Blender’s Heat-Seeking, Sweat-Dripping, Pool-Hopping Summer Music Blowout

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Spunky frontgirl Hayley Williams holds forth on flying condoms and puppy piss.
 
Where are you, and what can you see?
We’re on tour in Birmingham, Alabama, and I can see my grandma. We live three hours from here, so we invited all our friends and family down—Granny included. It’s a party!

What’s the worst thing ever thrown at you onstage?
A condom. Opened, unwrapped. I was wearing a tank top and it stuck to my sweaty chest—I think there’s a video on YouTube. I just pray it was unused.

Do you enforce the “no number 2 on the bus” rule?
You have to. The first bus we ever had, everyone was really careful. Then we got on after Warped Tour one day, and some dude from some sponsorship tent came onto our bus and decided to do his thing. I was so bummed out. When someone takes a crap on a bus you smell it for hours.

What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without showering?
I never shower on the road. I knew it was bad when I still wasn’t showering at home. I was like, I have my own bathroom—what am I doing?

Ever peed in a swimming pool?
When I was little. I haven’t in a really long time. Although recently we were swimming in the Atlantic, me and the band, and I’m pretty sure every single one of us peed. It was a great bonding experience. When else am I gonna get the chance to pee with the guys?

What’s the most extravagant thing on your rider?
We used to put a puppy on there, just in case someone was generous. Although we had a tour dog once, and it wasn’t very good. It pissed everywhere.

Why should we leave our air-conditioned McMansion to come see you play this summer?
It’s gonna be a blast! The last three summers we’ve played the full Warped Tour, but this year we’re only playing one week, so we’re gonna jam-pack a whole summer into seven days. It’s gonna be a whole lot of not showering.

Paramore are on the Warped Tour this summer.