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On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the pop punk duo, girlfriends, while on "The Greatest Hits Tour" with Avril Lavigne and Simple Plan. girlfriends is currently supporting their newest single, shut up & kiss me.

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Film Date - September 10, 2024
Location - Huntington Bank Pavilion in Chicago, IL

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VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Driver's Area
01:09 Cleaning Routine
01:43 Bus Features
02:16 Lounge & Gaming
04:30 Fridge & Food
06:00 Snacks & Drinks
07:02 Kitchen & Sink
08:27 Health Routine
09:04 Bathroom Tour
10:14 Bunk Alley
11:59 Junk Bunk & Tour Finds
14:02 Clifford's Back Lounge
16:16 Secret Closet
17:15 Conclusion

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00:00BUS INVADERS!
00:01No, no, no, no.
00:02You gotta go.
00:03It's Girlfriends.
00:04Just this once, we'll let you on the bus.
00:05Come on.
00:06So, we are on the Greatest Hits Tour with Avril Lavigne, Simple Plan, and Girlfriends.
00:07It's been a tour of the summer.
00:08Uh, yeah, I would say so.
00:09Yeah.
00:10This is the driver's area.
00:11Um.
00:12This is the bus stop.
00:13Um.
00:14This is the bus stop.
00:15Um.
00:16This is the bus stop.
00:17Um.
00:18This is the bus stop.
00:19Um.
00:20This is the bus stop.
00:21Um.
00:22This is the bus stop.
00:23Um.
00:24This is the bus stop.
00:25Um.
00:26This is the bus stop.
00:27Um.
00:28This is the bus stop.
00:29Umm.
00:30He has an assortment of fruit and donuts because everyone needs a balanced diet, but to be
00:35honest, you don't want us anywhere near here, so we tend to stay this way, onward.
00:41Otherwise, I don't know how we would do.
00:44But.
00:45Welcome to our home!
00:46Who would be the best bus driver?
00:49If you had to choose one from the group, who would be, who would be it?
00:52I'm gonna say Ellio, our videographer, who is completely Italian, lives in Italy, doesn't
00:55completely Italian, lives in Italy,
00:57doesn't know how to drive in America,
00:59but I feel like he would figure it out for us.
01:01He would figure it out first.
01:02Yeah.
01:03Okay, I'm into that.
01:03He's the most likable human on our bus.
01:06The sweetest boy.
01:07But first and foremost, I need you to take your shoes off
01:11and you can throw them in the shoe bin.
01:14The shoe bin, please, yes.
01:16So we're a little OCD on the bus.
01:18We probably clean it about three to four times a day.
01:22I clean it, I clean it.
01:23Nick cleans it.
01:25But you like sweeping and you like mopping.
01:27It's therapeutic for you.
01:28Yeah, very therapeutic, very meditative.
01:31I just get in my zone, I sweep, I swiffer.
01:34I'm a good swiffer, you know.
01:37But you gotta keep it clean.
01:39Have to.
01:40So this is a brand new bus.
01:41We are the second tour to ever be on it.
01:43When we picked it up, it had 10,000 miles.
01:46So this thing is brand new.
01:48You can tell because it's all hardwood floors.
01:51We got like tile on all of the finishes.
01:54This is marble, actually.
01:56This is marble.
01:57This is marble.
01:58Actually, is this drywall?
02:01We test it?
02:02We have some marble, we have some brick here,
02:05but really nice supple leather.
02:07So we're getting ready for the show tonight.
02:10So we have our in-ears here, we have our packs.
02:12They're all labeled.
02:13But this is where we do a lot of work.
02:15This is where we eat our meals.
02:16This is where we play video games and watch TV.
02:20There's one rule on the bus, the only game that we play.
02:23The only game that we play on the bus,
02:25it's not hopscotch, it's not ping pong,
02:28although we do love ping pong.
02:30It's NHL 2024.
