A blast of ‘90s pop-punk hits Vancouver on Saturday when The Offspring and Bad Religion team up for a concert at Rogers Arena.
Announced last October, their SUPERCHARGED Worldwide tour kicked off last Friday in Bakersfield, California, and stops in several B.C. cities this week including Victoria (Thursday), Vancouver, Kelowna (Sunday) and Prince George (Tuesday) before heading east in Canada.
Saturday’s date in Vancouver looks close to a sell-out, judging by the seating map on ticketmaster.ca, where tickets are sold for $63 and up.
As a possible preview of the B.C. shows, check out setlist.fm for The Offspring’s set in Bakersfield, where they opened with “Come Out and Play” and closed 20 songs later with “Self Esteem.” The band performed a piano version of “Gone Away” and other hits including “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)” and “The Kids Aren’t Alright.” They also reached back to cover The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated,” and in Victoria they played The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” on Thursday night.
Formed in the early-1980s as Manic Subsidal, The Offspring features Dexter Holland (guitar, vocals), Noodles (lead guitar), Todd Morse (bass), Brandon Pertzborn (drums) and Jonah Nimoy (multiple instruments).
Their winter tour follows the 2024 release of The Offspring’s SUPERCHARGED album and song “Make It All Right,” which hit #1 on a few alt-rock charts. Other notable moments include the night Ed Sheeran joined the band at BottleRock Festival to play “Million Miles Away” and when Brian May rocked “Gone Away” and Queen’s “Stone Cold Crazy.”