Matt Nathanson

our friend (and best selling author/nutrition hero) Max Lugavere comes out for a week or so every tour to hang and ride the bus with us. yesterday, i talked him into guest hosting this week’s #wayitusedtobe post and he absolutely ruled it. thank you, max!:

NYC!!! last night was 🔥. some GREAT wheel picks, including: “show me your fangs”, “last days of summer in san francisco”, “modern love” &, during the pre-party, “CONTINUE DREAMING!!” (which i haven’t played since, like, 2001!). and thank u for being so quiet & amazing during “bulletproof weeks”... that song has always been yours. 📸 Lynn Goldsmith Photography ❤️

boston night 1 was fucking magical! the wheel gave us a bunch of good ones tonight, including: “answering machine”, “new coats and new hats” and “detroit waves.” felt like ‘03 up in here! 🔥 📸 -jesse barnett

back in the arms of massachusetts.

oh, north carolina... YOU WERE SO SO SO GOOD!!!! thank you! ❤️ the wheel commanded we play “princess”, “fall to pieces” and “church clothes” to name a few tonight... nice trip down man-folk memory lane 😊 📸 - sarah favalora

nashville, u were so pin drop quiet during “bulletproof weeks” and “bill murray”, i thought i was being punk’d! thank you for such an incredible night... you even sang along to “lucky boy!” 🤯🙌🏼🙌🏼 . 📸 - jon roncolato

i love Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness. he lives his life by an unflappable internal compass. he does things his own way, 1000%... even if it's the more difficult route. he's always been an amazing example of that for me. he’s the #wayitusedtobe guest host today and in true andrew fashion, he puts his own amazing spin on it. this is a hilarious story. i wear boxer-briefs, btw. enjoy! https://instagram.com/p/Bt4o50sgshU/

ended the show in austin last night in the crowd w/aaron doing a huge, campfire sing along version of “suspended.” thank you to everyone who came out to see us... we loved every second of it! 📸 -maggie shirley

the san francisco of the south (and i mean that with all the love i’ve got ❤️)! austin, you beast, i’m in you!

this is pretty badass... “used to be” hit the top 20 this week AND two of my songs were certified gold. 😊 huge thank you to YOU for listening and for making this happen!!! . and big love to Jennifer Nettles , Kristian Bush & Mark Weinberg... my songwriting partners in gold!

‪real, real, real great one last night, orlando!!! thank you for an AMAZING first show of the tour! 🤯🤯🤯🤯‬ ‪.‬ ‪📸 kim rintoul‬

sweet orlando, we are in you! who’s coming?! and what do you want the wheel to demand of us tonight?

new binder, who dis? #wheelofnathanson

taking a break from #wayitusedtobe this week to share some of YOUR posts over on my insta instagram.com/mattnathanson

technically, now, it’s 4 days... already been gone a day. 🛳

it's that time of year again!! vday is coming & to celebrate i just put this limited edition shirt up for pre-order in the webstore (perfect for you OR your valentine): https://store.mattnathanson.com

i'd just put out “show me your fangs.” and spent 4 summers in a row doing outdoor, full band shows (either co-headlining or opening) where a lot of my time on stage was spent playing my better known songs and trying to make an impression on people who maybe didn’t know who i was. don’t get me wrong, i totally loved those tours… but i was super cooked on the shuck and jive part of it. i missed playing stripped down, acoustic songs for a room full of people who didn't mind if i went off on a 10 minute, weird-ass tangent about oven mitts and justin bieber. i got the idea for a “song wheel” tour from elvis costello. i have 10(?) albums worth of songs and, for a bunch of reasons, i play a pretty limited set list most of the time. i have big dreams of being pearl jam or the grateful dead or wilco and playing 80-100 songs a tour with different set lists every night. and while i’m working towards that (slowly), the wheel tour forced me to dig deep into my song catalog and play things i would never normally play (alongside songs i play a lot). it was random, it was fate, and when the wheel spoketh, i obey-eth. so anyway… that Fall, small room, acoustic tour with aaron and me and the song wheel TOTALLY kicked ass. it totally filled me back up and reminded me of how awesome and creative my job is. you all sold the shows out too, which was AMAZING icing on the cake. so amazing, in fact, that we’re doing the whole tour again in a little less than 2 weeks! but that, my friends, is in the future. and we all know that this, right here, is the #wayitusedtobe

hey beautiful people! most of the pre-show meet & greet hangs have sold out (TYVM!). but there are a handful of M&G tickets left for a few of the shows. low tix alert stuff. so if you’ve been thinking about attending, hurry & get ‘em: https://mattnathanson.com/tour 📸 Shawn Robbins Photography

HOW BAD ASS IS THIS GONNA LOOK!?!?! stage rendering for my upcoming (less than 2 weeks from the first show!) acoustic/wheel winter tour. CAN’T WAIT! WHO’S COMING?! ps- i’m the wooden mannequin in the middle.

alright beautiful humans... we’re less than 2weeks out from the start of my acoustic, song-wheel winter tour extravaganza... YAY!! i’m pulling together a master list of all the songs from all my records. which songs are you dying to hear me & aaron tap play, indigo-guys style on this tour? let a brother know!

this weeks #wayitusedotobe guest host is none other than mr. steve west!! i'm not exaggerating when i say that steve west is one of THE BEST HUMANS ON EARTH. i could hang with him for weeks and never get burned out. he is kind, hilarious, has a KILLER pocket (drummer talk) and has written songs that i scream-sing / air drum to like it is my fucking job! i love him and i love this post! check it... https://www.instagram.com/p/BtCMiPMgGEo/

HEY FANS OF AMAZING PODCASTS! pete's right, this was a doozy. an unbelievable hang. i am so glad its up for everyone to listen to. . nothing like two dudes from lexington, mass. crying over the beauty of being powerful, fragile, ever-evolving humans who spend a lot of their money (& time) in therapy. . give it a listen! and thank you, Pete Holmes for having me on and being such an amazing human. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/you-made-it-weird-with-pete-holmes/id475878118?mt=2&i=1000428290338

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