Photo of Yellowcard by Acacia Evans
w/ Third Eye Blind and Arizona | 6:30pm | 14141 Riverport Dr., Maryland Hts. | All ages | from $48.40
Yellowcard is making up for lost time. The pop-punk band formed in Jacksonville, FL, in the late ’90s but it was the pairing of Ryan Key’s emotive vocals with the stylistic curveball of Sean Mackin’s violin on 2003’s “Ocean Avenue” that really turned heads, ultimately pushing the song’s parent album to double-platinum status. But after 20 years of world tours (and Warped Tours), the band called it quits in 2017.
The band saw a lot of lineup churn over the years, but their final lineup—Key, Mackin, guitarist Ryan Mendez, and bassist Josh Portman—held steady for the last several years, and it was that core lineup that reunited five years later for 2022’s Riot Fest. The reunion stuck, with 2023 seeing a tour for the 20th anniversary of Ocean Avenue (including a show at Saint Louis Music Park featuring support from local emo heroes Story of the Year), a set at the When We Were Young Festival, and the release of Childhood Eyes, an EP featuring the band’s first new music since 2016. This year sees the band not only on their current tour (the Summer Gods tour, supporting Third Eye Blind) but also the release of A Hopeful Sign, a collaboration with Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson, better known as the Nashville-based post-rock duo Hammock. The album reimagines some of Yellowcard’s fan favorites, but rather than having Hammock simply remix the songs using the existing master recordings, Key re-recorded the songs in slowed-down arrangements as just voice and piano, forming the foundation from which Hammock built their ambient soundscapes. Check out both the original and Hammock-ified versions of “Ocean Avenue” below. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit yellowcardband.com. | Jason Green
Yellowcard on tour:
All dates with Third Eye Blind and Arizona
06.29.24 – St. Louis, MO at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre.24 – St. Louis
06.30.24 – Franklin, TN at FirstBank Amphitheater
07.02.24 – Cincinnati, OH at Riverbend Music Center
07.03.24 – Buffalo, NY at Darien Lake Amphitheater
07.05.24 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH at Blossom Music Center
07.06.24 – Noblesville, IN at Ruoff Music Center
07.07.24 – Clarkston, MI at Pine Knob Music Theatre
07.09.24 – Burgettstown, PA at The Pavilion at Star Lake
07.11.24 – Gilford, NH at BankNH Pavilion
07.12.24 – Camden, NJ at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
07.13.24 – Mansfield, MA at Xfinity Center
07.14.24 – Holmdel, NJ at PNC Bank Arts Center
07.16.24 – Saratoga Springs, NY at Broadview Stage at SPAC
07.18.24 – Wantagh, NY at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
07.19.24 – Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion
07.20.24 – Virginia Beach, VA at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
07.21.24 – Raleigh, NC at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
07.23.24 – Charlotte, NC at PNC Music Pavilion
07.25.24 – Tampa, FL at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
07.26.24 – Jacksonville, FL at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
07.27.24 – Alpharetta, GA at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
07.28.24 – Birmingham, AL at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
07.31.24 – Rogers, AR at Walmart AMP
08.01.24 – Dallas, TX at Dos Equis Pavilion
08.02.24 – Austin, TX at Germania Insurance Amphitheater
08.03.24 – Houston, TX at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
