When Sugarland first started touring, they shared a tour bus, and according to Kristian Bush, their world was always co-ed.  In fact, he remembers the first CMA Awards they played, “It was at Madison Square Garden, and they separated us. There was like the women’s dressing room and the men’s dressing room. And I was the only person kind of uniquely confused. I was like, but I hang out with her she’s in my band but I have to go over here with these guys.”

So when the time came for Jennifer and Kristian to get their own tour buses, Kristian says, “Suddenly it was just me and my brother and we were like, we don’t think we’ve ever had a man bus on a Sugarland tour.  What’s this like? And of course, our version of man bus is like facial hair and martinis and … It’s a cool bus. It smells good. Which you wouldn’t think it would. Man Bus does smell good.”

Kristian is enjoying traveling around the country on Man Bus on the Still the Same Tour, which will run through September, while their latest single, “Babe,” just entered the top 20 and is continuing to climb the charts.

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Kristian Bush – “We joke in my world on my bus that it was called Man Bus because you gotta remember that when Jennifer and I started there weren’t a lot of coed bands. So, I remember our first CMA’s that we did in New York, it was at Madison Square Garden, and they separated us. There was like the women’s dressing room and the men’s dressing room. And I was the only person kind of uniquely confused. I was like, but I hang out with her she’s in my band but I have to go over here with these guys. So, we were always a coed environment. It was a very telling moment when Jennifer and I finally were like, let’s go ahead and try out our own buses. It was time, right. So we did it, and suddenly it was just me and my brother and we were like, we don’t think we’ve ever had a man bus on a Sugarland tour.  What’s this like? And of course, our version of man bus is like facial hair and martinis and…

Jennifer Nettles – “Man bus is a cool bus.”

Kristian – “It’s a cool bus. It smells good. Which you wouldn’t think it would. Man Bus does smell good.”