A Day to Remember and Yellowcard Bring “Maximum Fun” to the Road

Music News

Oct 15

Two generations of rock energy collided this fall when A Day to Remember and Yellowcard teamed up for the Maximum Fun Tour, a 36-date North American run that kicked off on September 5 in Ohio and wraps up on November 22 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The co-headlining tour paired two bands with distinct approaches to melody and heaviness, creating one of the most anticipated rock tours of the fall season.

For Yellowcard, this marks a full-circle return. The band’s new album, Better Days, their first full-length in nearly a decade, arrived October 10 via Better Noise Music. Produced and drum-tracked by Travis Barker, it features guests like Avril Lavigne and Matt Skiba, and early singles “Better Days” and “honestly i” showed a group recharged rather than just nostalgic. After years of hiatus, the band seems ready to write a new chapter rather than relive old ones.

A Day to Remember enters this tour on their own wave of momentum following Big Ole Album Vol. 1. The Ocala, Florida band has long blurred genre lines between pop-punk and post-hardcore, and their live shows thrive on that unpredictability.

The tour’s rotating openers add to its appeal. State Champs and Boundaries joined the bands in September, while The Wonder Years and Dinosaur Pile-Up take over later in the run. Each combination offers a slightly different flavor—sometimes leaning more emo and melodic, sometimes pushing heavier. It’s an adaptable lineup that feels less like a nostalgia trip and more like a modern survey of where alternative rock stands in 2025.

Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster, with VIP and early-entry packages available for diehards who want exclusive merch or first pick on the barricade. General admission sales began June 6, with most venues reporting strong early interest across the board.

In a year loaded with reunion tours and throwback bills, Maximum Fun feels like something different: a showcase of two acts that helped define their eras, meeting again not out of nostalgia, but because they still have something to say.

Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith is a Boston-based music photographer known for capturing the raw energy and unfiltered magic of live performance. Whether he's photographing a sold-out show at TD Garden or documenting the rise of an emerging local band, Nathan’s aims to transport viewers straight into the heart of music.

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