02:33And I will say that we do have a tracker here,
02:36and I'm a little embarrassed to be calling this out now,
02:39but Travis and Nick, Travis is at 11 games won,
02:43I'm at seven.
02:45Seven or 11 in craps is actually not a good thing.
02:49It's not a great thing, no.
02:50But there is a tally going until the end of the tour.
02:53So we will have some wagers,
02:56but we do spend a lot of our time playing NHL,
02:58and that is literally the only game
03:00that's allowed on this bus.
03:01But we got a cool sound system.
03:03What's your team?
03:04You gotta talk about your team.
03:05My team.
03:06Who do you play with?
03:06Right now I'm playing with the Dallas Stars.
03:08He's a Dallas Stars guy.
03:09He's figured out that the goalie's the best in the game.
03:11No, it's strictly because of the jerseys.
03:14The Dallas Stars have the coolest jerseys in NHL 24.
03:18I'm so often between the Anaheim Ducks right now
03:20and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
03:22So, you know, I'm picking Toronto
03:24because we got to play Scotiabank Arena
03:25for the first time on this tour,
03:27and we get to see it pop up on the game every day,
03:28and it's just cool.
03:29Yeah, the first show of the tour was at Scotiabank,
03:31so when we loaded up, we're back at where it all started.
03:35You know, it's pretty surreal.
03:36We have some vinyl here.
03:39We keep some vinyl on the bus
03:40in case we wanna listen to some classic records,
03:42like our debut album.
03:44That's right.
03:45We actually just got it pressed for the third time ever
03:49on this tour with a brand new colorway,
03:51and pull this out.
03:56Wow, I haven't even seen it in person.
03:59Look at that.
04:00Look at how cool this is.
04:03Very cool.
04:03Very limited, and then we do have our first pressing ever
04:08of our second album, Emotion Sickness,
04:11that actually has a song that no one has heard online.
04:15So if you go on our Spotify or Apple Music,
04:19this song is nowhere to be found.
04:20You have to buy the vinyl to hear the hidden track.
04:24Yes, you do.
04:25So you gotta keep it on the bus.
04:27So we got the shoes off.
04:28We've walked you through the video game.
04:30We've seen the tally.
04:32Should we check out the fridge?
04:33You wanna see the fridge?
04:35Okay, here we go.
04:36It's exciting.
04:38We got five dollar.
04:39Five dollar make you holler.
04:42And there we are.
04:43It's a complete mess.
04:44It's a complete disaster.
04:46But when you have seven or eight dudes living on a bus,
04:50it's really tough to keep it organized.
04:52This is the first orange juice that ever made it on the bus
04:55and I labeled it Nick,
04:56and it's probably about 35 days old.
04:58So if you'd like some, let me know.
05:00You probably don't want any of that.
05:02I have the meal prepping on this tour.
05:05So I have some meals here.
05:07So if I don't like what's at catering
05:09or I don't wanna eat unhealthy,
05:10pop one of these in the microwave and I have my lunch.
05:15Hummus, sorry.
05:17Hummus, I think every band around the world
05:21is single handedly keeping the hummus industry alive.
05:24Yes, that is true.
05:25Because that's what's on every band's rider.
05:27It's like tortilla chips, guacamole, and hummus.
05:30So all you hummus heads, you can thank us.
05:34You can't forget the Pacifico, you know?
05:36This is me right here.
05:38A little Pacifico before the show can never go wrong.
05:42What else do we have?
05:43Okay, so I bought these when we were somewhere,
05:46probably a Walmart, as like an emergency ration
05:49in case I ran out of meal prep.
05:50I had something to eat.
05:52We've got an egg and sausage burrito.
05:54That's somebody's.
05:55But this is the real pride and joy of the freezer for me.
05:59We got fruit.
06:00So frozen fruit because I bought a little blender
06:07when we were in Canada.
06:08It was like $18.
06:09I did not think it was gonna work as good as it did.
06:12And I didn't think it was gonna last as long as it has
06:14because I use that thing like two to three times a day.
06:17I'm drinking protein shakes and smoothies.
