Valencia’s live-music story is getting the spotlight it deserves—and it’s coming at you in full-frame fury. Valencia Rocks! , the new exhibition from British-born, Valencia-based photographer Rhyan Paul , is a love letter to the Valencian Communities sweat-soaked gigs and underground scenes. With 25 years of chasing amps and adrenaline across Europe, Paul turns every print into a ringing chord of pure rock memory. Forty arresting images pull you straight to the barricade—Simple Minds mid-anthem, Marky Ramone pounding the kit, Aitana glowing under stage lights, plus Europe, Def Con Dos, Chrissie Hynde, Powerwolf, Arde Bogotá, Hanabie, Seguridad Social, Lendakaris Muertos, Búhos, and a whole roster of hometown heroes. A multimedia presentation floods the gallery with sound and motion, so you don’t just see the music—you feel it. Where to Catch It: Cullera Botanical Gardens – Opening night Sept 21 with live sets by Juan Pablo Mazzola and Llobarros, followed by a communal paella feast. Runs through Oct 19. Valencia Airport – Oct 23 – Nov 26, greeting locals and jet-setters alike. Online – Full virtual gallery coming soon at rhyanpaul.com . Limited-edition prints are on sale, with part of every purchase benefiting Save the Children España —proof that rock can still save the world. Backing the whole blowout includes Rock Bottom Magazine, White Camino, The Music Mole, Exile Magazine, and a who’s-who of cultural heavyweights. Whether you’re a gig rat, a shutterbug, or just someone who believes a great riff can change a night, Valencia Rocks! is a front-row ticket to the city’s loudest, proudest soundtrack. Check out: Rhyan Paul Tickets for the inauguration: Movingtickets

