Yellowcard

Yellowcard formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1997 and spent several years building a following on the Warped Tour circuit before their 2003 Capitol Records debut Ocean Avenue broke them into mainstream consciousness. The album's title track, powered by Ryan Key's emotionally direct lyrics and Sean Mackin's distinctive electric violin, became one of the anthemic songs of the early 2000s pop-punk moment — a moment the band helped define rather than simply participate in. The image of a teenager listening to "Ocean Avenue" on repeat in the back of a car is as specific a cultural memory as that era produced.

The band released eight studio albums across their career, including Lights and Sounds (2006), When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes (2011), and their final album before their initial breakup, Yellowcard (2017). They announced their disbandment in 2016 but returned to touring in the early 2020s to the kind of reception that made clear their music had only grown more meaningful to their audience in the years since. The Up Up Down Down Tour brings them back alongside a lineup of bands who together form a snapshot of early 2000s pop-punk and post-hardcore at its most earnest and beloved.