When it comes to their live shows, Midland says the artist that inspires them the most is Bruce Springsteen.  “What he does night in and night out is he pours his soul out and there is no inauthentic part of that man,” says Mark Wystrach.  “And he gives it all. And that’s the goal, is to do that and then do it at a very high caliber of music.”

In addition to leaving it all on the stage every night, Midland takes seriously their responsibility to transport their fans, with their lives shows, to a place where they can forget about the stress of everyday life for a couple of hours. “This world is full of a lot of bad stuff and stressful stuff,” says Mark.  “Even when life is good life can be very stressful. Right? With your mortgages, your kids, girlfriends, boyfriends, breakups, you name it. Paying your taxes! And that’s the idea, is that when you come to a show, you should be completely immersed in it. And it is our duty to distract people away from all of the things that are maybe tough in their life and to inspire them maybe.”

At the end of the night, after fans watch Midland perform their latest single, “Burn Out,” and the rest of their songs, they want fans to walk away feeling like they got their money’s worth.  “And that’s the ultimate goal every time,” says Mark, and he would argue, “There’s nobody better than Bruce Springsteen in doing that.”

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Mark Wystrach – “What he does night in and night out is he pours his soul out and there is no inauthentic part of that man. And he gives it all. And that’s the goal, is to do that and then do it at a very high caliber of music and to provide entertainment and the humor and to distract people. This world is full of a lot of bad stuff and stressful stuff. Even when life is good life can be very stressful. Right? With your mortgages, your kids, girlfriends, boyfriends, breakups, you name it. Paying your taxes! And that’s the idea, is that when you come to a show, you should be completely immersed in it. And it is our duty to distract people away from all of the things that are maybe tough in their life and to inspire them maybe. And just maybe take them another place, even if it’s for an hour or for three hours, and to let them walk away feeling like, ‘Wow, those guys, we got our money’s worth.’ And that’s the ultimate goal every time. There’s nobody better than Bruce Springsteen in doing that.”

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