{"id":174560,"date":"2026-03-02T03:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174560\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T03:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:21:08","slug":"live-descendents-st-petersburg-fl-usa-february-14-2026-100-rock-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174560\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: DESCENDENTS \u2013 St. Petersburg, FL, USA \u2013 February 14, 2026 : 100% ROCK MAGAZINE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Venue: Jannus Live<\/p>\n

City: St. Petersburg, FL<\/p>\n

Date: February 24,\u00a02026<\/p>\n

Review and Photographs by: James Zambon\u00a0(https:\/\/jameszambon.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

There are few bands that can turn a Tuesday night into something that feels like 1995 summer break, and the Descendents are absolutely one of them. But before the legends took the stage, Montreal\u2019s own NOBRO lit the stage up with their entertaining and chaotic energy. Starting off the night, NOBRO made it clear they weren\u2019t there to politely warm up the crowd. They were there to kick the doors open. Their set was loud, swaggering, and unhinged. Solid riffs, sneering vocals, and an enthusiastic, energetic stage presence that the crowd resonated with. Jannus crowds can sometimes take a minute to warm up, especially early in the night. Not this time. By the end of their set, the circle pit was in full motion, and the tone for the evening had been decisively set.<\/p>\n

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Frank Turner, came on next and shifted the energy into a punk-rock in a pub kind of intimacy. Launching into \u201cI Still Believe,\u201d Turner immediately turned Jannus Live into a singalong, except louder, sweatier, and with better lighting. Backed by a tight band, he balanced his defiance and vulnerability across a sprawling set that ranged from the politically charged \u201c1933\u201d to crowd staples like \u201cRecovery\u201d and \u201cFour Simple Words.\u201d Mid-set, Turner switched it up into a solo acoustic stretch, with \u201cA Wave Across a Bay,\u201d \u201cBe More Kind,\u201d and \u201cThe Ballad of Me and My Friends\u201d, and managed to quiet the normally restless courtyard into focused attention. It\u2019s not easy to command that kind of silence in an outdoor venue on a weeknight, but Turner\u2019s strength has always been sincerity without self-importance.<\/p>\n

And then the sprint began.\u00a0When the Descendents hit the stage, it was less a performance and more a sustained blast of melodic hardcore joy. From the opening punch of \u201cEverything Sux\u201d straight into \u201cHope\u201d and \u201cI Don\u2019t Want to Grow Up,\u201d the band wasted zero time. Early in the set, Milo Aukerman climbed down from Jannus\u2019 stage and accepted a pink rabbit hat from the crowd, and unmistakably Louise Belcher-core, and he wore it intermittently throughout the night. It was ridiculous. It was perfect. It was very Milo, very Descendents. The setlist was a full-throttle survey of everything in their catalog that I wanted to hear: \u201cMyage,\u201d \u201cClean Sheets,\u201d \u201c\u2019Merican,\u201d \u201cSuburban Home,\u201d \u201cBikeage,\u201d and \u201cSmile\u201d all hitting firmly. \u201cWeinerschnitzel\u201d was over almost before it began, as tradition demands. When they played my personal favorite, \u201cSilly Girl\u201d it left me smiling for the rest of the evening. Their encore dug even deeper, with a tour-debut performance of \u201cJean is Dead\u201d before closing punches from \u201cKabuki Girl,\u201d and their always-blistering \u201cGet the Time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It wasn\u2019t just nostalgia, I mean yeah, obviously nostalgia, but their vitality that really made it awesome for me. The Descendents aren\u2019t coasting on legacy, they\u2019re still fast, still sharp, still self-aware enough to wear a pink rabbit hat while ripping through songs about suburban anxiety and aging without grace. On a Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, three very different bands delivered three distinct flavors of energy: chaotic, earnest, and ferocious. Jannus Live felt like the center of the punk universe for a few earnest hours. Can we do this again? It went by too quickly.<\/p>\n

DESCENDENTS SETLIST: Everything Sux \u2013 Hope \u2013 I Don\u2019t Want to Grow Up \u2013 I Like Food \u2013 Nothing With You \u2013 Rotting Out \u2013 Myage \u2013 Victim of Me \u2013 Clean Sheets \u2013 My Dad Sucks \u2013 \u2019Merican \u2013 Without Love \u2013 No Fat Burger \u2013 When I Get Old \u2013 Nightage \u2013 Weinerschnitzel \u2013 No, All! \u2013 Silly Girl \u2013 Van \u2013 I\u2019m Not a Punk \u2013 Good Good Things \u2013 Coffee Mug \u2013 Coolidge \u2013 I Wanna Be a Bear \u2013 On Paper \u2013 I\u2019m the One \u2013 Suburban Home \u2013 Thank You \u2013 Bikeage \u2013 Smile \u2013 Jean is Dead \u2013 Grudge \u2013 Kabuki Girl \u2013 Get the Time<\/p>\n

FRANK TURNER SETLIST:\u00a0I Still Believe \u2013\u00a0Try This at Home \u2013\u00a0Never Mind the Back Problems \u2013\u00a0Photosynthesis \u2013\u00a0Girl From the Record Shop \u2013\u00a01933 \u2013\u00a0No Thank You for the Music \u2013\u00a0A Wave Across a Bay \u2013\u00a0Be More Kind \u2013 The Ballad of Me and My Friends \u2013\u00a0I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous \u2013\u00a0\u00a0One Foot Before the Other \u2013\u00a0Do One \u2013\u00a0Recovery \u2013\u00a0Out of Breath \u2013\u00a0Letters \u2013\u00a0Non Serviam \u2013\u00a0Get Better \u2013\u00a0Four Simple Words<\/p>\n

DESCENDENTS LINKS:<\/p>\n

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