On August 27, 2025, fans of all generations took over the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater in Phoenix, AZ. The evening was filled with laughs, good times and great weather both by fans and bands alike; considering the day before the amphitheater was washed out by a thunderstorm that had passed through with heavy showers, during another show. There was a sense of worry that the same would happen again but luckily it was a tame night in terms of weather. As for the show, the energy and antics that The Offspring provided during their set, the hometown pride Jimmy Eat World showed to the crowd and the high energy fast paced crowd gathering of New Found Glory; a 5-star, two-thumbs up crowd pleasing and amazing show.
New Found Glory (NFG) took the stage in a haste, not wasting any time jumping straight into their set with the high-paced punk song “Understatement”. Jordan Pundik (Lead Vocalist) showing so much love/energy to the crowd throughout NFG’s set could be seen jumping, running across the stage and interacting with the fans in the pit area of the amphitheater. The fans could be seen cheering, jumping and doing some slight moshing as Jordan Pundik found his way into the crowd to join in on the fun. New Found Glory performed songs such as “All Downhill from Here”, “100%”, “Dressed to Kill”, “My Friends Over You” and “Hit or Miss”.
With New Found Glory laying the groundwork of how the night was expecting to be, Jimmy Eat World picked up where NFG left off; but with a twist as for them this was a hometown show, and the hometown came out. The crowd cheered in unison with pride, excitement and in awe when Jimmy Eat World took the stage. They hit the crowd with the fan favorite song “Pain”, leading the crowd to cheer and sing along; “IT TAKES MY PAIN AWAY!!!” could be heard from all directions in the amphitheater. Jimmy Eat World performed songs such as “Just Tonight….”, “Let It Happen”, “Futures”, “Bleed American”, “Something Loud” and “The Middle”. Kids and adults could be seen singing along and cheering for Jimmy Eat World throughout their set.
To describe the amount of energy that was built up throughout the evening, leading up to The Offsprings set as the name of their recent album and the name of the tour suggests, was “Supercharged”. To add to that, even before setting foot on stage The Offspring started the antics of their show. A blimp flying over the GA lawn area, a person with a Gorilla mask running around capture moments for their camera crew with the fans doing fun, comedic hijinks, as well as a camera operator on stage showing the crowd on the light wall as a voice listed out activities the crowd could participate in; The Offspring, sure know how to keep a crowd amp up.
When The Offspring finally stepped foot on stage, mayhem ensued, the crowd could be seen standing, cheering, jumping, singing along, crowd surfing and just overall having an amazing time. The Offspring started their set with the song “Come Out and Play” which riled up the crowd in a high frenzy cheer. Their set was filled with fan favorite songs mixed with some covers and funny on-stage banter; songs such as “Want You Bad”, “Staring at the Sun”, “Original Prankster”, “Bad Habit”, “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)”, “The Kids Aren’t Alright”, “Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover)” , “Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne cover)” and , “I Wanna be Sedated (Ramones Cover)”.
The Offspring
Jimmy Eat World
New Found Glory
Coverage/Photos By: Julius Aguilar
