2018’s “Never Ending Summer Tour ” featuring 311, The Offspring and Gym Class Heros made it’s stop at Festival Pier in Philadelphia, PA on August 10, 2017.  Opening the night was New York’s Gym Class Heroes. GCY originally rose to prominence within the hip-hop and alternative scene with songs like “Cupid’s Chokehold” and “Stereo Hearts.”  They pleased the Philly crowd with a half-hour set that included hits from their discography, as well as the notoriously catchy “Billionaire” single that singer Travis McCoy released a few years ago.

The Offspring were up next with a high-energy punk rock set that delivered nothing but the band’s greatest hits.  The Offspring still release new songs every once in a while (including a cover of 311’s‘ “Down”, that was recorded and released as part of the ‘Never Ending Summer Tour’ promotion).  Even though they haven’t released a full album in 6 years, song like “Come Out And Play”, “Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)”, “The Kids Aren’t Alright”, “Why Don’t You Get A Job”, “Gotta Get Away”, and “Self-Esteem” still hold up and have the crowd energized at each song’s first note.

311‘s hybrid mix of rock, rap and reggae proved they are one of the most entertaining and dynamic bands.  They hit the road every summer playing songs that encompass the band’s twelve-album catalog. Their long set-list included hits from the 90’s and 2000’s  like “Amber”, “All Mixed Up”, “Perfect Mistake”, “Stealing Happy Hours”, and “Creatures (For Awhile Now)” provide just a taste of what fans received on a beautiful summer night in which one of the best tours of this summer made its way through Philly.

311

Setlist:

  1. Come Original
  2. Don’t Stay Home
  3. Do You Right
  4. Extension
  5. Feels So Good
  6. All Mixed Up
  7. Too Much to Think
  8. Lucky
  9. Beautiful Disaster
  10. Beyond the Gray Sky
  11. Applied Science
    (with drum solo)
  12. What Was I Thinking
  13. Too Late
  14. You Wouldn’t Believe
  15. Amber
  16. Flowing
  17. Creatures (For a While)
  18. Down

The Offspring

Setlist:

  1. Americana
  2. All I Want
  3. Come Out and Play
  4. It Won’t Get Better
  5. Want You Bad
  6. Staring at the Sun
  7. Smash
  8. Whole Lotta Rosie
    (AC/DC cover)
  9. Bad Habit
  10. Gotta Get Away
  11. Gone Away
    (piano version)
  12. Why Don’t You Get a Job?
  13. You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid
  14. (Can’t Get My) Head Around You
  15. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
  16. The Kids Aren’t Alright
  17. Self Esteem

Gym Class Heros

Setlist:

  1. Stereo Hearts
  2. Ass Back Home
  3. Cupid’s Chokehold
  4. A Waste of Love
  5. The Fighter
  6. Blinded by the Sun
  7. Billionaire
    (Travie McCoy song)
  8. Kid Nothing and the Never-Ending Naked Nightmare