Rain don't bother me..or at least not Bamboozle

While I might live in the ever misty city of Seattle, rain in South East is definitely not something to mess with -- unless you're the Bamboozle Roadshow! As we peeled out of Nashville after the show on Sunday night, we made the trek across 44 and were slammed by intense winds that threw our vehicle ALL over the road. When we saw Waffle House and a hotel at an upcoming exit, we decided to pull off, chow on some waffles and camp out for the night near Chattanooga.

We got some good sleep in (the first time in I don't know....well since the start of the tour) and pulled out around 8 am for a long 10 1/2 hour drive. We hit tons of hard rain along the way...at one point we hit a puddle so big it covered up our entire windshield. SCARY, but the boys handled it like champs. We pulled into St. Petersburg at 6:30 pm on Monday night and hit up my family's washing machine and dryer...ahhh so nice to have clean clothes and shower. So fresh and so clean.

When we rocked into the venue midafternoon thinking that the rain was going to keep us from having a good show.


Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg is an outside venue, but the bands gathered together and decided a sold out show still needed to be played. They pulled together the COOLEST acoustic set. Each band gave a unique performance, they're all so exceptionally talented!

Tonight we're heading over to Hard Rock Cafe in Tampa to hang out before we head on to Ft. Lauderdale in the morning. That's going to be a rockin' good show.

For fun, here's a couple band factoids you may not have known:

DID YOU KNOW.....

..... Tommy from Mercy Mercedes AND Alex M. from CAB sleep with their eyes open!
..... Kyle from FTSK can sew!
..... Mercy Mercedes favorite snacks are hummus and pita bread.

Ah, I love being behind the scenes. So cool.

Hoppy Easter from the Music City!

After an incredible show at the Pageant in St. Louis, we rocked and rolled all night and pulled into Nashville around 4:15 a.m. Quite the long night! We drove from Oklahoma earlier in the day to a show in St. Louis, and then on to Nashville all before bed! Van life is full of long days and long nights, but lots of music and fun!

We picked up a few new Gold Card members in St. Louis and Nashville tonight - check them out:
Amy of Leopold, MO tweeted up with me to score her exclusive Gold Card membership!

Megan of Shawnee, KS made the drive all the way to St. Louis to try to get in to the sold out show. She didn't make it in, but she helped pass out Kazoozles anyway. She had no idea her awesome help would reward her with a Gold Card!

BFFs Morgan and Chandler from Franklin, TN tweeted to win a HUGE WONKA package -- Gold Cards, t-shirts and the first in the venue to taste Kazoozles! Congratulations ladies!

Tomorrow we're taking the day off to make the trek down to St. Petersburg, FL, but don't worry --- we'll have lots of fun along the road to report back to you!

Everything is a-ok in Oklahoma!

So life in the bus was cool, but I'm trying to experience all sides of life on the road. So I'm leaving the Never Shout Never bus gig to experience van life with Mercy Mercedes!

Last night was the first night and we kicked it out of the House of Blues in Houston and headed to IHOP for a late night bite:

B-Real and Mike hanging out

Then we climbed back in the van and listened to some tunes before hitting up a hotel an hour later at 3:30 a.m. Our call time was at 7:00 a.m. for a 7 hour drive to Tulsa, OK. Little sleep going, ladies and gentleman.

Besides the lack of sleep and showers (I am running on 3 days with no shower), I cannot explain how awesome it is to be a rockstar. One among legends....listening to the fans scream every night, chillin' backstage, passing out Kazoozles and Gold Cards...BEST EVER. Here's a few of our Gold Card Winners from the past few shows:

The lovely Brittany was presented a GOLD CARD by Kidd Kraddick at the Dallas House of Blues for her 16th birthday! She also received an extra to share with her best friend!

Mario from San Antonio won a Gold Card when FTSK tossed an autographed WONKA t-shirt into the crowd!

Robbie from San Antonio scored a Gold CARD while waiting in line outside the White Rabbit and played a WONKA trivia contest...he named the most WONKA candies.

Will and Brad, from the band Barely Blind, showed up at the Houston House of Blues show and scored a Gold Card to bring back with them to Belmont, TX.



BFFs Shazia and Casee from Katy, TX proved their love of WONKA by tweeting up to meet WONKAnation in person and scored Gold Cards.

Ohhhh cannot wait to give out GOLD CARDS in Oklahoma! Tomorrow we're kickin' off a new spin on our BLOG so stay tuned!

Left moving Right....on the Road!

WOW. Bamboozle Left has almost LEFT (ha, get it) us speechless. With great bands, Kazoozles, WONKAvision, spray on tattoo artists and band appearances at the tent, the event was exciting for even the hard to impress Veruca Salts of the world. No one left without a smile on their face.

We gave away a few more exclusive membership Gold Cards to candy enthusiasts we found on site, each one proved their vast imagination and love of WONKA!



Grace won our first Gold Card by tracking us down by following our on site updates from Twitter!

Mark from Claremont, CA also followed us on Twitter leading up to the event. Our quick moves around the grounds weren't fast enough! He tracked us down within seconds of our location announcement.

