Modern Alibi - BUS INVADERS Ep. 2241 - video Dailymotion

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Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the alternative rock band, Modern Alibi, while on the Catch My Signal Tour 2026. Modern Alibi is currently supporting their newest single, Roulette.  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - June 26, 2026 Location - Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH MODERN ALIBI: Facebook - https://facebook.com/ModernAlibi Instagram - https://instagram.com/modernalibi TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@modernalibi Twitter - https://twitter.com/modernalibihq  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Skip Intro 00:53 Driver's Area 04:58 Middle of the Van 08:40 Back of the Van  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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00:00This is the perfect row for me because I can chat with the people in the back and I can

00:05also yell at the driver.

00:06While we were playing it was so hot it melted, fell and the whole screen was busted.

00:37What's up Bus Invaders? My name's Holden. I'm Christian. We're from the band Modern Alibi and we are currently on

00:43the Catch My Signal tour to promote our debut record American Radio and future new music. Come see our van.

00:52So this is how we get around. That's Josh right there in the driver's seat. And yeah so me and

01:01Christian are the only ones who've driven so far because we're the only insured ones and Chicago's very loud.

01:08But yeah so we're jamming in the car all the time. We do a lot of Spotify jams and we

01:14kind of switch off DJs.

01:16Yeah so music wise on tour pretty much anything goes. I mean we're all influenced by different things. Holden and

01:22I love 21 Pilots. There's been a lot of that.

01:26And then like I don't know we play a lot of meme music to wake up the driver in case

01:33they're falling asleep. And yeah pretty much anything.

01:37So I mean I'd just be queuing up a bunch of stuff that these guys have never heard before so

01:41I kind of like introduce them to a lot of niche music.

01:44I've been listening to small artists named Harrison Bortz right now. I've been listening to the new Niall Horan album.

01:50So stuff like that.

01:52Yeah one really cool thing about this tour is we have a lot of local opening bands for our shows.

01:59And a lot of them have just started releasing music. So we'll play a show and then we'll jam to

02:05their music and go into the next city.

02:07Pretty sick.

02:08Shout out the band Light from Nashville Tennessee.

02:11Oh yeah. New song Mona Lisa is a banger.

02:14It's a banger. Absolutely.

02:16So Josh is in the driver's seat currently but he's actually never driven the bus because me and Christian are

02:22the only ones who are insured.

02:24But I'm sure Josh would do a lovely job driving.

02:28We might cut down the driving time in half because sometimes he's got a heavy foot.

02:36But no. We get there safely hopefully.

02:39But for the most part we split the driving. We also have some amazing crew that we're on tour with.

02:45Holden's dad Bart is a legend and has helped us a lot with the driving.

02:49And he's not here right now but he is a big part of it.

02:53Oh yes. Couldn't do it without him.

02:55So yeah. So this is an inside on just the random stuff in our van.

03:00We have lots of Kit Kat wrappers.

03:05We thought we cleaned before this interview but clearly we didn't.

03:09Roasted almonds from Chick-fil-A.

03:11So this is clearly what we didn't want out of our Chick-fil-A order.

03:15But we do a lot of Chick-fil-A eating.

03:17A lot of Chick-fil-A on tour.

03:19Lots of Chick-fil-A.

03:20Yes. We're big Chick-fil-A dudes.

03:23Let's see what we got here.

03:24This is our Power Bank Essential.

03:26Typically we have like a little mini fridge right here.

03:29And it's just filled with a bunch of snacks and drinks to keep us going on the road.

03:34And charge our phones because we do a lot of doom scrolling in the van when we're not talking to

03:39each other.

03:40We got some sunglasses.

03:42You see these block the sun.

03:44And we use these on the road when the sun is shining bright.

03:47These actually aren't even ours.

03:49I think that these are my cousins that we played a show in Dallas, Texas.

03:52And yeah, I didn't steal them.

03:55I promise. They were left.

03:56I need to get them back to you.

03:57So if Lane, you're watching this, I have your sunglasses.

04:01Let's see what else we got.

