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07/14/05, 10:19 AM
what are bands thinking when they decide to go on a tour like this...
Strangely, Viva La Bam cast members Ryan Dunn and Don Vito will be fronting a summer tour that will feature performances by Open Hand, Fight Paris, and Disengage. Here's a portion of the official press release:
"Ryan Dunn and Don Vito, cast members of MTV's successful programs Viva La Bam and Jackass have announced a summer tour combining multi-media, self-destructive behavior and music. Dunn who has been putting himself through life or death stunts and pranks for his own amusement and the audiences delight has been doing these live tours for the past four years. While many of those shows were accompanying cast members such as Steve-O and Bam Margera, this tour will mark Dunn's first time as a headliner. Along for the ride is Bam's lovable and large Uncle, Don Vito who has been at the receiving end of many of the pranks on Viva La Bam. A night of DIY stunt-work, video projectors, crowd participation and live rock, the show will follow Dunn who co-owns record label Fractured Trans , working under the guise of a stalwart rock promoter trying to bring an arena rock show to 600 capacity clubs.
In-between bands, Dunn and Don Vito will take the stage, utilizing live performance and video segments. Dunn however claims that while 15% of the performance is scripted, much of the night's events are decided on stage. 'This tour is like a choose your own adventure book.' He comments, 'much of what we do depends on the crowd and crowd participation. I always wish I wrote down what I plan to do and I'm freaking out before a show but when I get on stage, the energy the audience gives off decides what I will do in the heat of the moment.' Some of these past shows included moments such as random audience hair-cuts from Dunn, Steve-O stapling his privates, flawed bike tricks landing the rider and the vehicle in the audience and a full blown riot in Montreal which ended in riot police in full gear shutting down the show, 'we still don't know what happened there' Dunn insists."
Strangely, Viva La Bam cast members Ryan Dunn and Don Vito will be fronting a summer tour that will feature performances by Open Hand, Fight Paris, and Disengage. Here's a portion of the official press release:
"Ryan Dunn and Don Vito, cast members of MTV's successful programs Viva La Bam and Jackass have announced a summer tour combining multi-media, self-destructive behavior and music. Dunn who has been putting himself through life or death stunts and pranks for his own amusement and the audiences delight has been doing these live tours for the past four years. While many of those shows were accompanying cast members such as Steve-O and Bam Margera, this tour will mark Dunn's first time as a headliner. Along for the ride is Bam's lovable and large Uncle, Don Vito who has been at the receiving end of many of the pranks on Viva La Bam. A night of DIY stunt-work, video projectors, crowd participation and live rock, the show will follow Dunn who co-owns record label Fractured Trans , working under the guise of a stalwart rock promoter trying to bring an arena rock show to 600 capacity clubs.
In-between bands, Dunn and Don Vito will take the stage, utilizing live performance and video segments. Dunn however claims that while 15% of the performance is scripted, much of the night's events are decided on stage. 'This tour is like a choose your own adventure book.' He comments, 'much of what we do depends on the crowd and crowd participation. I always wish I wrote down what I plan to do and I'm freaking out before a show but when I get on stage, the energy the audience gives off decides what I will do in the heat of the moment.' Some of these past shows included moments such as random audience hair-cuts from Dunn, Steve-O stapling his privates, flawed bike tricks landing the rider and the vehicle in the audience and a full blown riot in Montreal which ended in riot police in full gear shutting down the show, 'we still don't know what happened there' Dunn insists."