Joel of Kentucky proved his love of WONKA by mastering a candy quiz! He also says his daily regiment includes several Laffy Taffy (which he also loves for their jokes)!


We'll sprinkle in a lot more from LEFT in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned...

...but for now, ROADSHOW! That's right, we mentioned we were sending our candy fiend friend, Jess, out on the road living for 5 weeks in the Never Shout Never tour bus to hit up all of the tour stops:

4/5 - Tucson
4/7 - Dallas (which she's going to be at the House of Blues today!)
4/8 - San Antonio
4/9 - Houston
4/10 - Tulsa
4/11 - St. Louis
4/12 - Nashville
4/14 - St. Petersburg, FL
4/15 - Ft. Lauderdale
4/16 - Lake Buena Vista
4/17 - Jacksonville Beach
4/18 - Atlanta
4/20 - Indianapolis
4/21 - Milwaukee
4/22 - Chicago
4/23 - Pontiac, MI
4/24 - Cleveland
4/25 - Alfred, NY
4/26 - Philadelphia
4/28 - Towson, MD
4/29 - Worcester, MA
4/30 - Farmingdale, NY

All along the way Jess will be taking pictures, providing updates and letting you know the behind the scenes of the tour! Check out these great shots from Tucson:



Mercy Mercedes rocking out!
Caleb from Forever The Sickest Kids geared up the audience!
Our Tucson Gold Card winner won when Travis from We The Kings threw out a WONKA t-shirt (which is on her head)! So much fun!

We'll fill you in later on news from Forever The Sickest Kids hometown, Dallas, later!

This Weekend's Line UP!

Look what's going on at LEFT this weekend. Be sure to stop by the WONKA tent while you're checking out the WONKA and Imagination Stages!

Saturday April 4th

WONKA STAGE
2:00 - 2:30 MERCY MERCEDES
3:00 - 3:30 FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS
4:00 - 4:30 WE THE KINGS
5:00 - 5:30 SENSES FAIL
6:00 - 6:30 ASHER ROTH
7:00 - 7:30 ALL TIME LOW
8:00 - 8:30 METRO STATION
9:15 - 10:30 FALL OUT BOY

IMAGINATION STAGE
2:30 - 3:00 THE CAB
3:30 - 4:00 THE AQUABATS
4:30 - 5:00 SILVERSTEIN
5:30 - 6:00 BLOODHOUND GANG
6:30 - 7:00 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD
7:30 - 8:00 COBRA STARSHIP
8:30 - 9:15 THE GET UP KIDS

SAINTS & SINNERS STAGE
2:00 - 2:25 STEREO SKYLINE
2:35 - 3:00 FIGHT FAIR
3:10 - 3:35 THE JAKES
3:45 - 4:10 THE FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS
4:25 - 4:55 SAY IT TWICE
5:10 - 5:40 RACING KITES
5:55 - 6:25 THE MORNING LIGHT
6:40 - 7:10 ALL THE DAY HOLIDAY
7:25 - 7:55 SONNY
8:10 - 8:40 BREATHE CAROLINA
8:55 - 9:25 BROKENCYDE

MLB AUTHENTIC COLLECTION STAGE
2:00 - 2:25 THE LIMOUSINES
2:50 - 3:15 BLACK STEEL ROSE
3:40 - 4:05 BREAK CONTEST WINNER
4:30 - 5:00 CARE BEARS ON FIRE
5:30 - 6:00 VALENCIA
6:30 - 7:00 MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE
7:30 - 8:00 STICK TO YOUR GUNS
8:30 - 9:00 PARKWAY DRIVE

STATE FARM STAGE
2:25 - 2:50 THE DANGEROUS SUMMER
3:15 - 3:40 SING IT LOUD
4:05 - 4:30 ARTIST VS POET
5:00 - 5:30 HEY MONDAY
6:00 - 6:30 NEVER SHOUT NEVER
7:00 - 7:30 BEFORE THEIR EYES
8:00 - 8:30 BLESS THE FALL
9:00 - 9:30 HASTE THE DAY

KAZOOZLE STAGE
2:00 - 2:25 ALEVELA
2:40 - 3:05 CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET
3:20 - 3:45 PEACHCAKE
4:00 - 4:30 TEEN HEARTS
4:45 - 5:15 ULTRAVIOLET SOUND
5:30 - 6:00 EVERY AVENUE
6:30 - 7:00 PATENT PENDING
7:20 - 7:50 ANARBOR
8:20 - 8:50 TWIN ATLANTIC

KAZOOZLE TENT
2:25 - 2:40 DJ PRIME
3:05 - 3:20 DJ PRIME
3:45 - 4:00 DJ PRIME
4:30 - 4:45 DJ PRIME
5:15 - 5:30 DJ PRIME
6:00 - 6:30 THE SCENE AESTHETIC
7:00 - 7:20 DJ PRIME
7:50 - 8:20 DJ PRIME
8:50 - 9:30 SKRILLEX
9:30 - 10:00 LAZR TAG
10:00 - ? DJ PRIME