Shaun Ryder is the wild man of British music — a poet of the streets, a madcap frontman, and a survivor. As the voice of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, he brought a raw, chaotic energy to the ‘Madchester’ scene, blending punk attitude with dancefloor swagger. Unfiltered, unpredictable, and undeniably iconic — Ryder is the rebel bard of rave culture. I caught up with him last week, before he and the Happy Mondays embark on their Spanish tour. Hi Shaun, how are you doing? Yeah Rhyan, I’m all good how are you?  All good! So, you guys are coming over to Valencia at the end of September to perform at Visorfest and I can honestly say they buzz about the Happy Mondays playing here is off the chart!  The last time I think you played here was 1989. Nice!! Yeah I’ve not been to Valencia for years! I don’t think the last time I was there was ’89 – we might have played there then. But the last time I was there was the early 2000’s. which is still 25 years ago!  I can imagine it’s changed a lot since then.   “The Happy Mondays helped define the Madchester scene — do you ever feel proud of being a cultural architect, or do you just see it as a lot of chaos that happened by accident?” Oooh! Well, I’m very proud of what we have done and it’s definitely better than being a crackhead waste of space!  Seriously though, it really wasn’t by accident – we might have played hard but we fucking worked harder.  I don’t think at the start some of the band members realised what that work entailed! At the end of the day we are an Indie band and we were getting publicity like we were a major record label band. We made our own way with a bit of help from Factory records, so really I am really proud of what we have done.   Is the pigeon story true? Ha Ha oh yeah! I was a kid, I was 15 and a junior post boy and we used to eat our dinner in St Peters Square and the pigeons used to fucking try and rob our food. So me and my mate decided one day to get a load of rat poison and teach the pigeons a lesson  for trying to steal our KFC off us. So we put some rat poison in bits of chicken and chips and threw it at the pigeons. The next day the headline on the front of the Manchester Evening News read “Sick Maniacs Poison Pigeons” – that was 1978 and I think was my second newspaper headline before the Happy Mondays took off.   “If the Happy Mondays had started in 2025 instead of 1980, what would that band even look like? Would you be banned from Spotify before you hit the charts?” Im really not sure what Spotify is all about! My kids do, but I haven’t got a clue!  Would we be banned?  I don’t know – but what we did was make our own publicity, Factory was a small label and they didn’t have money to advertise or pay for publicity. So me and Bez did it all ourselves, the rest of the band didn’t maybe understand that the publicity part was just as important. So me and Bez got full colour reviews and PR in magazines by being ourselves and having a laugh and not taking it too seriously. When we started it was a different time  - if Bros had admitted to smoking weed they would have been dropped by the label and you would have never heard of them again.  But we took pills, smoked weed, we didn’t give a fuck! We wasn’t  hiding it from our mum, we wasn’t worried about a knock on the door. We grew up with the Sex Pistols and the Rolling Stones and inappropriate behaviour. We might have had learning difficulties but we certainly knew how to play the game. Now with social media and everything else, its just a digital version of the same thing – you make up shit on it, just the same as what we did back in the day.   “When you look at today’s music scene, do you see any bands with that same danger, that same madness, that you lot had in the late 80s and early 90s?” Not really, you are not allowed to have that anymore. It’s gone back to the days of “The Brotherhood Of Man”, all very nice out there and if anyone is a bit off their nut it just pushes it all underground. Record labels get frightened of real people, you got all these daft cunts on the videos now showing themselves taking drugs and doing robberies and all that shite on social media.  If a record label saw that, they would run a mile! They don’t want to know, they would be frightened to death. So, they go and sign up the safest thing and it’s all the same. But there are still great bands out there, Rock and Roll bands. It’s just not Rock and Roll as we would think of it. I really haven’t got a clue what actually is going on, but my Lad is 32 years old and in the music game and he knows all the bands and DJ’s and whats current. But me, I haven’t got a fucking clue! I just listen to the same shit as I always have! I put Absolute Radio on or Gold, I can’t do 6 Music – I like what I have always liked! Not only that I cant remember the names of these new bands! It’s like Manchester and Liverpool have always had plenty of talent, the entertainment world, acting, music, TV. These two places will always carry on doing that, it’s a breed of people.   “You’ve been through every label and box people tried to put you in — ‘lad’, ‘junkie poet’, ‘working-class hero’ — which one pisses you off the most?” Er, none of them really, I  mean, now they call me a national treasure and I will take that over smack head any day! National smack head or national treasure, I know which I prefer! Its good having nice things said about you, whether you believe it or not!  But National Treasure gets given out too easy, you know what I mean?  Someone like Fatima Whitbread is a National fucking Treasure, not me!    Nowadays there is a snobbery in Music, Especially in Manchester – but we are still playing shows, getting paid and we love it more than ever. And we do a bit of television, which puts young punters on our doorstep at festivals. Our fan age range now goes from 9 to 99 – maybe because of mine and Bez’s exploits into TV, which some of those “Muso Kids” who write things in magazines don’t like!  We might just be some lads from Salford, but we know how to play the game.   “What’s the wildest myth about the Mondays that you secretly wish was true?” Secretly wished was true? Fuck me, I don’t know! Im not even sure about the myths – at the time we were all off our boxes! Now we are all in our 60’s and we are fucking pensioners!   “Does being sober make gigs easier, or does it ever feel like you’re missing the chaos?” I haven’t felt like I am missing out for years. Im 63 next week. When I hit 40 that’s when it was time for me to knock it all on the head. My kids – the youngest is 16 and the oldest is 35 – when my kids started growing up and understanding things it was time for Dad to stop acting like he had been acting and stop doing what he had been doing.  When I hit 40 I realised it was time to fucking grow up! I’ve been clean for 23 fucking years! I still like a pint and I do like a cold Corona. I’ve knocked the spirits on the head, but a nice cold beer…….   “You’re known for saying whatever the fuck you think — in this hyper-cancel era, does that make you feel more like a dinosaur or more like a necessary rebel?” Well its makes me wonder why the fuck haven’t I been cancelled!   “If you could swap places with Bez for a week — no microphones, just the maracas — what would you do differently?” I would stay in for a week and put my fucking feet up! He hasn’t stayed in for a week since about 1986! He might be 60 something, but he doesn’t know he isn’t still 21!   “ You’ve survived heroin, fame, insolvency, reality TV, UFOs… so what actually scares Shaun Ryder these days?” Teenage fucking daughters! Fucking lads, no problem. Teenage daughters… Fucking hell!!!!   “Do you think aliens would get the Happy Mondays, or would they just send us back the tapes and tell us to try harder?” Don’t tell anyone but aliens heard the Happy Mondays years ago and they sort of got it!   “If you had to sum up the Happy Mondays’ entire career in one smell — what smell would it be?” Fucking hell! ADH fucking D!!!!! What does chaotic smell like?   Bez in three words Bez is Bez.  There are no fucking words – Bez is Bez!!! He is a character out of the Magic Roundabout!!!   First record you ever bought? It was two LP’s, I didn’t buy them, I stole them. In our part of Salford, this is going back  to 1973, they built a massive football sized supermarket. I mean they are everywhere now, but in 1973 there was nothing like it and it was called Scan.They set it up like a massive corner shop.  They had a couple of security guards on the door and that is! They had tents set up in there, they sold everything, air rifles, records, cream cakes, beer and food. So we used to go in and get a load of cream cakes, go to the booze and get a load of booze and then go to where the tents were in the display and sit in a tent, drink the booze and eat the cakes. At the time I had a Parka coat which I had cut the lining to take LP’s  - so the first records I got was “Pin ups“ and “Hunky Dora” by David Bowie and “Every Picture Tells A Story” by Rod Stewart. Oasis or Blur? Oh come one!  They are both amazing fucking bands – brilliant writers, great frontmen, just yeah! So, I’m not going there!   Whats the best insult you have ever been called? You know what, the one good thing about me is I cant remember things so I never get embarrassed about things that happened the night before! I grew up being insulted, so I cant remember!   And finally, as I mentioned at the start – so many people are looking forward to seeing you at Visorfest. What can we tell the fans? Hello fans in Valencia! Can’t fucking wait to get there! Not been there for 25 years, so we just can’t wait to be there and see you all. We enjoy it more than ever now and I am not just saying that, you will see it in the performance. Shaun, thank you and see you at Visorfest! Yes, come and say hello and see you there! Check out the Happy Mondays and for Valencia tickets and information: Visorfest Interview: Rhyan Paul Photo: Paul Husand

