yes.
06:49Do you have pants on?
06:50Hi.
06:52Welcome to Hillstorm's tour bus.
06:53Enjoy this inside view of how rock stars live on the road.
06:57Okay, well, uh, I'll give you a tour of my insane bed set up, yeah.
07:01So RJ really likes the fan, like the, even though there are fans in, in the bunk already,
07:06he likes to have some next fans.
07:06Well, I just want to be surrounded by fans all the time, right?
07:10That's, that's the only way that I can feel, uh, important, so.
07:12Yeah, so these are, these are condo bunks, so they're a little bigger than the coffins.
07:16Yes.
07:17Uh, which are kind of half-sized, so.
07:19It's a bit messy.
07:20You can actually sit up in this one.
07:21I, I'm a bit, um, I'm a bit high maintenance.
07:23I'm a hot sleeper.
07:25I have allergy problems.
07:26I get dehydrated.
07:28Um, I sweat in my sleep, so I've got cooling, uh, mattress topper, cooling sheets, um, cooling
07:35body pillow with a terry cloth cover.
07:36And I've got my, I've got my, my bus robe that I'm going to wear for the remainder of
07:41this tour, uh, this tour today, not the whole tour.
07:46Uh, but yes, I did add a few extra fans just to make sure I'm nice and cool throughout the
07:50night.
07:51I've got a cooling comforter to keep everything nice and breathable.
07:54Uh, so yeah, this is how I managed to survive on a very hot summer tour.
07:59We have two buses, so it's one for band bus and one for crew bus.
08:03And on our bus, it's, uh, it's the four of us, our tour manager, um, and our fantastic
08:09media guy, Alan.
08:10And so we all kind of pick our bunks and then we have like some, let's see, these are like
08:15junk bunks.
08:16Everyone's taken all their stuff out here, but so like, if you can see, like, here's
08:21the condo bunks and then this is like a regular size bunk here.
08:25So this is what would be regular.
08:27So everyone took all their stuff out because we've got a gig today, but we've put all of
08:31our, you know, extras in there.
08:34So it's not all over the floor, you know, although every now and again, things end up
08:38all over the floor and then we got to put them back, but yeah, it's, it's kind of, it's great.
08:42Like we're, uh, we're all rolling on this pirate ship together.
08:45What happens after a little while since our life is on the road is we don't just kind of pick
08:49random bunks anymore.
08:50So up front here is kind of us, this is Josh's bunk, Joe's bunk, this is my bunk.
08:57I'm kind of a minimalist, but you can just kind of pack all your stuff in there.
09:03And, uh, I do bring my own pillow.
09:05I didn't use to because I thought that was like too high maintenance, but now, you know,
09:09I thought I, I, we talk about this all the time where it's like, I used to jump off half
09:12stacks and six inch heels.
09:14And now if I have the wrong pillow, I'm screwed for a week.
09:17It's insane growing up, but, uh, but yeah, that's, it's kind of, I, I like the bunk.
09:24Like it's, uh, it's kind of like you have your own little private space
09:28and everything kind of shuts down once you, you know, pull the carton through.
09:32So it's very important on the tour to have like, to find like time to yourself, you know,
09:37it's like you're around everybody all the time.
09:38So it's kind of nice.
09:41And then we got our back lounge here.
09:44Hey, look, it's Joe.
09:46Can I help you?
09:49How's it going?
09:50And then, uh, yeah, this is just a little bit more private place to hang.
09:52Although this does get filled up with a lot of stuff.
09:55I think a lot of stuff and girls.
09:59Sometimes, sometimes there's a party.
10:02This is the best party room in the bus.
10:04I'd say, I think so too.
10:05We need a disco ball.
10:05I think right here.
10:07Time to upgrade.
10:08We can find that.
10:10We have our hotel guitars back here.
10:12We kind of keep extra suitcases, hanging things.
10:17And yeah, if we, if you need to just get away from chaos.
10:21And there's all, well, it's not in here.
10:23There's one, uh, kind of space for icing down some beers down here.
10:28And then we have the same thing up front.
10:30I know.
10:31This is, this just always kind of turns into suitcase storage eventually.
10:36Yeah, right.
10:37And you got to like comb through the suitcases to find a place to sit.
10:40You're coming in on a good time.
10:41Yeah.
10:41You get halfway through this tour.
10:42It's just going to be a mess in here.
10:44It's a good spot for, for interviews when you got to do interviews on the bus.
10:47I had to do one this morning.
10:49Yeah, whatever.
10:51It's the back lounge.
10:52What happens here stays here.
10:53That's true.
10:54All of our secrets stay here.
10:56Thank you so much for, uh, for coming and joining us.
11:00And hanging out in our little home.
11:02In our little mobile home.
11:04Yeah.
11:05And so, uh, can't wait to see you guys out, out on the road.
11:07Um, we're out with Babymetal right now and Violent Vera.
11:11And, uh, Everest is out.
11:12The record's been out for over a year now.
11:14And it's time to maybe make some new music.
11:17And do all this again.
11:18Absolutely.
11:19Out back on the bus.
11:20Yeah.
11:20If you need to find anything, it's hailstormrocks.com.
11:22We're also highly Google-able.
11:24So, you know.
11:24You're so Google-able.
11:26Yes.
11:27So, hailstorm in any search engine.
11:29But thanks for joining us.
11:30And we will see you later.
11:31Now get out of here.
11:32Get out of here.
11:58Bye.
12:00Bye.
12:01Bye.
12:05Bye.