The Hella Mega Tour at Petco Park
When the Hella Mega Tour was announced in 2019 I could have never expected it to have as big of an impact as it did.
Almost two years later, the kings of teenage angst Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer all took the stage and for almost 5 hours did not let it go.
An exhilarated sold-out crowd of the mainly late 30s and early 40s dads, who are tasked with showing their kids “the music they grew up with,” clung along to every show-stopping moment. The crowd was engaged from start to finish, enjoying the pyrotechnic show coming out of Fall Out Boy’s bassist Pete Wentz’s bass to lighting up the sky with phones for “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.”
While the new music from all three legendary bands is not up to par in terms of quality as their ubiquitous material, the catharsis of hearing those old classics along with the return of packed arenas and crowd involvement made for a very special Sunday afternoon.
It’s impossible to witness a grand show without mentioning COVID-19, but this concert truly felt like that even among all the craziness that is surrounding the world, music and a cohesive experience is all one needs to keep chugging along!
Setlists:
Weezer:
Hero
Hash Pipe
All the Good Ones
Beverly Hills
The End of the Game
My Name Is Jonas
Pork and Beans
Feels Like Summer
All My Favorite Songs
Undone – The Sweater Song
Surf Wax America
El Scorcho
Island in the Sun
Africa
California Snow
Say It Ain’t So
Buddy Holly
Fall Out Boy:
The Phoenix
Sugar, We’re Goin Down
Irresistible
Uma Thurman
Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy
Save Rock and Roll
The Last of the Real Ones
Dance, Dance
A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More “Touch Me”
This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race
My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
I Don’t Care
Thnks fr th Mmrs
Centuries
Saturday
Green Day:
American Idiot
Holiday
Know Your Enemy
Pollyanna
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Longview
Welcome to Paradise
Hitchin’ a Ride
Rock and Roll All Nite
(KISS cover)
Brain Stew
St. Jimmy
When I Come Around
21 Guns
Minority
Knowledge
(Operation Ivy cover)
Basket Case
She
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Still Breathing
Jesus of Suburbia
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)