A Day To Remember, Yellowcard shut ‘Maximum Fun Tour’ in West Palm Beach

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — On Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, the Maximum Fun Tour wrapped its first run at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, turning West Palm Beach right into a full-venue singalong and mosh-pit celebration for 3 pillars of contemporary pop-punk and alt-rock.

State Champs: high-octane ignition for the pit

State Champs — hailing from Albany, NY — opened with a decent, nine-song burst that showcased a band 15 years into its stride.

Anchored by founding members Derek DiScanio (vocals) and Tyler Szalkowski (lead guitar), the set was all clear melodies and ear-worm choruses, the sort that land on the primary hear.

“Silver Cloud” set the tone early, and the power by no means dipped as the gang locked in on “Mine Is Gold,” “Common Sense,” “Elevated,” and the punchy nearer “Secrets.” Between songs, bassist Ryan Scott Graham performed to the lens and the entrance rows, including to the sense that the band — and the viewers — had been genuinely having enjoyable.

Consider it mission achieved: the room was warmed up and shifting earlier than the co-headliners ever hit the stage.

State Champs — Setlist (West Palm Beach, Sept. 28, 2025):

1. Silver Cloud
2. Mine Is Gold
3. Light Blue
4. Common Sense
5. I Still Want To
6. All You Are Is History
7. Elevated
8. Everybody however You
9. Secrets

Yellowcard (co-headliner): flash, pyro, and a lawn-wide refrain

Yellowcard introduced sufficient flash, pyro, and power for everybody — and almost 30 years in, they nonetheless run a present like seasoned execs.

Their set kicked off with a little bit of theater: a performer in motocross gear rode out on a bicycle with a t-shirt cannon, blasting merch into the gang earlier than guitarist Ryan Mendez stepped ahead alone to tease the Top Gun theme.

One by one, Ryan Key (vocals/guitar), Josh Portman (bass), touring drummer Jimmy Brunkvist, and, sure, violinist Sean Mackin joined in — a signature that also surprises newcomers.

From there, it was a widescreen sweep by 2000s staples and newer favorites. Key’s vocals minimize clear by the open air whereas Mackin’s violin runs grew to become the visible throughline — slicing throughout “Way Away,” “Light Up the Sky,” and “Awakening.” Sentimental turns like “Believe” and “Better Days” swelled into amphitheater-size singalongs, and the inevitable nearer “Ocean Avenue” turned the home into one big refrain.

Yellowcard — Setlist (West Palm Beach, Sept. 28, 2025):

1. Top Gun Anthem (Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens cowl)
2. Only One
3. Lights and Sounds
4. Breathing
5. actually i
6. Believe
7. Way Away
8. Light Up the Sky
9. Bedroom Posters
10. Keeper
11. For You, and Your Denial
12. Awakening
13. With You Around
14. Better Days
15. Ocean Avenue

A Day To Remember (co-headliner): breakdowns, bounce — and a fan-upgrade spectacle

A Day To Remember hit the fuel with “The Downfall of Us All,” cryo cannons punching columns of fog skyward because the garden surged and the primary wave of crowd-surfers rolled over the barricade.

The set barreled by “I’m Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?” and “Right Back at It Again,” earlier than newer cuts like “Bad Blood” and “All My Friends” erupted in confetti and a full-venue singalong.

A tour staffer additionally circulated a cheeky fan-upgrade: handing out stickers that learn “My seat sucks, put me on stage.” Random followers had been moved from the garden to the pit — and a fortunate group watched from the platforms behind the drum riser, even stepping on stage throughout parts of ADTR’s set.

The band stored the playful touches coming with fast nods to “Space Jam” and a Yellowcard “Ocean Avenue” snippet, then skipped the normal walk-off to complete in a single punch: “If It Means a Lot to You,” “All I Want,” and “All Signs Point to Lauderdale,” streamers and all.

A Day To Remember — Setlist (West Palm Beach, Sept. 28, 2025):

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey Theme (snippet)
2. The Downfall of Us All
3. I’m Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?
4. Right Back at It Again
5. Bad Blood
6. Paranoia
7. Miracle
8. Mr. Highway’s Thinking About the End
9. All My Friends
10. Have Faith in Me
11. Flowers
12. Space Jam (Quad City DJ’s — snippet)
13. LeBron
14. NJ Legion Iced Tea
15. The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle
16. Ocean Avenue (Yellowcard cowl — snippet)
17. Closer Than You Think (devoted to Ian Grushka of New Found Glory)
18. If It Means a Lot to You
19. All I Want
20. All Signs Point to Lauderdale

What’s subsequent: Second leg begins Wednesday, Oct. 22

The second leg of the Maximum Fun Tour runs Wednesday, Oct. 22 by Saturday, Nov. 22, with The Wonder Years and Dinosaur Pile-Up on choose dates:

• Wednesday, Oct. 22 — Ontario, CA — Toyota Arena **
• Thursday, Oct. 23 — San Diego, CA — Gallagher Square at Petco Park **
• Saturday, Oct. 25 — Phoenix, AZ — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater **
• Sunday, Oct. 26 — Albuquerque, NM — Isleta Amphitheater **
• Tuesday, Oct. 28 — Colorado Springs, CO — Broadmoor World Arena **
• Wednesday, Oct. 29 — Independence, MO — Cable Dahmer Arena **
• Friday, Oct. 31 — Lincoln, NE — Pinnacle Bank Arena **
• Saturday, Nov. 1 — Bloomington, IL — Grossinger Motors Arena **
• Sunday, Nov. 2 — Minneapolis, MN — The Armory **
• Tuesday, Nov. 4 — Grand Rapids, MI — Van Andel Arena **
• Wednesday, Nov. 5 — Pittsburgh, PA — PPG Paints Arena **
• Thursday, Nov. 6 — Lexington, KY — Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center **
• Saturday, Nov. 8 — Manchester, NH — SNHU Arena **
• Sunday, Nov. 9 — Bridgeport, CT — Total Mortgage Arena **
• Tuesday, Nov. 11 — North Charleston, SC — North Charleston Coliseum **
• Thursday, Nov. 13 — Biloxi, MS — Mississippi Coast Coliseum **
• Friday, Nov. 14 — Tallahassee, FL — Donald L. Tucker Civic Center **
• Tuesday, Nov. 18 — Huntsville, AL — Von Braun Center Arena **
• Thursday, Nov. 20 — Tulsa, OK — BOK Center **
• Friday, Nov. 21 — Austin, TX — Moody Center **
• Saturday, Nov. 22 — Corpus Christi, TX — AmericanBank Center **

** with The Wonder Years & Dinosaur Pile-Up