{"id":418,"date":"2025-05-16T13:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/doze\/?p=418"},"modified":"2025-06-06T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:21:13","slug":"balancing-rock-with-routine-sleeping-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/doze\/2025\/05\/16\/balancing-rock-with-routine-sleeping-on-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing rock with routine: Sleeping on tour\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lighting up the left field stage of Glastonbury last year, Seb Lowe delivered a politically charged set. The only question left: after such an intense performance, how do you even begin to sleep on tour?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou go from living a normal life to a massive up and down of adrenaline\u201d, Joel Goodwin, the band\u2019s resident drummer, told Doze. \u201cIt makes sleep really unpredictable\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joel Goodwin, Left Stage, Glastonbury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 23-year-old drumming sensation has struggled to find a healthy balance of rock and routine since he joined the band in 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe hardest thing about being on tour is the lack of sleep and the lack of any real stability. Everything’s different all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou could be going to bed at midnight and getting up at seven or going to bed at four and getting up at 11, it’s different every day.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But despite what Joel describes as a \u201csuper intense environment\u201d, four years and five tours in, he thinks he may have found a way of winding down that works for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I first joined the band I would spend all night after a show overthinking my performance, but I\u2019ve found what works for me now is viewing it as a normal job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI finish a gig and do the normal things you would do after you finish work, like making a cup of tea and putting the TV on. I find it really eases the pressure off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But leaving a show and relaxing isn\u2019t always possible, with sleep sometimes taking a backseat in the world of music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the early days we used to go out a lot. We\u2019d be up until silly o\u2019clock in the morning, making an absolute racket, but that doesn\u2019t work for me at all anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven after the last shows I do like to get to bed early. I get quite a lot of grief from my bandmates as expected but I just can’t go from a mad show to a mad night out. Maybe I\u2019m getting old!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But despite trading the \u201cmad nights out\u201d for a relaxed night in, sleep can still come second whilst on tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRegardless of how tired I am after a show I could never walk out of a venue and not meet anyone. It\u2019s part of the job as much as playing the show is and it\u2019s nice to speak to people who are on the side of our music that we aren\u2019t a part of, the receiving side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when the band squeeze up to 15 show dates into two weeks, it can all get too much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI always get really homesick. Once the novelty wears off and you’re plodding along, going through the motions, it can be really tough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I find that what helps is always reminding myself how lucky we are to be able to do what we do, and with every trough comes an even bigger peak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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