{"id":501695,"date":"2026-10-20T02:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501695\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T02:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T02:30:22","slug":"turnstile-wraps-tour-in-santa-ana-with-an-ode-to-the-future-and-past-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501695\/","title":{"rendered":"Turnstile wraps tour in Santa Ana with an ode to the future and past \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Turnstile<\/a> announced the second part of its Never Enough Tour<\/a> over the summer, the lineup\u2019s clear takeaway was genre diversity.<\/p>\n

The 16-date North American run kicked off on Sept. 9 and featured wildly assorted support lineups each night, varying by city and blending hardcore, punk, hip-hop, indie, and alternative acts similarly to a music festival.<\/p>\n

Some of the acts that supported Turnstile, who are on tour promoting their Grammy-winning album \u201cNever Enough\u201d and its companion project \u201cNever Enough: Versions,\u201d included Agnostic Front, Yves Tumor, Ceremony,\u00a0Pennywise<\/a>, Hatebreed, Cold World,\u00a0Thundercat<\/a>, Angel Du$t,\u00a0Die Spitz<\/a>, Vince Staples and more.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Oct. 18, the Baltimore-based band closed out the tour with a sold-out show at The Observatory in Santa Ana, alongside local Los Angeles hardcore heavyweights Terror and darkwave electropop duo Boy Harsher. The tour\u2019s final lineup exemplified the band\u2019s breakthrough \u201cStep 2 Rhythm\u201d hardcore roots and its growing embrace of experimentation.<\/p>\n

The show kicked off at 7 p.m. with Terror, whose unapologetic hardcore attitude was the best kind of hype band fans could ask for. Terror\u2019s 30-minute performance set the tone for the night, with frontman Scott Vogel\u2019s commanding stage presence getting people\u2019s feet up in the air and two side monitors that read \u201cStill dedicated to hardcore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Brendan<\/p>\n

Brendan Yates, lead vocalist of Turnstile, looks out during a performance from the band\u2019s Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Daniel<\/p>\n

Daniel Fang plays the drums while vocalist Brendan Yates dances in front of him during Turnstile\u2019s show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Brendan<\/p>\n

Brendan Yates, Daniel Fang, and Franz Lyons come out onto the stage at the beginning of Turnstile\u2019s show for their Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Turnstile<\/p>\n

Turnstile vocalist Brendan Yates comes down to the crowd during a show for the band\u2019s Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Meg<\/p>\n

Meg Mills plays the guitar as Turnstile\u2019s visuals change behind her during the band\u2019s show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Security<\/p>\n

Security guards push a spectator back into the crowd after he jumped the barricade during a show for the band Turnstile\u2019s Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Turnstile<\/p>\n

Turnstile member Franz Lyons plays the bass guitar during the band\u2019s show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Charlene<\/p>\n

Charlene Tran, Catherine Chan, and Kristin Chlentzos arrive in hot dog costumes to the Turnstile: The Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. The three were coming from a birthday party and had more hot dog friends to find at the venue. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Turnstile<\/p>\n

Turnstile member Meg Mills plays the guitar during the band\u2019s Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 visit to the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Turnstile vocalist Brendan Yates sings during the band\u2019s Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Members<\/p>\n

Members of the crowd enjoy Turnstile\u2019s set for their Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 during a show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Brendan<\/p>\n

Brendan Yates crosses the stage before continuing to sing during Turnstile\u2019s show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Turnstile<\/p>\n

Turnstile guitarist Pat McCrory plays during the band\u2019s show for their Never Enough Tour Pt. 2, held at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Turnstile<\/p>\n

Turnstile drummer Daniel Fang performs as the band\u2019s visuals of the audience rush behind him during a show for the Never Enough Tour Pt. 2, held at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. The visuals were pre-recorded before the show, then screened as the band began playing. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Brendan Yates, lead vocalist of Turnstile, looks out during a performance from the band\u2019s Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cWho has seen Terror before?\u201d Vogel asked the crowd, who responded with cheers. \u201cThe beautiful thing is that we\u2019re all different: long hair, short hair, dark skin, light skin; this is our world. What this is about to me, and why I go to shows, is the energy we create together. No fights. Just good, clean fun, but we\u2019ve got to pick up the energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vogel reminded fans that no stage diving was allowed but that their feet weren\u2019t glued to the ground. He said security were their friends, but he wanted to see them work, so he asked fans to start slam dancing and reverse stage diving (essentially crowd surfing). The crowd eagerly obliged.<\/p>\n

The band also brought out some special guests to join them on the mic, including Crystal Pak, the Orange County and Los Angeles-based vocalist for Initiate, for a performance of \u201cStick Tight.\u201d The song, which celebrates sticking tight with your friends in the face of adversity, perfectly captured the spirit of community-centered hardcore.<\/p>\n

Featuring Terror on this show served as an homage to the Southern California-based hardcore scene central to the culture. Terror has delivered brutal, explosive hardcore since 2002 and has earned its place as an institutional pillar revered by fans in its crowds and by the acts it shares the stage with, including Turnstile.<\/p>\n

