BBMak is back on the road this year as part of the Pop 2000 Tour , but things have changed a lot since their early years as a band — and that includes their tour rider. “Well, there’s fruit now, there’s veggies,” Mark Barry exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting the band’s partnership with Bumble Bee. Christian Burns chimed in to confirm that assessment, adding, “It’s very different from 20 years ago.
There’s fruit, there’s a veggie tray, chips and salsa. We have Bumble Bee stuff. We have the tuna, waters, towels, batteries.
” Barry, 45, explained that he and his bandmates take their well-being much more seriously than they used to, which means cutting back on unhealthy backstage snacks. “We feel a lot leaner and [have] more energy throughout the day because we are mindful of the right choices that we’re making now,” he told Us . “We were having a few beers at the end of the shows and stuff like that.
That accumulation of beers over the weeks of touring does take its toll on your body and you feel a little bit lethargic, but we’ve been having more water now and eating the right foods, and it’s made a big difference.” Back in the day, the BBMak boys kicked back in their dressing room with a few Coronas and some chicken wings, but those days are (mostly) over. “Anything in moderation now,” Barry added.
“We might have a few beers here and there, but more so now we’re on the health side of things a lot more than we were a few years b.