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〜ロビー／グー・グー・ドールズの「ROBBY'S LOBBY」〜
日本人の奥さんを持つ根っからの親日家ベーシスト、ロビーがバンドの近況やいろんな情報を教えてくれる人気コラム「ROBBY'S
LOBBY」！誌面から1月遅れで彼が執筆した英文ママの掲載です。 Hey Hey In Rockers and welcome to The Lobby, our monthly meet up here in the pages of the almighty InRock, today coming to you from Tampa, Florida! We’re about 6 weeks into the Goo Goo Dolls 2026 Summer Tour here in the US. My daughter Hana has been out with the tour for the past 5 weeks, riding on the bus along with us and spending the days backstage at the shows hanging with her “band cousins”! My daughter has known most of the other kids on the tour for most of her life, it’s really a cool situation as we travel around the country seeing landmarks, museums, amusement parks and such on the days off between shows! Among the things we did was visit the iconic Mount Rushmore, tubed down a river in Oregon, went to see a Milwaukee Brewers baseball game from the owner’s box and saw The Odyssey in IMAX in California, oh yeah, and did about 20 rock shows as well! It’s been a hot, hot summer here in the US, most of the summer tours here in the US are at outdoor amphitheaters, but luckily a bunch of the shows have been in indoor arenas so we’ve gotten some break from the heat. The opening band on the tour this summer is the band Neon Trees, they’re doing a great job warming the crowd up for us every night and are a pleasure to travel with. High energy bands, high energy songs, and a great attitude make for an amazing package! Night after night the crowds have been super excited and ready to sing along with us, we have 9 shows left on this run as of this evening! A couple of nights ago we did a short show at The KultureBall Gala, a high-end fundraiser organized by the non-profit KultureCity, the organization helps out with individuals challenged by sensory needs and invisible disabilities. The event was in Birmingham Alabama at a cool old dance hall/theater and was hosted by actors Ken Jeong and Kristin Bell! We had a great time performing for these folks and helping raise money and awareness for this worthwhile cause! My wife Miyoko’s US tour with Osaka’s Shonen Knife wound up this week after 29 dates around the US with Australia’s Men at Work, and Santa Barbara’s Toad the Wet Sprocket as well as a handful of “Osaka Ramones” solo dates completed with 2 shows in Nampa, Idaho and Spokane, Washington unfortunately cancelled due to wildfires during the trip! Everyone made the shows safely and Tom Peterson from Cheap Trick even stopped out to say hello at a show! I’ve included some pics from the SK tour with Colin from Men at Work and Tom from Cheap Trick in the column! Shonen Knife is off to Australia for a tour soon, continuing to move forward with their amazing career entertaining folks and making the world smile in their own special way. Goo Goo Dolls will be out for the next couple of weeks finishing up this leg of the summer tour and then we have a series of festivals to perform at including the Ocean Calling Festival, The See Hear Now Festival and a performance at the F1 Race in Singapore! I look forward to saying hello next month when we gather together again here in the lobby, I look forward to catching up again and continuing this decades old relationship we’ve built over the years!
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