The guys in Old Dominion are keeping themselves pretty busy leading up to the August 25th release date of their new album Happy Endings. They are on the road playing a ton of show dates where fans get see them perform their Top 10 hit “No Such Thing As A Broken”–which continues to climb the charts. Along with their fair and festival shows, and joining up with Kenny Chesney at the end of the month for a show at Gillette Stadium, Old Dominion is playing their dive bar shows. They have partnered with premium light lager brand Bud Light to provide fans with a chance to see the guys in very intimate settings for the rest of the month. It started with a show at the Blue Bar Nashville, with the next stop being at Harvard & Stone in LA, with 5 more dive shows to follow.

After getting their start in dive bars on small stages, and then moving to larger venues…and larger stages, downsizing again has it challenges. Old Dominion bassist Geoff Sprung says “”It’s almost more complicated to go backwards to the small stages. We were doing all these small stages night after night, and then they got bigger, and logistically that became a nightmare until you settle in, and then all of a sudden you’re dealing with a stage that is maybe 15 feet wide tops, and you’re trying to cram all this extra stuff on…I remember on the first show going ‘where are all the guitars gonna to go? There’s no room on stage for the guitars.'” But band mat and Old Dominion drummer Whit Sellers says “Beyond all the production logistics concerns I feel like…when we played that one show the other night, it felt completely natural and normal. It didn’t feel weird (laugh), it felt like literally we just played at the Blue Bar…to me like a month ago, felt no different at all.” Geoff joking added “Except there were people there.”

If you want to check out Old Dominion’s regular tour schedule, you can head to Old Dominion Band dot com or just click HERE

If you want more info, about the Dive Bar shows, you can click HERE for more details and to register for tickets.

Date               Venue                                    City, State

8/15                Harvard & Stone                    Los Angeles, CA

8/22               Bub City                                  Chicago, IL

8/23               Backforty Saloon                   Grand Rapids, MI

8/28               McCarthy’s Downtown         Cleveland, OH

8/29               The Drinkery                         Cincinnati, OH

8/30               Arlene’s Grocery                   New York, NY

Fans who are able to gain access to each special show will get a first listen of Old Dominion’s highly anticipated sophomore album, Happy Endings, which comes out during the run of the Old Dominion Bud Light Dive Bar Shows.

Pre-Order or Pre-Save Happy Endings HERE.

  Geoff and Trevor from Old Dominion talk about moving from larger stages back to small stages for their dive bar shows. (:40)
Geoff: “It’s almost more complicated to go backwards
Trevor: (laugh)
Geoff: “to the small stages. We were doing all these small stages night after night, and then they got bigger, and logistically that became a nightmare until you settle in, and then all of a sudden you’re dealing with a stage that is maybe 15 feet wide tops, and you’re trying to cram all this extra stuff on.”
Trevor: “Yeah, we have a crew that is well rehearsed to take our equipment into a big stage”
Geoff: “Yeah”
Trevor: “and immediately get it set up, and everything runs. So, yeah, now we have to logistically figure out”
Geoff: “Yeah”
Trevor: “how to…what equipment we can bring in there.”
Geoff: “yeah, we did the first one, I remember on the first show going ‘where are all the guitars gonna to go? There’s no room on stage for the guitars.'”

  Whit from Old Dominion shares that going back to smaller venues felt natural, band mates Trevor agrees, but Geoff does point out one difference. (:21)
Whit: “Beyond all the production logistics concerns I feel like…when we played that one show the other night, it felt completely natural and normal. It didn’t feel weird (laugh), it felt like literally we just played at the Blue Bar…to me”
Trevor: “Yeah”
Whit: “Like a month ago”
Trevor: “I hear ya actually”
Whit: “Felt no different at all”
Trevor: “I totally agree.”
Geoff: “Except there were people there”
Whit: “Yeah there were people there”
Trevor: (laugh)
Whit: “Enjoying the music”