AFI plays Orlando this week Credit: Lexie Alley

Memes about frontperson Davey Havok’s rather comprehensive aesthetic transformation aside — they’ve been continuously reinventing themselves for three decades now — AFI’s return to the road and to Orlando is a big deal.

This is a band with a devoted multigenerational fanbase, one that’s been patiently awaiting a return since their last bout of roadwork in 2021. The band has a freshly released new album, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun …, a bold and atmospheric work that combines anthemic alternative-rock with brooding punk shadows, but you’ll hear the hits too.

TR/ST, an occasion in themselves, open.

8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd., entertainment.hardrock.com, $40-$207. 

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