Fazerdaze, the dream-pop project led by New Zealand multi-instrumentalist Amelia Murray, is currently on tour as the opening act for alternative rock legends Pixies. This run marks Fazerdaze’s first-ever U.S. tour. The seventh stop brought Fazerdaze to Austin, Texas, where fans braved triple-digit heat to catch the early evening set. Despite the weather, the crowd was met with a performance that highlighted Fazerdaze’s signature blend of intimate synth arrangements, guitar, and airy, melodic vocals. The setlist spanned Murray’s career, featuring selections from her 2017 debut album Morningside, her 2022 EP Break!, and her sophomore full-length Soft Power. The mix offered both longtime listeners and new fans a well-rounded introduction to Fazerdaze’s evolving sound. Fazerdaze continues on tour with Pixies in the weeks ahead, with stops scheduled in Houston, Chicago, Nashville, and more bringing dreamy pop textures to audiences across the country. Words and photos: Logan Lazorka

Forget the beach clubs and tapas tours—this October, Elche is trading siestas for sweat-drenched chaos. Oasis Elche Music Fest 2025 isn’t just a festival, it’s a full-blown takeover of the UMH parking lot , two nights where indie heroes, pop poets, and rock misfits are about to turn the asphalt into holy ground. Friday, October 10th rips open with Mikel Izal, the voice of a generation who’s mastered the art of making heartbreak sound like revolution. Dani Fernández keeps the pulse racing, while cosmic drifter Carlos Sadness laces his set with neon-colored melancholy. Then comes the party cannon—La La Love You, Veintiuno, Mujeres, Aiko El Grupo—bands built to turn choruses into shrapnel. And when the guitars fade, Wisemen Project and REM DJs drag you deep into the afterhours, where the only religion left is bass. Saturday, October 11th, the festival pulls its knockout punch. Rozalén arrives like a storm—political, poetic, and unstoppable—before legends Duncan Dhu remind everyone why their songs still echo through Spanish rock history. From there it’s a fever dream of indie brilliance: Siloé’s lush soundscapes, Xoel López’s soulful wanderings, Sexy Zebras’ chaos, and Maren’s haunting pop. Underground firepower comes from La Plata, La 126, and Becarios, while Isaac Corrales and NeoVerbeneo make sure the night burns until dawn. This isn’t a festival polished for Instagram. It’s raw, messy, and real—a two-day high wired straight into the city’s bloodstream. Oasis Elche is where nostalgia collides with the now, where legends share the stage with the restless new blood. For more information and tickets: Oasis Elche Fest