06:19And that's honestly been getting me through the tour.
06:22Here's a good little trick for you.
06:24We, every day on a rider, have some honey.
06:27And I think that I take, by taking a scoop of this a day,
06:32like this, just a tiny scoop,
06:37it's really helped with not getting sick.
06:39So scoop of honey a day.
06:41You might wanna try it.
06:43And then Nick has his tequila, his Jack Daniels.
06:46That's what he takes with his vitamins every day.
06:49Correct, and my cereal.
06:50Yeah, these are the front lounge bottles.
06:52He also has bunk bottles, depending on, you know,
06:56where he will be enjoying his spirits of choice.
07:00And in case we run out, we do have rations.
07:04So next to the jam and the minute rice.
07:08And the jelly and the peanut butter.
07:10We have more Jack Daniels.
07:12But look, I mean, this is, it feels like you're at home.
07:14This is a sink, if no one's ever seen a sink before.
07:18That's how it works.
07:18You turn it on, water comes out of it.
07:20Wash your hands.
07:21Wash your hands.
07:22But something nice that we did do with this bus
07:26is we did invest in soap.
07:28So we have some Aesop soap.
07:30This is pricey stuff,
07:32but if you want your hands to smell good,
07:34you wanna feel clean, you gotta go with the best.
07:38And I feel like we're on one of the best buses
07:39that we've ever been on.
07:40So we had to have the best soap.
07:43We have a little toaster here for English muffins.
07:45Oh, really cool.
07:46I think another cool thing about this bus
07:48that we've only had it here, but never in the States,
07:50is our trash.
07:52So.
07:52Oh, this is cool.
07:54Yeah.
07:55This is like.
07:56We put our tour manager down there twice already.
07:58Yeah, so let's say you're washing your hands.
08:00You don't need to look for a can.
08:01You just.
08:02You dump it in.
08:05And it's done.
08:05Yeah.
08:06You know, in terms of storage,
08:08because you might be asking yourself,
08:09you have the frozen meals,
08:11you have the jelly,
08:12you have the Jack Daniels,
08:14where do the groceries go?
08:17Pretty cool.
08:18Little slide outs.
08:20Not bad.
08:21Speaking of not getting sick,
08:23I'm like a super OCD and definitely an over-preparer.
08:27And so I packed,
08:30this is like my daily routine,
08:32that I have my multivitamins.
08:35So I take about 10 or 12 of these a day.
08:37Hasn't taken them once on tour.
08:41Have some elderberry syrup.
08:43That's really good.
08:44Hasn't taken those once on tour.
08:45Next.
08:46And then I have some electrolyte packets
08:48for when I feel like.
08:49And those neither, yeah.
08:50I haven't seen them open before.
08:51I haven't drank enough water.
08:53So been indulging in those as of recently.
08:55And I gotta say,
08:57I've been doing great.
08:59I've been feeling amazing.
09:02Okay.
09:04You wanna show them the coolest part?
09:05I think it's the doors.
09:07What, these doors?
09:09Yeah, the bathroom.
09:11Dude, is it really locked?
09:13Who's in here?
09:15Hello?
09:16Hello?
09:17So sometimes this thing locks.
09:19You gotta be fucking kidding me right now.
09:21Actually, I don't wanna break it.
09:22Yeah, don't break the door.
09:23Someone's already,
09:24someone's come close to actually breaking it.
09:26So this is the part of the bus tour
09:28where we have to call our tour manager
09:30and we have to break into our own bathroom.
09:33Let me call Davis.
09:33This has happened a couple of times
09:36at like three or four in the morning.
09:37So we have to go into his bunk.
09:40We have to wake him up.
09:41Is he here?
09:42Yeah, he's right up.
09:43I think he should be.
09:44He should be right up.
09:44Let me call him right now.
09:45Let's see what's going on.
09:48How does he get this thing open?
09:50Hello?
09:50Hey Davis, the bathroom door is locked again, dude.
09:53Can you come up here?
