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\n\tPerforming live is good for Adam Lazzara<\/strong>\u2019s soul. The Taking Back Sunday singer tells Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Behind the Setlist<\/em> podcast that shutting out the world and losing his sense of time while on stage lifts mental and emotional weight. \u201cIf you can do that again and again and again,\u201d Lazzara says as he exhales deeply, \u201cit\u2019s better than any therapy I\u2019ve found \u2014 and I\u2019ve tried a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOn the road this summer to support the band\u2019s latest album, 152<\/em>, Lazzara has learned how to take better care of himself to endure the rigors of being on the road. Taking Back Sunday\u2019s backstage rider now includes healthier snacks like melons, trail mix instead of Oreo cookies, and coffee. \u201cAnd then water,\u201d he says from a tour stop in sun-scorched Arizona. \u201cThere\u2019s so much water everywhere that it\u2019s just wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLazzara\u2019s mindset was different in his younger years when Taking Back Sunday was establishing itself as a preeminent rock band and had five albums chart in the top 20 of the Billboard 200: Where You Want to Be<\/em> (2004), Louder Now<\/em> (2006), New Again<\/em> (2009), Taking Back Sunday<\/em> (2011) and Happiness Is<\/em> (2014). He says he would call the band\u2019s longtime agent Matt Galle [formerly with Paradigm and now with CAA] and ask him to put them on the road for extended periods. \u201cWe don\u2019t care for [being] home,\u201d Lazzara would say. \u201cKeep us busy. Keep us working.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tFor the current tour, though, the band decided not to tour for more than four or five weeks without a break. Anything longer and \u201creality changes,\u201d says Lazzara, making the transition from touring artist to family man more difficult. \u201cAs the kids get older, the harder it is to be gone and to miss things.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tTaking Back Sunday is taking a break from late June to late July before resuming the tour \u2014 with Citizen as the supporting act \u2014 in Pittsburgh on July 24. The band winds through the Northeast and into Canada for Toronto\u2019s Festival of Beers on July 28 before returning to the States on July 30 in Newport, KY, and heading down to Lake Buena Vista, FL, on Aug. 1. That string of shows ends in New York City on Aug. 18. Then the band travels to Los Angeles to play the Greek Theatre on Aug. 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe final tour dates currently scheduled are Riot Fest in Chicago from Sept. 20-22 and the When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas on Oct. 19-20. At the end of the year, says Lazzara, the band will keep with tradition and perform holiday shows on Long Island, NY, and in New Jersey. \u201cWe\u2019re doing those for sure,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tListen to the entire interview with Adam Lazzara in the embedded Spotify player below, or listen at Spotify<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, iHeart<\/a>, Amazon Music<\/a> or Everand<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n