On Saturday, May 12th. Sum 41 came out to New York City’s Terminal 5 to celebrate the release of their new album, Does This Look Infected. This wasn’t just any ordinary album release tour. You see, this was Sum 41’s 15 yeah anniversary birthday bash. Singer, Deryck Whibley told the crowd that they weren’t planning on touring just yet, but due to the overwhelming amount of letters and messages they received. He knew they just had the hit the road for some shows. Even though NYC was a midpoint for this tour, Whibley expressed how much doing this show in NYC meant so much to him. Having their album recorded and mixed in NYC, videos shot here & always wanting to live in NYC. This felt more like a home show to the band rather than just some mid-tour stop off, and the fans were surely going to let the band know they were happy to be in New York City.
Normally, when a band plays a new album live, it can go one of two ways. Either people take a while to warm up to it and then go nuts for the order classics or it becomes complete pandemonium throughout the whole show. Right out of the gate, fans young and old crowd surfing their way to the stage was nonstop throughout the show giving the poor security guards a workout they might have not anticipated for. Fans took to social media the day after showing their battle wound bruises from all the fun they had from the night before, so we’re expecting the rest of this tour to be a wild interactive experience.
Setlist as follows (Via Setlist.fm)
The Hell Song
My Direction
All Messed Up
A.N.I.C.
Never Wake Up
T.H.T.
Thanks for Nothing
Hyper-Insomnia-Para-Condrioid
Over My Head (Better Off Dead)
No Brains
Mr. Amsterdam
(+ Metal Mayhem “Enter Sandman”… more )
Drum Solo
(Linkin Park Medley)
Billy Spleen
(+ Another Brick In The Wall Intro)
We Will Rock You (Queen cover)
Still Waiting
Fake My Own Death
Hooch
Encore:
No Reason
Walking Disaster
Fat Lip
US TOUR DATES:
May 17
The Crofoot Ballroom
Pontiac, MI
May 18
Concord Music Hall
Chicago, IL
May 19
Varsity Theater
Minneapolis, MN
May 21
Ogden Theatre
Denver, CO
May 24
Brooklyn Bowl
Las Vegas, NV
May 26
The Wiltern
Los Angeles, CA
