Vacations

Name: Vacations
Start: 2024-07-24T19:30:00-05:00
Location: The Vic Theatre

Schedule

Wed Jul 24 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Vic Theatre | Chicago, IL

Jam Presents
No Place Like Home
VACATIONS
with Alex Lahey solo acoustic

WED, 24 JUL 2024 at 07:30PM CDT
Ages: All Ages
Doors Open: 06:30PM
OnSale: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 at 10:00AM CDT
Announcement: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 at 11:00AM CDT
“Home” is not always a literal place. Sometimes, “home” represents inner peace and simply learning to hold space for yourself. This is where Vacations lead singer and guitarist Campbell Burns has arrived as he and bandmates Jake Johnson, Nate Delizzotti, and Joseph Van Lier release their third LP, No Place Like Home. The new project, produced by Campbell and John Velasquez (Zella Day, Broods), follows an intense period of transformation for Campbell, who was forced to cancel all touring commitments due to COVID restrictions and subsequently came down with a severe bout of writer’s block. After seeking therapy, he was eventually diagnosed with Pure OCD, a subtype of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder marked by intrusive, unwanted, and uncontrollable thoughts. “I began to hit a wall, and then another wall,” Campbell elaborates of this time. “I found it extremely difficult to write anything for years. I didn’t know what Vacations’ voice was anymore, or even my own in a day-to-day sense. I had to find a way to fall back in love with music and so much else in my life, or I knew I would simply cease to exist.”
As the world began to open up, so did Campbell’s vibrant creative spirit. Vacations hit the road for the first time in two years, selling out The Fonda in LA and playing Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, experiences that partially inform No Place Like Home, which also engages in nuanced discussions around mental health, personal growth, and sexuality.

No backpacks, bags, laptops or tablets allowed in the venue. For a full list of prohibited items, please click here.