A Day To Remember Gives A Concert To Remember in Saint Louis

Sean Derrick June 10, 2024 0 Comments A Day To Remember, ADTR, Four Year Strong, Saint Louis concert review and photos, The Story So Far

–by Greg Artime

A Day To Remember brought their eclectic style of pop-punk hardcore to the Saint Louis Music Park on Saturday and brought some friends along for the ride.

In Town in the still early stages of their “Least Anticipated Album Tour” ADTR isn’t touring in support of a new album (Their most recent was 2021’s You’re Welcome. Though they have released a stand-alone single in May called “Feedback”, which they performed Saturday.) but rather just a tour to get back in touch with the fans. And the Fans are loving it, so far.

Saint Louis Music Park was filled with fans itching for a new album from the quartet. ADTR (Vocalist Jeremy McKinnon, guitarists Neill Westfall and Kevin Skaff, and drummer Alex Shelnutt, along with a touring bassist Bobby Lynge) came out smoking with “Stick & Bricks” (and a LOT of confetti), “All I Want”, and “2nd Sucks”.

Aside from the tons of confetti, they had lots of pyro, smoke cannons, crowd surfing, beach balls, circle pits, and toilet paper cannons shooting far into the crowd. The toilet paper wound up in the rafters and one of the insanely large ceiling fans hung from the rafters.

It was very hot out, low 90’s, and McKinnon practically begged for the fans to be turned on prior to “All Signs Point to Lauderdale”. The St. Louis Music Park staff complied and on went the fans. Immediately after the song McKinnon noticed the TP getting intertwined in the fans and said “You know I think I know why the fans were off. I totally forgot that was happening right then, maybe we should turn it off. It does look cool, if it breaks it’s not our fault! Who has to clean that off?” Ooops. Cool effect, though.

They then burst into “The Dangers That Started a Fire” before McKinnon asked for lighters to be lit up for “If It means A Lot to You”, then came out to a lot more confetti.

ADTR played songs they hadn’t played in a long time (2010’s “It’s Complicated”) and a cool punk cover of Kelly Clarkson’s hit “Since U Been Gone”. It was pretty much nonstop song after song for 90 minutes, and left the fans gratified.

The Story So Far performing in Saint Louis Saturday. Photo by Greg Artime/ Artimeg.com

The Story So Far held the support slot with a hard set. Vocalist Parker Cannon didn’t say much to the crowd except to thank ADTR and to remind everyone that they have a new album dropping June 21 (I Want to Disappear).

The crowd didn’t seem to mind the absence of chit chat and were really into the show as they drove through a 14-song set that included “Letterman”, “Nerve” and “Roam”.

The Story So Far is kind of a throwback No-nonsense workhorse band. Its members (Cannon, guitarists Kevin Geyer and Will Levy, along with touring drummer Mike Ambrose and touring bassist Nik Bruzzese) mostly stayed in one spot each and just played the crap out of what they were playing. Music first, showmanship 2nd.

Four Year Strong held the other support slot with a quick but lively 8 song set. Vocals were split between vocalist/guitarists Alan Day and Dan O’Connor while bassist Joe Weiss took over, as well. Ony drummer Jake Massucco didn’t take a turn at the mic. They had a lot of energy, to be sure, running through songs like “Wasting Time (Eternal Summer)”, “Get Out of My Head”, and “We All Float Down Here”.

The band will be releasing a new album Analysis Paralysis on August 9.

Militarie Gun performing in Saint Louis Saturday. Photo by Greg Artime/ Artimeg.com

Militarie Gun, who were on their first day of the tour, opened the show with a quick high-flying and energetic 11 song set that included ‘Pressure Cooker”, “Do It Faster”, and “Very High”.

You can catch the tour through the end of July.

Check out the rest of the photos from the show below after the Setlist.

ADTR The Least Anticipated Album Tour Dates:

6/11 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park with Militarie Gun
6/12 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill with Militarie Gun
6/14 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion with Militarie Gun
6/15 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena with Militarie Gun
6/16 – Buffalo, NY – Outer Harbor Live! at Terminal B with Militarie Gun
6/18 – Toronto, ON – Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto with Militarie Gun
6/21 – Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena with Militarie Gun
6/22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Four Chord Music Festival Festival
6/23 – Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain with Militarie Gun
6/25 – Baltimore, MD – Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena with Pain Of Truth
6/26 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center with Pain Of Truth
6/28 – Boston, MA – The Stage at Suffolk Downs with Pain Of Truth
6/29 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater with Pain Of Truth
6/30 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion with Pain Of Truth
7/2 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater with Pain Of Truth
7/3 – Simpsonville, SC – CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park with Pain Of Truth
7/5 – Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory with Pain Of Truth
7/6 – Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theater with Pain Of Truth
7/7 – San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum with Pain Of Truth
7/9 – Albuquerque, NM – Rio Rancho Events Center with Scowl
7/10 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena with Scowl
7/12 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena with Scowl
7/14 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater with Scowl
7/15 – Portland, OR – Alaska Airlines’ Theater of the Clouds with Scowl
7/18 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
7/19 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park with Scowl
7/21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre with Scowl
7/22 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre with Scowl
7/24 – Omaha, NE – The Astro Amphitheater with Scowl
7/25 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island with Scowl
7/26 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom with Scowl
7/28 – Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium with Scowl