If you follow Midland on social media, you may have noticed that bassist Cameron Duddy had been showing up pants-less a lot recently. According to lead singe Mark Wystrach, there is a good explanation. After a cold winter spent touring mostly in the northeast and Midwest, the guys had some time off in beautiful, sunny, Pensacola, Florida, and they spent it on the white sand beaches, enjoying the weather. Mark says, “There was some oil that we bought, like a tanning oil, and long story short, Cameron had not been in the sun, and Jess, for a long, long time and they were exposed to about six hours of Florida white sand beach sun and they literally gave themselves sun poisoning.”
According to Mark, Cam, especially, was so sunburned that his skin was literally swelling. He says, “These guys could not get any relief. So there’s a video of Cam rubbing aloe, about every hour he would just pull his pants down and just start rubbing aloe everywhere he could. These guys were miserable for about seven days after that.”
Because someone always has a phone out capturing content for social media, that’s why we saw Cameron pants-less more than once on Instagram and Facebook. Mark says fans should let this be a lesson. “Sun block. Put your sun block on and don’t try to jump right back into full summer tan in one session.”
Midland, whose debut single, “Drinkin’ Problem” is top ten and continuing to climb, will be spending several days in August on the road with Kenny Chesney, who can probably give them a few tips on how to enjoy the beach and the sun safely.
Midland – sunburn advisory 1:12
Mark Wystrach – “This was a particularly dark and cold winter and we were on tour mostly through the northeast and the east and the Midwest. And sure enough, we find ourselves in Pensacola, Florida, white sand beaches with an entire afternoon off about six weeks ago. And we went out to the beach and there was some oil that we bought, like a tanning oil, and long story short, Cameron had not been in the sun, and Jess, for a long, long time and they were exposed to about six hours of Florida white sand beach sun and they literally gave themselves sun poisoning.”
Jess Carson – “It’s true.”
Mark – “And got sunburned so bad that their skin was swelling. And these guys could not get any relief. So there’s a video of Cam rubbing aloe, about every hour he would just pull his pants down and just start rubbing aloe everywhere he could. These guys were miserable for about seven days after that.”
Jess – “A lot of pain.”
Mark – “Yeah, it was pretty funny. So kids out there, sun block, sun block. Put your sun block on and don’t try to jump right back into full summer tan in one session.”