Sunday April 5th

WONKA STAGE
2:00 - 2:25 ACIDIC
2:50 - 3:20 EYE ALASKA
3:50 - 4:20 SUICIDE SILENCE
4:50 - 5:20 THE VANDALS
5:50 - 6:30 THE USED
7:10 - 8:00 TAKING BACK SUNDAY
9:00 - 10:00 50 CENT

IMAGINATION STAGE
2:25 - 2:50 CLOSE BUT QUITE
3:20 - 3:50 THE BLED
4:20 - 4:50 SHWAYZE
5:20 - 5:50 SAOSIN
6:30 - 7:10 THRICE
8:00 - 9:00 DEFTONES

SAINTS & SINNERS STAGE
2:00 - 2:25 BLACK HOUSES
2:35 - 3:00 THE DARES
3:10 - 3:40 FIFTEEN FLEETING
3:50 - 4:20 TEN SECOND EPIC
4:30 - 5:00 DOMMIN
5:15 - 5:45 LIVING WITH LIONS
6:00 - 6:30 FUNERAL PARTY
6:45 - 7:15 BRAVE CITIZENS
7:30 - 8:00 I AM GHOST
8:20 - 9:20 RAZIA'S SHADOW AS PERFORMED BY FORGIVE DURDEN

MLB AUTHENTIC COLLECTION STAGE
2:00 - 2:25 UNDERNEATH THE GUN
2:50 - 3:15 CLOSURE IN MOSCOW
3:40 - 4:05 ATTACK ATTACK
4:30 - 5:00 LEATHERMOUTH
5:30 - 6:00 THE GHOST INSIDE
6:30 - 7:00 WINDS OF PLAGUE
7:30 - 8:00 EMMURE
8:30 - 9:00 THE ADOLESCENTS

STATE FARM STAGE
2:25 - 2:50 IN FEAR AND FAITH
3:15 - 3:40 NATIONS AFIRE
4:05 - 4:30 TRASH TALK
5:00 - 5:30 HAVE HEART
6:00 - 6:30 A SKYLIT DRIVE
7:00 - 7:30 BORN OF OSIRIS
8:00 - 8:30 IGNITE
9:00 - 9:30 THE BRONX

KAZOOZLE STAGE
2:00 - 2:30 DRIVE A
3:00 - 3:10 DJ
3:10 - 3:40 ONE BLOCK RADIUS
3:50 - 4:20 CHRONIC FUTURE
4:30 - 5:00 HYRO DA HERO
5:10 - 5:40 B.O.B.

5:50 - 6:20 LMFAO
6:30 - 7:00 MAC LETHAL
7:30 - 8:00 P.O.S.

8:30 - 9:00 TROUBLE ANDREW

KAZOOZLE TENT
2:30 - 3:00 KEVIN SECONDS
3:40 - 3:50 DJ PRIME
4:20 - 4:30 DJ PRIME
5:00 - 5:10 DJ PRIME
5:40 - 5:50 DJ PRIME
6:20 - 6:30 DJ PRIME
7:00 - 7:30 DJ SKEET SKEET
8:00 - 8:30 DJ SKEET SKEET
9:00 - 10:00 DJ SKEET SKEET

Getting Bamboozled!

Whoa! Whirlwind past couple of days as we've been gearing up to kick off tomorrow's Bamboozle LEFT...and we must tell you, things are coming together and it's going to be AWESOME. Today we got to spend the day on site before the festival playing with the WONKAvision mirrors. So. Incredibly. Cool. Check this out:
Jessica, our WONKA rep who is heading out on the road got a chance to play with the design applications to explore her creativity. We'll upload her design work later....!

After hanging out on site we headed over to the House of Blues at Downtown Disney in Anaheim for the kick off to Bamboozle -- Hoodwink. Backstage with the bands we overheard one of the members talking about Kazoozles...."This is the best candy ever." Woo hoo! We like it too!


Remember that GOLD CARD we mentioned?? We got on stage with DJ Prime to giveaway our first exclusive membership. We were so thrilled when Mackenzie from Belflower, CA won.


She was so much fun (That's Rotten Cotton from Bamboozle)!

All and all a great day. CANNOT wait to tell you all about tomorrow. Hope to see you there!

One Hour Remaining on Main Stage Bamboozle Auction

For the first time ever, THE BAMBOOZLE LEFT presented by WONKA will be auctioning off one of the festival’s most coveted spots: an appearance on the Main Stage. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to the One Love for Chi foundation to aid in the ongoing medical care of Deftones bass player, Chi Cheng.

The winning band will be awarded a 25 minute time slot on the Bamboozle Left Main Stage, Sunday April 5th from 2:00pm – 2:25pm at the Festival Grounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. This is a tremendous opportunity to share the stage with Deftones, 50 Cent, Taking Back Sunday, Thrice, The Used, Shwayze, The Vandals, Saosin, Ignite, B.o.B., Emmure, The Bled, The Adolescents, and many, many more!The auction kicked off on Friday March 27th at 3pm PST and will end TODAY April 1st at 3pm PST.

Head over to Ebay now to bid on the auction! Time is running out, and we'd love to see you showcasing your innovative talent at Bamboozle -- because believe us, we'll be watching!