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Tour Blog: Michael Buble
Written by . Published: June 29 2010
Granted, there’s almost no place I’d rather be
than on stage performing for 15,000 of my closest personal
friends – something I do most nights of the week.
But that leaves lots more hours in the day and
night while I’m on the road. I’ve just finished up performing
all over Europe, and I knew I didn’t want to get back and not at
least have experienced the different cultures in some of these
beautiful cities where the tour stopped.
I kind of feel like I have two families at this
point – first there’s my regular family: parents, grandparents,
sisters, and close friends in Vancouver. I have all the same
friends that I’ve had since I was five years old. My fiancée, LuisanaLopilato, travels with me when she’s not
acting back in Argentina. I also have different family
members come out and visit me – all of which prevents me from
getting too homesick. When I’m in Vancouver, I’m happy to
just lounge about, have my grandma cook for me. And by the way,
there was no meal in Italy that was better than what grandma makes
for me - no disrespect to all the fine Italian
chefs.
Then I have my touring family: the band, the
technical people, and everyone who contributes to putting the show
together. We take our backstage ping pong matches very seriously.
It gets a little violent sometimes... So, when I’m on the
road, I miss my Vancouver family, but when I’m back at home, I miss
my touring family.
But back to my European travels. I kind of like
relaxing in my hotel room, but I also like to go out and explore .
There’s often strange men with cameras waiting for me, which
makes a quiet stroll slightly difficult. I think one of the
places I loved the most was Antwerp, Belgium. But just having
a wonderful meal with Lu and going back to our room and renting a
movie is my idea of the perfect evening when I’m not on stage.
I’m kind of a homebody. Maybe I make it look really easy on
stage, but I take my job seriously, and that means getting rest,
training like an athlete, and eating right. But I often wonder
whether it’s possible for grandma to FedEx me some meatballs now
and then.
(Image via Warner Bros.
Records)
Michael Bublé is a Grammy Award-winning
singer/songwriter originally from Burnaby, British Columbia. All
four of his studio albums have gone Platinum, and he has just
kicked off the U.S. leg of his "Crazy Love" tour. More info and
tour dates can be found at www.michaelbuble.com/tourdates