Valencia is about to turn its Marina Norte into a three-day pressure cooker of sweat, sound, and street culture. From October 24 to 26 , VESO 2025 takes over the city like a riot in motion—a collision of skateboards, breakbeats, basketball battles, and the kind of fearless energy that makes urban sport feel less like a competition and more like a revolution. This isn’t some polite sports expo. VESO drags the underground out into the sunlight, amplifies it with DJs, graffiti walls, and food trucks slinging global street eats, and lets the world know that Valencia isn’t just a Mediterranean postcard—it’s a cultural engine with serious horsepower. On the ground, it’s pure chaos in the best sense: Six zones of mayhem : a custom skatepark, a towering climbing wall, 3×3 streetball courts, and a mini-ramp that’s basically a vertical invitation to break bones for glory. Battles that matter : from breakdance throwdowns to skate jams to FIBA-certified hoops, the contests will be stacked with killers from 25+ countries gunning for €13,000 in prize money and bragging rights that echo worldwide. Youth and grassroots heat : sub-16 skaters, up-and-coming climbers, and street-level dancers prove this isn’t just about pros cashing checks—it’s about the culture regenerating itself in real time. But VESO doesn’t stop at sport. This is a full-on lifestyle takeover: live bands and DJs tearing up afternoons, tattoo and art zones, workshops where you can trash old textiles into something wearable, and a buzzing market where underground brands hawk gear you won’t find in your average mall. Add in vegan bites, craft eats, and enough beer taps to keep the whole waterfront buzzing, and you’ve got the recipe for a festival that feels as much like a block party as it does an international showdown. And there’s a heartbeat behind the chaos. After floods forced a pause last year, VESO is giving back—free entry for locals from affected neighborhoods, eco-friendly “Zero Waste” systems, and a heavy emphasis on women’s sport and inclusion. This isn’t just spectacle—it’s community, stitched together with sweat, sound, and spray paint. So mark it: October 24–26 . If you want to know where the pulse of Valencia really beats, you’ll find it here—in the grind of wheels on concrete, in the boom of bass over the harbour, in the crowd roaring as someone sticks a trick they had no business landing. VESO 2025 isn’t just an event. It’s the city turned up to 11. for tickets and more information: V.E.S.O.

The return to school is full of great concerts! The emergence of new festivals, such as Rock The Sun Festival, and the return of old acquaintances, will mark the agenda of this month of September in which, as you can see, there is no lack of variety and good taste! ROCK THE SUN FESTIVAL A new festival is born for hard rock lovers! H.E.A.T, Nestor, The Night Flight Orchestra, Robin McAuley and many more await you in a spectacular setting. Don't miss this first edition that promises to be legendary! WOLFHEART The masters of winter metal announce their European tour as headliners. Get ready for an epic journey with the most powerful Finns. JAG PANZER With decades of history and looking to the future, the band arrives with a tour that celebrates its legacy. Legendary concerts for true metal warriors. BE PROG! MY FRIEND 7ª EDITION TesseracT and The Pineapple Thief lead a new edition of the most exquisite progressive festival. Surround sounds and infinite nuances in the magical Poble Espanyol. OKCULT SESSION The ritual returns. My Dying Bride, Candlemass, Gaahl's Wyrd, Sylvaine and Todomal will invoke the darkness in an unforgettable night. The shadow rises again... do you dare to enter the Poble tent? PRIMAL FEAR The emblematic German band returns stronger than ever. Heavy metal in its pure state. Essential concerts. For tickets and more information: Madness Live!

Cridem Pel Clima will have a presentation party of its seventh edition on September 21 at Loco Club with El Nido, a band that is revolutionising wherever it goes, and the finalists of Pasa el Micro, Twin Forest and El Parón. But that's not all. In addition, it will have a T-shirt stand whose sale is intended for the initiative "1 concert 1 tree", a campaign of the cultural and ecological platform Música pel Clima in which the planting of a tree is financed for each concert it organises, intended for reforestation with the Desert Leaves foundation. At the same time, there will be a raffle among all attendees of an immersive experience to live the festival from the inside, and all the programming will be revealed by days. The event has a symbolic price of €10, with a discount for those who have their subscription for Cridem Pel Clima 2025. A perfect opportunity to have a perfect Sunday, where live music is the protagonist, and join a collective movement that has been reminding us that the weather needs us for seven editions. Participate, support, dance, shout, savour, sing, live, feel in Cridem Pel Clima. For tickets: Loco Club and for more information about Cridem Pel Clima: CPC25

