{"id":389489,"date":"2026-09-03T18:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389489\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:38:17","slug":"yellowcard-tops-97x-legends-lineup-coming-to-clearwater-on-friday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389489\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowcard tops 97X &#8216;Legends&#8217; lineup coming to Clearwater on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"116254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/photos-yellowcard-tops-night-of-pop-punk-and-emo-nostalgia-at-tampas-yuengling-center-16044632\/attachment\/prd02097\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prd02097-scaled.webp?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"prd02097\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Yellowcard plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on July 23, 2023.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/prd02097-scaled.webp?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788460695_520_prd02097.webp\" alt=\"A wide-angle live performance photograph showing pop-punk band Yellowcard performing on stage at Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on July 23, 2023. Captured from low in front of the stage, frontman Ryan Key leaps into the air with his legs spread wide atop a metal stage platform while playing a white electric guitar under bright yellow and orange spotlights. Behind him, bandmates perform on bass, guitar, and drums set against a backdrop illuminated with blue sky and cloud visuals.\" class=\"wp-image-116254\"  \/>Yellowcard plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on July 23, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your waistband is always there to remind you that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowcardband.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.yellowcardband.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yellowcard<\/a>\u2018s breakout LP, Ocean Avenue, is 23 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Jacksonville pop-punk hero has a new album to share (Better Days, released last year), expect frontman Ryan Key, fiddler Sean Mackin &amp; co. to lean into the nostalgia for this throwback edition of 97X\u2019s Next Big Thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In classic NBT fashion, the lineup includes bands that play into the series\u2019 25-year history which started at Coachman Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutheckerdhall.com\/events\/detail\/97x-next-big-thing-legends\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rutheckerdhall.com\/events\/detail\/97x-next-big-thing-legends\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Yellowcard, Waterparks, and Dylan Cotrone at The BayCare Sound in Clearwater on Friday, Sept. 4 are still available and start at $60.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788460697_281_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/september-03-09-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 03 \u2013 09, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yellowcard plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on July 23, 2023. 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