The Dancing With the Stars tour kicked off in San Diego Wednesday night and Lance Bass couldn’t be happier.

Bass, who toured for a number of years with ‘N Sync, tells PEOPLE his favorite part of being on the road is living on a bus.

“I love, love riding on a tour bus, sleeping on a tour bus. I’m more
comfortable on my tour bus than I am in my actual home. The buses are
so comfortable — much better than when I was on the road with ‘N Sync,”
he says.

Something fans catching the show will love are new costumes and fresh performances by the stars and the pro dancers.

“There are huge costume changes — like every five minutes,” Bass
says. “We’re all changing back there. They’ve outdone themselves. The
show came together so quick and I’m so impressed that everyone could do
it. We had two days off and then boom, we were back. It’s just amazing.”

This time around, Bass says he and partner Lacey Schwimmer
are at ease because “unlike on the show, there’s really no
expectations. Everybody is there to have fun.” The pair team for four
numbers in the production, which also features two musical performances
by Bass’s fellow season 7 contestant, Grammy-winning singer Toni Braxton.

What fans will enjoy most of all, Bass says, “is all the dancing by
the pro dancers. They do these incredible numbers that they really
couldn’t showcase on the TV show. The dancing is over-the-top great. Maks (Chmerkovskiy)
[who choreographed the show] did an amazing job. The choreography is
set to a good variety of music and there’s a good variety of dances.
There’s a lot of group numbers, too, where we’re dancing with the pros
and that makes me feel very inadequate,” he says, laughing. “But
honestly, the show really showcases every dancer, even the celebrities.”

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