August 31, 2025 | ACL Live Theater Fitz and the Tantrums ended their Man on the Moon tour at ACL Live on Sunday. Austin has always been part of their DNA. In the early 2010s, I first heard “MoneyGrabber” on a SXSW playlist, and when their debut Pickin’ Up the Pieces arrived it stayed in constant rotation for me. Their follow-up, More Than Just a Dream (2013), kept the momentum going, and when I saw them in Baltimore that same year, Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs were magneticl. It was obvious the band was on its way up. Seventeen years and six albums later, they are still here, still together, and still evolving. The Neo-soul grit of their debut has been replaced by pop songs built for big choruses and singalongs. Fitz are not alone in that transition. The early 2010s produced a whole wave of bands that rode SXSW buzz from blog hype to record deals, and many of them ended up trading raw edges for festival polish. Fitz and the Tantrums leaned into that evolution and used it to remain a working band all these years later. Scaggs remains the band’s anchor. Midway through the night she grabbed the mic, introduced herself as the “boss lady,” and instructed the audience to raise their phones. The theater lit up instantly. Later she had the crowd making heart signs with their hands, a surprisingly intimate gesture in a venue that size. Watching her now, you see less of the spark plug I remember from 2013 and more of a conductor, still captivating audiences with her natural aura. The show’s most poignant moment came just before the finale. Fitzpatrick stopped to tell the story of pulling into SXSW “broke as shit, out of money, out of options,” only to watch “20 dickhead record guys” walk out of their showcase. The following night, they played at Mellow Johnny’s (back when it was still on Nueces Street), and, in his words, “blew the roof off.” That performance earned them a record deal and launched a run that still hasn’t stopped. Sharing that history in Austin, at the end of a long tour, gave the night a sense of closure. It also set up “HandClap,” the inevitable closer that had the entire theater bouncing. Would I would have liked to hear more from those first two albums? Of course! The set did not reach the same highs I remember from the first time I saw them. But looking around at kids who were not even alive when Fitz first played Austin, screaming and singing every word, it was clear the band’s connection to its audience has not faded. And it’s that connection that has given them the longevity they’ve worked so hard to establish. Find Fitz and the Tantrums at: Instagram, Website, and streaming everywhere. Their new album Man on the Moon was released on July 25, 2025 by Atlantic Records.

AUSTIN (Sept. 1, 2025) — When Zilker Park goes quiet, the city keeps buzzing. ACL Fest Nights , the festival’s official aftershow series, runs Oct. 2–13 with separately ticketed gigs across Austin’s most beloved venues. Think festival headliners in club-sized settings, or artists you might miss during a packed day in the park. Why it matters Fest Nights are a uniquely Austin tradition: festival acts slipping into Stubb’s, Antone’s, or ACL Live for late-night sets that often feel like bonus shows. No wristband required — each show is its own ticketed event, generally $40–$70 ( Statesman overview ). Highlights this year Modest Mouse @ Stubb’s (Fri, Oct. 3 — doors 8 p.m.) MARINA + Mallrat @ ACL Live (Sun, Oct. 5 — 9 p.m.) Wet Leg @ Stubb’s (Sat, Oct. 11) Dr. Dog @ ACL Live (Thu, Oct. 2) Passion Pit @ Emo’s (Mon, Oct. 6) Plus: MJ Lenderman, Phantogram, LP Giobbi, DJO, Yoke Lore, Ocean Alley, Zeds Dead vs. Polo & Pan, and more ( full list on Do512 ). Tickets & timing Presale (Amex): Aug. 19 General on-sale: Aug. 22 Many shows are already moving fast, but Do512’s calendar  is the best place for availability and door times. Tips for maximizing Fest Nights Mind the overlap: Aftershows often start around 9–10 p.m., meaning you might have to leave Zilker before the headliner ends. Plan transit: Rideshare demand spikes at night; walking or micromobility to Red River or Rainey helps avoid surge zones. Stay nimble: Some shows release additional tickets closer to the date — keep an eye on ACL’s official channels and resale partners. ACL Fest Nights turn Austin into one giant unofficial festival grounds — and for photographers, they offer intimate settings that can be just as rewarding as the main stage.

AUSTIN (Sept. 1, 2025) — In a last-minute but high-profile swap, Doja Cat has pulled out of Austin City Limits Music Festival  to focus on the rollout of her new album Vie (due Sept. 26). Festival organizers announced that The Killers will step in  as Sunday night headliners on both weekends, returning to ACL for the first time since 2017. Why the change? Doja Cat explained via social media that rehearsals and promo obligations around Vie made it impossible to deliver the ACL set she envisioned. It’s a setback for fans looking forward to her only Texas festival date, but the replacement offers a very different kind of finale: Brandon Flowers and company, armed with two decades of festival bangers. Headliners at a glance Here’s the current top-line picture for both weekends (Oct. 3–5 & Oct. 10–12): Friday:  Luke Combs  (8:30 p.m.) and Hozier  (8:15 p.m.) Saturday:  The Strokes  (8:30 p.m.) and Sabrina Carpenter  (8:35 p.m.) Sunday:  The Killers  (8:30 p.m., replacing Doja Cat) and John Summit  (8:15 p.m.) Other high-profile acts on the 2025 bill include Cage the Elephant, Doechii, T-Pain, Wet Leg, and Laufey, underscoring ACL’s signature blend of rock veterans, pop chart-toppers, and buzzy newcomers ( full lineup here ). What it means for festival-goers The Sunday schedule will still feature overlapping headliners, with The Killers anchoring the American Express stage while John Summit closes out the other side of the park. If you were banking on Doja’s set, this is a pivot but it’s also a chance to see The Killers at full force.  Tickets: Three-day GA is sold out, but single-day passes and premium tiers remain available.

