Carlos PenaVega is wanting again at his first time touring nationally with Massive Time Rush and admitted that it was really “actually laborious” having fellow boy band One Path as their opening act.
The singer-actor, who makes up one-fourth of the American pop group alongside Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow and Logan Henderson, lately opened up about his expertise with the British boy band as their openers on the Higher With U Tour in 2012.
“After our present, followers have been outdoors the theater chanting for One Path,” PenaVega recalled on the Unplanned podcast. “That was actually laborious for us.”
He famous that Massive Time Rush’s North American tour was revealed within the fall of 2011, effectively earlier than One Path was added. Nevertheless, sooner or later between the tour announcement and them really hitting the stage, the British group that includes Harry Kinds, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson catapulted in international reputation.
“Our tour was offered out earlier than they bought on. So, they have been there to see us,” PenaVega defined. “But it surely was like The Beatles. It was like a freak of nature. They needed these 5, cute British boys.”
The Nickelodeon alum stated One Path tried to return the favor by asking them to be their opener within the U.Ok., however he admitted that “our egos bought in the best way. We have been like, ‘No. By no means.’”
“Most likely ought to have accomplished it,” PenaVega added. “We have been youngsters. I used to be like 22. It’s laborious to manage your ego at that age.”
Massive Time Rush’s Higher With U Tour adopted the discharge of their second studio album, 2011’s Elevate. It was additionally the group’s first time touring throughout the U.S. and Canada. The tour additionally marked One Path’s first concert events within the U.S. as they’d solely beforehand performed reside within the U.Ok. and Eire. Shortly after, they introduced their headlining Up All Evening Tour to North America.
Whereas One Path finally went on hiatus in 2016 — and have but to return to the stage collectively — Massive Time Rush reunited in 2021 for a string of reveals and launched their fourth studio album, One other Life, in 2023.
