A Day to Remember kick off the party in Las Vegas with 'When We Were Young' Sideshow

October 26, 2022

On the night before the largest festival the scene has ever witness, A Day to Remember performed an intimate sold out show show at the legendary Pearl Theater Concert Hall at the Palms Casino as an official sideshow for the When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Since touring resumed in 2021, A Day to Remember has been had one of the most aggressive they've had touring cycles in years with multiple headline tours including their current "Just Some More Shows" tour run that they are currently about to wrap up. During this time on the road the band has been supporting their most recent full length album "You're Welcome" with numerous songs from the album be included in the set, however they have also been playing their new track "Miracle" on this latest run as well teasing the future of A Day to Remember coming soon.


A Day to Remember took the stage just after 9:30PM to a roar from the sold out crowd that was excited to be seeing their favorite band ahead of kicking off a busy weekend of performances at the When We Were Young Festival. The band's massive production encompassed the entire stage of the Pearl Concert Theater and the concert surely made history as the heaviest show to ever take place in the venue that is normally filled with classic acts on the Vegas Strip. A Day To Remember didn't take long to open up the venue's first mosh pit as the curtain dropped and lead singer Jeremy McKinnon got the crowd moving as he belted out the opening lyrics to "Downfall of Us All."

Across a 16 song main set and 4 song encore, A Day to Remember brought a master piece of a performance to the Las Vegas crowd who sold out the smallest venue of their "Just Some More Shows" tour this fall. With such a long catalogue in their arsenal at this point full of a combination of ballads, heavy hitters and insane breakdowns it came as no surprise that the band was able to weave together a set that gave fans of all eras a little bit of something special. An early highlight in their tour's set was an energetic play through of "Shot in the Dark" that had Jeremy McKinnon sprinting the length of the stage multiple times as Neil Westfall and Kevin Skaff joined him multiple times on the walk way during their guitar parts.


Through out the set the band was illuminated with stunning imagery on a gigantic LED screen that compliment every song, especially during the massive sing-a-long late in the set when the band played "If It Means A Lot to You" at the start of their encore. Through out the years A Day to Remember has grown from "just another Warped Tour band" into the best band the scene has to offer in terms of live performances. McKinnon's vocals come to life in new ways live and the "Just Some More Shows" tour was no exception as he has never sounded better vocally than on this tour. From the brutal breakdowns of "2nd Sucks" all the way to the sprawling chorus of "Degenerates" and to the final note of the "Plot to Bomb the Panhandle" to end the night - McKinnon (and the rest of A Day to Remember) showcased exactly why they quickly out grew the club circuit and became the band they are today selling out arenas nationwide.


From the moment the When We Were Young Festival was announced it took the internet by storm and was set to be an iconic weekend for the scene as it sold out in minutes across multiple days and weekends. With all of that hype and anticipation when the official side shows began to get announced there simply was no better band from the festival's impressive line up to kick the weekend off with than A Day to Remember. This band has been there for the scene says day one and that Friday night in Vegas was a celebration of two decades of the band and their fans being together. A Day to Remember made us all feel young again that night with their performance, and will continue doing so for the rest of the year on the remainder of their "Just Some More Shows" tour before hitting the road again in December for an acoustic tour. What's next after that? Who knows but we guarantee it will involve some breakdowns, mosh pits and crowd surfers with A Day to Remember continuing to grow their legacy as one of the best to do it on stage in the scene.

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Matt Christine

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