09:57Unless Elio's in here.
09:58I don't know what's going on.
10:00All right, I need a knife.
10:01And then I need a plastic knife.
10:03This is our amazing tour manager, Davis,
10:06who helps us out with everything on the road,
10:09including when we get locked out of the bathroom.
10:12He's also very good at hijacking cars,
10:15breaking into homes,
10:17and all the things you can think.
10:19Oh my gosh!
10:22Wow!
10:24Thank you, Davis.
10:25This is a toilet and that's a plant.
10:28And I could actually use this right now.
10:29Okay, we'll see you in about 20, 30 minutes.
10:33Hope he doesn't get locked in there, but.
10:36Hey!
10:37What, I'm using the toilet.
10:38You can't, you can't,
10:39you can't take a poop on the tour bus.
10:41Dude, I'm, really?
10:43No, you can't, you're not allowed to do that.
10:45Are you sure?
10:46I'm pretty sure.
10:47It's too late, buddy.
10:49I think he might've pooped on the tour bus.
10:53No, it's just pee.
10:55It's just pee.
10:57But we got it open, so that's, that's a positive.
11:04How was it?
11:05It was great.
11:06Okay.
11:06See the auto-flash?
11:07Yeah.
11:08It just sucks it right out.
11:09We have a bidet in there.
11:10Yeah, nice.
11:11The seat heats up.
11:12It is really nice.
11:13All right.
11:14Coolest part about the bus,
11:16I think would be the fact that
11:18it's kind of all touch screen, so.
11:21We call it the Darth Vader screen.
11:24It's our Star Wars automatic slider.
11:28Come on down.
11:29Follow us to Bunk Alley.
11:35Well, I'm sure on the couple episodes
11:38you guys have done on Bus Invaders,
11:39you've never seen bunks on a bus before,
11:42but here they are.
11:43They're pretty incredible.
11:44I like the tan coloring on these things.
11:47Have you ever been in a Sprinter van with a bunk before?
11:51No.
11:51Because I think the last episode I did with Bus Invaders,
11:53I was in a Sprinter van with an actual bunk.
11:55So these are a little bit better than that, I would say.
11:57These are better.
11:58We went with the condo bunks in the back.
11:59So Nick, Nick and I, our tour manager,
12:02Mike, who plays guitar,
12:03we have condos just because we're relatively tall.
12:07We need a little space.
12:09And then we have regular bunks in the front here.
12:14But the funny thing about us is that
12:16we actually tour with only about
12:18seven or eight people at a time.
12:19Because there's only two people in the band,
12:21so it makes it a lot easier.
12:22So we have like two to three junk bunks at any given time.
12:27And if you don't know what a junk bunk is,
12:28but if you're watching this, I'm sure you do,
12:30it's just where everyone's shit goes.
12:32So our junk bunks are just constantly full of stuff.
12:37But Nick, why don't you show them
12:39probably the coolest thing that's in the junk bunk?
12:41Should I?
12:42Yeah.
12:43Okay, hold on, hold on, let's get this out of here.
12:46Careful now.
12:47Careful now.
12:49All right, so Travis and I sometimes go out
12:52to vintage stores and go out into town
12:56when we're on tour and we pick up items.
12:58This one happened to be one of the larger items
13:01we picked up, but it is a painting.
13:03And it's actually a, it's pretty rad.
13:07We found this, what city were we in?
13:09North Carolina.
13:10North Carolina, this dude was on the street.
13:12We went to go get lunch and he had this out there
13:15and we were like, we'll take it.
13:17He's a print.
13:18Yeah, we don't know how we're gonna get it home,
13:20but it was already framed and now it lives
13:23in the junk bunk until tour's over.
13:25Until tour's over, but it'll probably be a great piece
13:28for the studio when we get back.
13:30It'll be a good memory from tour.
13:32Speaking of things that we pick up
13:34when we're out and about too as well,
13:36we got some cool paintings, but I think I found
13:41my number one jacket in my entire life.
