Yellowcard @ Stylus (Leeds, UK) on December 20, 2016 [Photos & Show Review]

It’s emotional night here in Leeds as punk rock favourites Yellowcard wind down their final ever UK tour with a date tagged on to make up for their problem-littered set at Slam Dunk earlier in the year. With fans well aware this will be one of the final chances to see the band in the UK, it’s no surprise that there are no vantage points left in the venue as the band take to the stage making good their promise to play hit album Ocean Avenue in full.

“Did anyone come to see us at that disaster that was Slam Dunk?” jokes frontman Ryan Key before the band rattle out every single moment, from start to finish, of Ocean Avenue. The crowd loves every minute of it and, despite the band suffering from the lurgy, they make sure they sign off giving fans who’ve travelled from all over, a memory that will live with them long after this chapter in punk rock history closes.

An hour or so later and it is all over. It’s an emotional farewell for the band and fans but, for both, it’s also a night that couldn’t have been more of a fitting UK finale for one of punk rocks most loved bands.

Tour Dates:

11/17 – The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC
11/18 – Mavericks at The Landing – Jacksonville, FL
11/19 – The Masquerade – Heaven Stage – Atlanta, GA
11/20 – Revolution Live – Fort Lauderdale, FL
11/22 – House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/23 – House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista, FL
12/07 – Amsterdam – Melkweg OZ
12/08 – Cologne – Live Music Hall
12/09 – Cologne – Live Music Hall
12/11 – Bristol – O2 Academy
12/12 – Glasgow – O2 ABC
12/14 – Manchester – O2 Ritz
12/15 – London – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
12/17 – Nottingham – Rock City
12/18 – Birmingham – O2 Institute
12/21 – Brighton – Concorde 2
12/22 – London – Brooklyn Bowl
03/21 – Sunshine Theater (rescheduled) – Albuquerque, NM
03/22 – Marquee Theatre (rescheduled) – Tempe, AZ
03/24 – Novo – Los Angeles, CA
03/25 – House of Blues – Anaheim Anaheim, CA