04:03I got a dollar bill.

04:04Because up north there's a lot of tolls and some of them only take cash.

04:09This is actually how much money we're making on tour.

04:11It's right here.

04:12These two dollars so far.

04:15Yeah, we're making bank for sure.

04:18We used to have this really nice TV in the back that we Velcroed so that we could plug our

04:23switch in

04:24and play games when we weren't jamming to music and talking.

04:27But the heat kind of made the Velcro, the stick, just completely fell off.

04:33And there's a broken TV.

04:36So yeah, we got the switch going.

04:39We got all sorts of stuff.

04:40We used it one time on tour.

04:42We used it one time.

04:44And then we played.

04:44We got one good game of Mario Kart in.

04:45Yeah, we played Let's Go Festival in Maryland.

04:48And while we were playing, it was so hot, it melted, fell, and the whole screen was busted.

04:53Welcome to our second row of our Sprinter van.

04:57So in the second row, we have our Nolan that we take on tour with us.

05:02He operates the camera and he takes pics every show and video.

05:07And this is where all the editing happens.

05:10And he's taking, here we go, pose.

05:13With Josh.

05:14Beautiful.

05:14Okay, so yeah, so this is typically where he sits.

05:19Sometimes Christian is sitting here.

05:22And yeah, this is where he keeps all of his gear.

05:24All right, so normally I'm in my little hole right here because I usually have my camera

05:28equipment set up right here.

05:29And I just work, actually working right now from our show last night here in Chicago.

05:37So sit here, edit pictures.

05:40And this is where we normally play our music.

05:42All right, so this is my row.

05:44And this is the perfect row for me because I can chat with the people in the back and I

05:49can also yell at the driver.

05:51Um, but most importantly, when Nolan's editing his pictures, I like to, I like to be right

05:58behind him and I can see everything he's doing.

06:01It's a little terrifying sometimes.

06:03And, and when he's not working.

06:04Get back to work.

06:06I can, I can just whisper, Nolan, are the pictures done yet?

06:11And they're, and they're never done.

06:14So, yeah, that's, uh, that's pretty much my row.

06:16Let's see, let's see what we got down here.

06:18Let's see.

06:18This is our, is this trash?

06:22Yeah, it's not in a snack bag.

06:24No, no, no, it's a snack bag.

06:25Okay, we got some.

06:26So, okay.

06:27Yes.

06:27The spot on tour is Buc-ee's.

06:30There's no greater stop.

06:32When we see a sign or a billboard for Buc-ee's, we lose it.

06:36Absolutely lose it because we are such a fan.

06:39So, so right here we have the sweet and spicy beef jerky.

06:42We cannot pass this up.

06:43We literally have so many of these.

06:45It's crazy.

06:46It might be all that's, that's in here mostly.

06:49Um, yeah.

06:51So what do we got right here?

06:52Oh, those are, this looks like a Carter purchase.

06:55Uh, we need to introduce you to Carter Ritz, our guitar player back here.

06:59What's up, guys?

07:00And, uh, why don't, why don't you talk a little bit about your, your tour diet?

07:05Okay, so in the van specifically, I'm known as the sweet tooth.

07:09So, uh, but I like to try a lot of different things.

07:13So, uh, I will never get the same thing twice in the van.

07:16So this is just what we have today.

07:19Um, just some berry clouds, I guess.

07:22Um, these are fire.

07:24But, no, uh, this row and the very back are where we keep all the snacks.

07:29And, uh, I build quite the collection of different candy wrappers.

07:35Oh, this, this, this might be mine.

07:37So, yeah, I, uh, so I'm, I'm a big fan of seaweed, like teriyaki seaweed.

07:43And, um, it's, it's kind of boring, but I, I like it.

07:46And, uh, it's, uh, it's really good for the vocals, um, on tour.

07:50Um, and, uh, so I make sure to, to have a, have a pack of these before, for the show.

07:55It's not really good for the vocals.

07:57I just decided, decided to say that because there's really no reason for just eating seaweed.

