Elizabeth Nichols: I Don't Kiss & Tell, I Kiss & Tour

“I Don’t Kiss & Tell, I Kiss & Tour” is a country set now running at Mercury Lounge in New York City, with featured performer Elizabeth Nichols. Framed as a live club performance, it follows the touring life as material: nights on the road, small confessions, and the practical costs of keeping a show moving. The Mercury Lounge setting matters, placing a traditionally Southern-rooted genre inside a downtown NYC venue better known for indie lineups. One clear throughline is how the piece treats touring as labor, not lore.