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Sum 41, Leeds First Direct Arena | 26.10.24

Final Ever Tour 💔 🤘😔🤘

So long, goodbye… 🖤

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Sum 41 // Rise Up

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Sum 41 // Thanks For Nothing + Black Lagoon

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Sum 41 // Landmines

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I'm not sure why we broke up, it was the best that I had

Sum 41 // Landmines

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What is the truth, Deryck!?

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SUM 41 Parallels | Screaming Bloody Murder + Not Quite Myself

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Sum 41 // Not Quite Myself

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Sum 41 fans, get ready for an unforgettable episode! Sum 41 has announced their final headlining world tour, ‘Tour Of The Setting Sum’, celebrating the release of their last album ‘Heaven :x: Hell’, and their farewell as a band. They’re hitting major stops across the globe, ending with their ultimate farewell in Toronto at Scotiabank Arena on January 30, 2025. Join us as we share our thoughts about their final show in New York! We discuss the electrifying opening acts Joey Valence & Brae and The Interrupters, break down their epic setlist, and relive the unforgettable moment when Sum 41 played “Fat Lip” twice due to a sound system mishap. Tune in for all this and more, and don’t miss part 2 where Erick and I rank the band’s entire discography! Listen now and be part of Sum 41's historic farewell—you won’t want to miss it!

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Sum 41 // Waiting On A Twist Of Fate

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“αѕ уσυя вℓσσ∂’ѕ яυηηιηg тнιη, уσυя тιмє’ѕ яυηηιηg συт.. ησ σηє ωιℓℓ вє ℓιѕтєηιηg, ησт єνєη ωнєη уσυ ѕнσυт. ωнєη уσυя αηgєℓѕ тυяη тσ ∂єνιℓѕ уσυ’ℓℓ ƒιηαℓℓу ƒιgυяє συт тнαт ησ σηє ωιℓℓ вє ωιтн уσυ ιη тнє єη∂.” // ѕυм 41 🔥🖤

This is their final tour as Sum 41 & I feel so damn grateful to have been able to attend this beautiful celebration. This final tour definitely brought on a different type of nostalgia. I’ve been a fan of theirs since I was just 11 years old. I’ll never forget buying their debut album the week it was released & all of the afternoons that I spent blasting ‘All Killer No Filler’ on my boombox outside after school as I played on the jungle gym & swung on my swingset. So many memories of mine throughout the years are tied to their albums & songs. Trust me when I say, all of the “favorite bands” you grow up loving & watching from the start really do hit different & will forever hold a different type of significance to you personally. & I could feel that deeply.. not just with myself, but with every other fan in attendance last night. This band has left a long lasting impact in so many of our lives & the energy in the room last night as they played strongly replicated that. It was fucking indescribable. This is definitely one of the best shows I’ve ever been to & it really meant so damn much to me to be able to be there 🥹💥🖤

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Sum 41 // Landmines

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Sum 41 // Rise Up

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Heaven :x: Hell first reactions

Heaven Side:

Waiting On A Twist Of Fate - we already know this is a banger

Landmines - fun and catchy, just some good classic pop-punk vibes

I Can't Wait - now this feels like truly oldschool Sum 41

Time Won't Wait - gotta be honest here, this one is missing a certain je ne sais quoi. If I had to guess i'd say this was one of the ones that was originally written for a different artist

Future Primitive - hella Offspring vibes on this one and I'm here for it

Dopamine - this one's okay, but the verses are very similar to Landmines, making it feel kinda like Landmines again but not as good

Not Quite Myself - wasn't sure at first, initially felt a little samey but I like the way it switched up in the second verse, won me over

Bad Mistake - jammy, banger, awesome Offspring vibes again

Johnny Libertine - Yes! Super oldschool sound, this rules

Radio Silence - Gotta get that ballad track in there! I am deffo vibing with this one, could join the ranks of Pieces and What Am I To Say in terms of classic Sum ballads

Hell Side:

Preperasi A Salire - Something of a transitional filler track, which tbh is pretty much what I expected - really like the Rise Up vocals coming in with it though, that was a nice surprise

Rise Up - it's a banger, your honour

Stranger In These Times - funky intro. Love the tension building in the pre-chorus, and the chorus itself does indeed fuck

I Don't Need Anyone - darker tone off the bat, we like it. Go the fuck off, Dave, hell yeah!!!!! That guitar solo got me feeling like Kaiba getting obliterated

Over The Edge - one of Dreamworks' most underrated pict- oh, edge, sorry, misheard you there. Real pump-up chorus, I dig it

House Of Liars - sliding in with some kickass guitar wails. Cool atmosphere to this one

You Wanted War - oooh, i like the intro here. Channeling those 13 Voices/Screaming Bloody vibes. Guitar solo is very cool, but doesn't top the one from I Don't Need Anyone

Paint It Black - oh this is straight up a cover, then. Well I can't say it outclasses the original Rolling Stones track (just 'cause, y'know, it's iconic) this is nonetheless a very cool heavier interpretation

It's All Me - FAST! ENERGETIC! YEAH! Huh, maybe this is the track that should have been called Time Won't Wait. Dave & Tom back at it again with guitar solos that FUCK HARD. ...Were those last couple of notes a reference to a DTLI track? Sounded super familiar

How The End Begins - Oh, some of these lyrics are going for the throat huh. Caught between a memory and visions of what could be. Damn. Given this is ostensibly the swan song for Sum 41 as a whole, it's got a lot to live up to, but it does be living up it though

Well. Wow. They definitely went out with a bang. I can see myself listening through this a lot in the weeks to come.

Downsides? Some. We know conceptually this album began when Deryck was asked to write some songs for other artists and/or to be bonus tracks on an anniversary addition of All Killer - these ended up being tracks on the Heaven side and it does feel like you can tell which ones they are — if I had to guess, I'd say those were Landmines, Time Won't Wait, Dopamine and possibly Not Quite Myself. Time Won't Wait in particular felt a little bit disjointed, lacking a bit of that Sum 41 personality. That said, songs like I Can't Wait, Future Primitive and Bad Mistake are awesome enough to lift up the Heaven side by a fair margin.

With the Hell side you could argue that with Preperasi being really just an intro to Rise Up and Paint It Black being a cover that we're really only getting 8 heavier Sum songs here, not 10... however, those 8 are all really fucking good. If I had to single one that I wasn't as keen on it'd probably be House Of Liars, but who knows, that one has the potential to grow on me over time.

I think the Hell side is stronger overall, but I'm definitely glad that this did end up being a double album - with Sum disbanding after this, it gives something great to end on across the gamut of their fanbase - those who prefer the oldschool pop-punk stuff, those who prefer the heavier stuff, and indeed those like me who are here for all of it.

Overall though, this whole record is chock full of bangers. While I'm certainly sad to see Sum 41 go, this was an exceptional note to end on.

Heaven :x: Hell | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (4.5/5)

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Two "I see what you did there" moments from "Landmines"

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The Complete (and final 😢) SUM 41 Discography!