Yungblud | August 30, 2025 | ACL Live Theater I’ll admit that until June, my Yungblud knowledge was limited to his Kiss cover in The Fall Guy . Then his viral "Changes" performance at Ozzy's farewell show   sent me down the rabbit hole. But what finally pushed me over the edge was Nikki Phillips' photos of him on top of the Hollywood Palladium marquee . The shot was a throw back to an era of classic rock in an era that hardly produces them. But the question still on my mind was could the actual performance live up?  It didn’t take long on Saturday night to get my answer. Dominic Harrison hit the ACL Live stage with an energy that was easily recognizable. The Jagger strut, the Iggy Pop swagger, the Sid Vicious sneer. He’s fluent in the language of rock’s past but there is a fine line between homage and cosplay. But just as quickly as you identified the influences, the performance turned into something completely unique.  The show delivered. Frenetic and chaotic, energy at eleven for the full hour and a half. Harrison engaged the audience the entire night, asking them to open up the pit and demanding shoulder rides from his fans. He also went full Iggy Pop, going into the crowd to stand above everyone . It was just one of several iconic moments that night. The night ended with one more. A kid in the crowd holding a “My First Concert” sign was pulled onstage as the closer “Zombie” was playing. Dominic hoisted the kid on his shoulders, sang the last verse and gave an unscripted and unforgettable moment to the young fan.  When Ozzy told Yungblud to "conquer America,"  it sounded like hyperbole. Saturday night proved otherwise. Find Yungblud at: Instagram , Website , and streaming everywhere. Their sold out US tour continues through the end of September.

AUSTIN, TX — Aug. 24, 2025. The Germania Insurance Amphitheater was packed with elder emos for a triple-stacked nostalgia bill as The Offspring's SUPERCHARGED Worldwide in '25 tour rolled through with Jimmy Eat World and New Found Glory.  New Found Glory kicked things off with a tight sub-hour set that hit all the right notes—"Understatement," "All Downhill From Here," "Hit or Miss," and the inevitable crowd-pleaser "My Friends Over You." Short, sweet, and exactly the kind of energy you want to get the pit moving. Jimmy Eat World followed and reminded me why I've been following these guys for years. The Mesa veterans are just impossibly reliable live, building their set around "Pain," "Work," "Futures," and "Bleed American" before hitting the emotional peak with "Sweetness" and closing with "The Middle." I first caught them at When We Were Young and was blown away by their live act. Tonight was no different and the band was locked-in and refreshingly genuine in a sea of nostalgia acts going through the motions. The Offspring arrived like a confetti cannon exploding—opening with "Come Out and Play," "All I Want," and "Want You Bad," then mixing in two tracks from last year's SUPERCHARGED: "Looking out for number 1" and "Make It All Right." The new material held up surprisingly well, but let's be honest—it was the classics that sent the COTA into orbit. "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)," "The Kids Aren't Alright," and that killer encore of "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" into "Self Esteem" had everyone losing their minds. Dexter Holland's solo acoustic "Gone Away" still hits like a punch to the gut before they slam back into overdrive. About those pre-show antics: the band's longtime "booty-cam" and party-cam gags still flash across the screens, and honestly, it's the one element that feels genuinely dated. If you're here for the full spectacle, it's part of the deal. If not, it's thankfully brief. The bottom line: This show delivers exactly what it promises—pop-punk comfort food with just enough fresh seasoning to keep things interesting. New Found Glory gets you warmed up, The Offspring brings the party, and Jimmy Eat World quietly delivers the most consistently satisfying performance of the night. If you're looking for catharsis via mass sing-along and a reminder of why these songs mattered so much to you fifteen years ago, this triple bill hits the spot. Words and fotos: Victor Gonzalez