13:46And this will be something that I have forever.
13:50And this also lives in the junk bunk
13:51because I wear it on stage with Avril Lavigne
13:53in Simple Plan every night.
13:55But what more could you want from a piece of clothing?
14:02You know, we got the Vandals.
14:04I got a minor threat hit over here.
14:07We got some Motorhead artwork.
14:09We got some DRI, huge Anarchy A.
14:16Real leopard, they skinned a leopard for this.
14:20But yeah, I fell in love with it.
14:22Like I have to have it and now it's mine.
14:26Luke, I am your father.
14:35You have to talk to it sometimes, it can stop.
14:38Now our back lounge has become.
14:40Holy, dude, I thought these went away.
14:42Our back lounge has become a little famous on this tour.
14:47So much so that our bus even has its own merch.
14:50Now, if you see the exterior of the bus,
14:52it's red, it's big.
14:54We named it Clifford on day one.
14:58But back here is where the real magic happens.
15:01So I don't know where these came from,
15:05but we have our own bus merch now
15:09and you are officially entering Clifford's back lounge.
15:14Why does it say liquor in the front, poker in the rear?
15:19I don't know.
15:19We've never played poker back here.
15:21We've never once played poker.
15:23But the shirts are absolutely incredible.
15:26Priceless, priceless.
15:28Yeah, if you buy a ticket for Clifford's back lounge.
15:32That's what you get, liquor in the front,
15:33poker in the rear.
15:34This is what you get.
15:35You get a t-shirt to commemorate your experience forever.
15:38But to be honest, the back lounge,
15:39we just use it for more storage.
15:43We have our shower stuff back here.
15:45We have some clothes.
15:46We'll sit on the couch.
15:48We'll talk, we'll be friends.
15:49We'll roll the windows down.
15:51We'll reminisce on the shows.
15:54And that's about all that happens back here.
15:57There's a pole that comes up from the ground.
16:00If you click your feet three times on the ground.
16:01You go like this.
16:02Yep.
16:03Don't, don't, don't.
16:04No, no, no, sorry.
16:05That's another episode.
16:06Sorry, sorry, sorry.
16:07Oh, wait a second.
16:08He thinks that's all that's back here.
16:10Let me show you something that this guy
16:12probably doesn't want to talk about.
16:14Being the lead singer that he is.
16:16We call it LSS.
16:18It's a lead singer syndrome.
16:19Whenever there's a closet involved,
16:21you know who has to have it, all right?
16:23And let me show you this secret cabinet
16:26full of Travis's hoodies that I've never seen him wear
16:30once on this tour.
16:33Dress up items, hats, clothes.
16:35And you want to know what my item is over here?
16:37Right here.
16:38Oh, wait.
16:40There it is.
16:43Here's my one item I got in the closet this year.
16:46My big noise hoodie.
16:47So.
16:50Yeah.
16:50I'll leave it at that.
16:51Yeah, that is, uh.
16:53Thanks, Travis.
16:54That's unfortunate for me.
16:55But that, that is what goes in the closet.
16:59Yeah.
17:00But I mean, to be honest,
17:01we don't really spend that much time back here.
17:04Most of our time is spent either in the bunks,
17:07in the front lounge, Nick in the bathroom,
17:10or we're on stage playing, playing a show.
17:13Yeah.
17:14And I mean, top to bottom.
17:16This is it.
17:17This is Clifford.
17:18You were in Clifford's Back Lounge.
17:19You're in Girlfriend's Clifford's Back Lounge.
17:23Girlfriend's Clifford's Back Lounge.
17:24Thanks.
17:25Yeah, you're in Clifford's Back Lounge with girlfriends.
17:27And yeah, we've been girlfriends
17:29and you've been watching Bus Invaders.
17:31So we really appreciate it.
17:34Loop, I am your father.
17:37Bye.
17:42Oh.
17:43Oh.
17:44Oh.
17:45Oh.
17:46Oh.
17:46Oh.
17:47Oh.