This is Tour Diary, where artists give us a behind-the-scenes look at life on the road. In September, Dashboard Confessional hit the road with Boys Like Girls and Taylor Acorn. Bringing together different generations of emo, alternative, and indie-rock fans, Dashboard have been playing plenty of era-spanning cuts, including their latest song, “Watch the Fire,” with Boys Like Girls. Before the band wrap the run at the end of the month, Chris Carrabba gave us a glimpse of their packed shows.
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My treasured friend Adam Duritz popped in for a wellness check in NYC. We chatted about Drug Church, PUP, Santana, Zoe’s new play, Rozwell Kid, Jesse Malin, END IT, direct to consumer flared pants, the endless new everything with my kids. All the things. / Salma Bustos
Singing with a crowd like this, on a stage like this, in full view of a city like this is beyond the scope of what my young self would dare to dream. But I have the pictures to prove it. / Ehud Lazin
New York City was the center of my universe for a long time, but in this picture I am mostly just thinking about coffee. / Salma Bustos
Minneapolis brought a visit from my friends in the band Durry. We had a great hang. Check out their song “Who’s Laughing Now.”
I have been lucky enough to play with so many friends in Dashboard. I’m grateful to have these incredible players and incredible friends on and offstage. / Brian Doherty
Martin Johnson of Boys Like Girls and I wrote the song “Watch the Fire” along with our friend Brandon Paddock in a studio over the course of a few days. My friend Salma Bustos snapped this photo of the two of us seconds before we played it with a full band for the first time ever. / Salma Bustos