Cheers!
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Midland’s The Last Resort Cruise kicked off with a tequila toast (the band partners with the Insolito brand) and a sail-away performance by the group: bassist Cameron Duddy, guitarist Jess Carson, and singer Mark Wystrach.
Midland’s The Last Resort Cruise kicked off with a tequila toast (the band partners with the Insolito brand) and a sail-away performance by the group: bassist Cameron Duddy, guitarist Jess Carson, and singer Mark Wystrach.
Midland bassist Cameron Duddy took the pool-deck stage with a T-shirt tied around his head and an open Hawaiian shirt revealing a day of too much fun in the sun.
Orville Peck, the masked country crooner, delivered his own mesmerizing performances and also joined Midland to debut a new collaboration: “The Hurting Kind,” off Peck’s upcoming album.
Wherever he went on the Norwegian Pearl, Orville Peck was wearing one of his signature masks. At a welcome party on Day 1, it was a tan covering; photographed backstage here, he sports a Lone Ranger style black mask.
Midland marked their 10-year anniversary as a band — formed in 2014 at Cam Duddy’s wedding in Jackson Hole, Wyoming — with a panel discussion hosted by Rolling Stone.
Jaime Wyatt played songs off her latest album ‘Feel Good,’ a mix of acoustic guitar numbers and moody keyboard compositions that had fans swaying from the music (not the waves).
All three members of Midland were ubiquitous aboard the ship, especially Mark Wystrach, who mingled with fans, crashed the stages of other artists, and, according to him, lost $1,200 on a single hand of blackjack in the casino.
Madeline Edwards set sail just days before her birthday and garnered a navy’s worth of new fans who were wowed by her huge voice and the songs off her latest album, ‘Crashlanded.’
Midland’s Mark Wystrach — inexplicably shirtelss — and an Urban Cowboy-styling Cameron Duddy faced off with fans in a game of flip cup on the main deck.
Kaitlin Butts was dazzling in a sparkly, beaded dress during her pool-deck performance, a rousing set that included songs like “Marfa Lights” and covers of Kesha’s “Hunt You Down” and the Chicks’ “Sin Wagon.”
Stephen Wilson Jr. played songs off his heralded double album ‘Son of Dad’ in the ship’s Stardust Theater. Among the highlights: the autobiographical “My Father’s Son.”
Nikki Lane hosted “Nikki Lanes,” a night of bowling in the ship’s alley, and rolled a strike with her own ferocious live set backed by the Texas Gentlemen.
Silverada — the Texas band formerly known as Mike and the Moonpies — debuted songs from their upcoming self-titled album in a high-energy show that found singer Mike Harmeier getting back-to-back with bassist Omar Oyoque.
Cleto Cordero led his band Flatland Cavalry (recently nominated for their first ACM Award) through a series of songs off their latest album, ‘Wandering Star,’ during their “High Seas Jamboree.”
Midland’s guitarist (and game-for-anything straight man) Luke Cutchen cut holes in a bandanna and masked up to sit in with Jonathan Terrell, whose daily shows at Magnum’s were some of the most freewheeling of the cruise.
Midland’s The Last Resort Cruise sailed from Miami to Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.