08:01But, uh, I enjoy it.

08:03Let's see, what else we got in here?

08:05Uh, we got some, some vitamins to stay healthy.

08:09Yeah.

08:09On tour.

08:10So this tour, we've all individually gotten sick at different times.

08:13And, uh, I'm pretty sure I got everybody sick.

08:16Um, but, uh, I was first.

08:18And when I get sick, I lose my voice, which is stressful.

08:20But, uh, so I, I passed it off to everybody else.

08:23And, uh, yeah, in these three weeks, I'm pretty sure it got everybody.

08:26But, uh, vitamins, stay healthy.

08:29Um.

08:30Thank you for getting us sick.

08:32It, it meant a lot to me.

08:33It's, it's the least I could do.

08:35Okay, so I'm normally in here.

08:38Um, there's normally a lot more bags while we're traveling.

08:42And Josh is usually in this back seat right here.

08:44I'm kind of lonely right now.

08:46But, um, yeah, so back here, we got even more snack bags.

08:51We got some fruit snacks.

08:53We got our little, you know, paper towels to clean with.

08:57Essentials.

08:58Yeah, yeah, yeah.

08:59So we got some cans of soup, some stuff back here for the hotels.

09:04And then we got the, the comfies back here.

09:07We got a little bit of, uh, some blankets, some pillow action.

09:11You know, we love Mario Kart, so we had to bring the, the Mario shell.

09:16Um, and yeah, this is normally just the hole of the van where everything goes.

09:22Um, we got a big trash bag right here and some luggage.

09:27Holden brought his, his suitcase where we all have our backpacks and suitcases.

09:32And I throw it back there so I don't have to deal with it.

09:35Yeah, normally it's on.

09:37Nice.

09:38Normally I'm a little more cramped back here.

09:41But no, this is where, uh, all the show clothes and stuff, the important stuff goes.

09:46And, uh, this, this is where most of the snacks go.

09:50All right.

09:50So this is the saddest part of the episode.

09:53And, uh, I don't, I don't mean to bring the mood down or anything.

09:56I know this is a fun show.

09:57But, uh, so at the beginning of the tour, we, um, we, uh, wanted a TV to, uh, play Mario

10:04Kart,

10:05to, to watch YouTube.

10:06And, uh, so we all went 20 bucks in on a Target TV and, uh, this was the obvious spot

10:12for it because everybody could look back at it and everybody could, you know, from all

10:17angles, you could see it and it's perfect.

10:19And, uh, the, uh, I guess the, the, the engineering thoughts that I, that I had to, uh, to keep

10:26it up there because there's no way to attach it is to Velcro it.

10:29Right.

10:30And, uh, so at the beginning of tour, we just Velcroed the absolute crap out of this thing

10:35to the back and it really seemed to work.

10:38It really did.

10:39We all had faith in it.

10:40And, um, for the first, for the first car ride, it stayed up.

10:45I had Josh check it.

10:46I kept telling him, dude, just like, like nudge it every once in a while.

10:50And he's like, dude, it's on there.

10:51It's on.

10:51So I had trust in this thing.

10:53I had trust in the Velcro until, until the let's go festival in, uh, in Maryland, it

11:03got very hot.

11:04It was, the sun was out and we played our show, kicked off the first show of tour.

11:08It was, it was a great show.

11:09We get back in the van, high-fiving, just like that.

11:14And, uh, TV was on the ground and that was it.

11:17That was it for the TV.

11:18This has been our digital tour bus episode, Bus Invaders.

11:22We're Modern Alibi here in Chicago.

11:24And, uh, yeah, thanks for watching.

11:26Uh, look out for this new, uh, for some new music.

11:29Uh, listen to our debut record, American Radio.

11:32We have two songs out after that, two singles called The Big Fuss and Roulette.

11:37And, uh, an album coming out sometime soon.

11:40Hey, you got that.

11:42It's alright.

11:42It's good.

11:44Thanks for watching.

11:46We'll see you next time.

11:47Bye.

11:51Bye.

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