{"id":6098,"date":"2025-10-21T15:59:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/lives-best-moments-from-the-summer-unity-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:59:05","slug":"lives-best-moments-from-the-summer-unity-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/lives-best-moments-from-the-summer-unity-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Live\u2019s Best Moments from the Summer Unity Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/10\/PHOTO-LIVE-Band-Picture-Hunter-Levy-copy-scaled.jpeg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>+LIVE+ (Photo Credit: Hunter Levy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Live and Collective Soul both made massive hits in the 1990s, but it\u2019s in the 21st century that the two veteran alternative bands have become a successful package deal on the road, first co-headlining a tour in 2008 and then reuniting this year for the Summer Unity Tour. The two bands played 30 dates from coast to coast throughout July and August, with openers Our Lady Peace and Greylin James Rue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tour wrapped up a few weeks ago with a date in Grantville, Pennsylvania, just an hour from York, where Ed Kowalczyk became Live\u2019s lead singer over 40 years ago. Before Live heads back out to play shows in Michigan and Ohio this month, <em>SPIN<\/em> reached Kowalczyk via email to find out about some of his favorite memories from spending the summer of 2025 on the road. \u201cThere were so many highlights and nights to remember on our tour with Collective Soul,\u201d Kowalczyk says. \u201cI felt so energized and inspired the whole time; morning, noon and night for eight weeks straight. The rapport and the vibes backstage were so chill between the crew and bands.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/10\/sick-new-world-fest-reborn\/\">Sick New World Fest Reborn In Vegas, Fort Worth<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/10\/tame-impala-sound-check\/\">Tame Impala Unveils New Tunes On \u2018Sound Check\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/10\/rosalia-new-album\/\">Rosal\u00eda Readies \u2018LUX\u2019 For November Release<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-biking-and-flying-a-drone-in-nashville\">1. Biking and flying a drone in Nashville<\/h2>\n<p>Kowalczyk was impressed by the site of Live and Collective Soul\u2019s Nashville show on August 10th, the FirstBank Amphitheater, which reminded him of Colorado\u2019s most famous music venue. \u201cThe venue in Tennessee was dug out of a quarry; it has a super surreal Red Rocks vibe at night,\u201d he says. \u201cI flew my drone around there and got some incredible footage. It was a great summer and we got very lucky with the weather which meant we could all be outside at the venues riding electric bikes and taking it all in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-the-fans-who-brought-the-whole-family\">2. The fans who brought the whole family<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI have to say, the best part of the whole experience for me was seeing the new generation of young fans every night,\u201d says Kowalczyk, who left Live in 2009 and rejoined the band in 2014, finding that many of the band\u2019s original fans now have kids that they bring to the shows. \u201cI met so many people who introduced me to their kids and said, \u2018This is so-and-so\u2019s first concert, and it had to be Live.\u2019\u00a0It was such an emotional jubilee every night, its hard to put into words.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-the-grub-in-missouri\">3. The grub in Missouri<\/h2>\n<p>One of the things about touring life that many musicians relish is the chance to sample cuisine around the country, and Kowalczyk fondly remembers the food and the wine in St. Louis the week that the band played the Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in nearby Ridgedale, Missouri. \u201cMy favorite dining experience was at the Capital Grille in St. Louis on a day off. It was directly across the street from the hotel, so I popped over by myself and settled in,\u201d he says. \u201cMy first course was a huge plate of Utz style potato chips with a bowl of gourmet chip dip and a blob of caviar on top; I inhaled it and washed it, and 3 dozen oysters, down with an entire bottle of Whispering Angel Rose\u2026I walked out at 4pm.\u00a0 Best meal and most rock-starrish day drinking day I had on the tour; unforgettable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-embracing-the-texas-roots-of-live-s-current-lineup\">4. Embracing the Texas roots of Live\u2019s current lineup<\/h2>\n<p>Kowalczyk is the only remaining member of Live\u2019s original Pennsylvania-based lineup, and all of his bandmates are now Texans: keyboardist Nick Jay, guitarist Zak Loy, bassist Chris Heerlein, and drummer Johnny Radelat. That made the tour\u2019s string of August dates in Irving, Houston, and Austin into a special occasion for Live.\u00a0 \u201cAll of the Texas shows were bananas and it felt like the band really reconnected deeply there,\u201d Kowalczyk says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Live will continue performing across North America well into 2026, including a tour of Canada with Big Wreck that begins in February. 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