About 15 minutes after Terror ended their set, Boy Harsher took the stage, and the shift from brutal hardcore to synth-pop dance felt like a change of pace and energy, but it wasn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing. The electronic duo, consisting of vocalist Jae Matthews and producer Augustus Muller, delivered a set that still had people moving, just in a different way.<\/p>\n

\"MembersMembers of the crowd enjoy Turnstile\u2019s set for their Never Enough Tour Pt. 2 during a show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Turnstile, and we are so happy to be here, thank you,\u201d Matthews told the crowd. \u201cBut I ask that you get a little freaky and dance a little bit because this is the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boy Harsher performed music from their latest release, \u201cGet Mean,\u201d a departure from their signature darkwave sound that\u2019s regularly pounding through speakers at goth clubs. The new album may not focus solely on their debut sound, but it still shows how capable they are of creating dance bops like \u201cHard Beat,\u201d \u201cBreak Me,\u201d and \u201cRonny\u201d that had people grooving like they would on a club dance floor.<\/p>\n

Their approach in \u201cGet Mean\u201d has more of an \u201980s\/new-wave vibe that\u2019s paired with electric guitars, pedal steel, cellphone voice-memo textures and crisper hooks, and feels refreshing yet fitting for the group. It also fits the lineup on Tunstile\u2019s last show and their willingness to incorporate music from outside their genre, as they did for \u201cNever Enough: Versions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The remix album took the experimentation of new wave, synth-pop and shoegaze in \u201cNever Enough\u201d further, featuring artists of all stripes, including Elton John<\/a>, Porches, Slayyyter<\/a>, Hayley Williams<\/a>, Blood Orange, Alex G, Four Tet<\/a>, Dan Deacon, Faye Webster<\/a>, Dying Fetus, Angel Du$t, Chanel Beads, Floating Points, Brandon Woody, Panda Bear, A.G. Cook, Rod Lee, Kettama, Shabaka, Oklou, Nourished by Time, Mustafa and Julien Baker.<\/p>\n

\"TurnstileTurnstile member Franz Lyons plays the bass guitar during the band\u2019s show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Erin Burk, Contributing Photographer)<\/p>\n

Turnstile hopped on stage at 9 p.m., and as the stage went dark, the speakers played ambient sounds, including bird chirps, and fans knew exactly what was coming.<\/p>\n

The band broke out into their hit \u201cBirds,\u201d a burst of hardcore energy that ignited the crowd to pogo up and down and start moshing. They followed up with a mix of songs from their previous albums, \u201cTime & Space\u201d and \u201cGlow On,\u201d including \u201cReal Thing\u201d and \u201cEndless,\u201d before transitioning back to \u201cNever Enough\u201d with \u201cI Care\u201d and \u201cDull.\u201d<\/p>\n

No supporting acts featured on \u201cNever Enough: Versions\u201d were at this final show, so fans didn\u2019t expect any of them to join the band as special guests on stage, but the show still had a surprise tribute.<\/p>\n

The group performed a cover of \u201cBurning Fight,\u201d a song by the Orange County-based hardcore band Inside Out, fronted by Zack de la Rocha before he joined Rage Against the Machine. The throwback track\u00a0aired on BBC Radio 1<\/a> in May earlier this year, but hadn\u2019t debuted at any of the band\u2019s other\u00a0shows, serving as a special tribute to the local Orange County hardcore scene<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most of the 22-song set mirrored the first leg of the Never Enough Tour<\/a>, with a mix of their catalog, including throwbacks \u201cKeep it Moving\u201d and \u201cCanned Heat\u201d from \u201cStep 2 Rhythm.\u201d The stage design featured the rainbow artwork and banner from the new album, which fans could also use as a backdrop for photos at the festival grounds.<\/p>\n

The show also incorporated short videos of fans talking about hardcore music and their experiences after seeing Turnstile perform. The first videos showed fans walking into the Santa Ana venue and speaking about similar topics.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s cameraman in the pit areas also returned to transmit footage of fans in the crowd to the stage monitors. He was arguably his own star, constantly getting lifted to crowd surf when he asked, and many people jumped in front of him to get on camera.<\/p>\n

The group wrapped up the night and tour with \u201cT.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection),\u201d an anthem that champions community with the lyrics: \u201cI want to thank you for letting me see myself\/I want to thank you for letting me be myself,\u201d chanted by the crowd.<\/p>\n

As fans exited the venue, drenched in sweat and smiling cheek to cheek, high-fiving each other and debriefing their favorite parts of the set, it was clear that they may never get enough of Turnstile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Turnstile announced the second part of its Never Enough Tour over the summer, the lineup\u2019s clear takeaway…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,2644,6998,611,338,420],"class_list":["post-501695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-concerts","tag-music-concerts","tag-orange-county","tag-santa-ana","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}