{"id":12120,"date":"2025-10-20T11:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/12120\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:27:12","slug":"the-jonas-brothers-celebrate-20-years-at-the-toyota-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/12120\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jonas Brothers Celebrate 20 Years at the Toyota Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jonas Brothers<br \/>Toyota Center<br \/>October 19, 2025<\/p>\n<p>In the words of LL Cool J, don\u2019t call it a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>So, I won\u2019t. Let\u2019s go with part-very-loyal-pre-existing-fan-base, part-resurgence, then. That\u2019s what it feels like to a non-Jonatic, when the Jonas Brothers somehow keep popping up on their feed \u2013 most recently, in an ad for A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, coming to Disney+ on November 14.<\/p>\n<p>The year 2025 is definitely part of the reason, as it\u2019s Kevin, Joe, and Nick\u2019s 20th anniversary as a band. To mark the occasion, the New Jersey-born brothers have been keeping busy. \u00a0There was JonasCon in March; a live album, Live from the O2 London, in June; and a studio album, Greetings from Your Hometown, in August. Not to mention a few collaborations with artists like Marshmello and Rascal Flatts, Joe\u2019s second album, Music for People Who Believe in Love, released back in May, and the announcement of a Camp Rock 3 incoming.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, there\u2019s the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour, which brought the band to the Toyota Center last night.<\/p>\n<p>The family affair of it all extended past Kevin, Joe, and Nick, as brother-in-law Michael Deleasa performed DJ sets before the openers and right before the brothers took the stage. And, of course, the first opener of the evening was Franklin Jonas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" data-attachment-id=\"398614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/music\/the-jonas-brothers-celebrate-20-years-at-the-toyota-center\/attachment\/tx\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-Franklin-Jonas-6857.jpg?fit=1320%2C878&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1320,878\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jennifer Lake\\\/House of Blues Hou&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D780&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;(Photo by Jennifer Lake)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760919644&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Jennifer Lake&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;TX:&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TX:\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Franklin Jonas performing at the Toyota Center during the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-Franklin-Jonas-6857.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-Franklin-Jonas-6857.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-Franklin-Jonas-6857.jpg\" alt=\"Franklin Jonas performing at the Toyota Center.\" class=\"wp-image-398614\"  \/>Franklin Jonas performing at the Toyota Center during the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour. Credit: Jennifer Lake<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of us grew up together,\u201d said Franklin. \u201cSee, I\u2019m a lot of y\u2019all\u2019s little brother, and I\u2019m so grateful that I am, tell you what.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just five years old when his brothers released their debut album in 2006, Franklin has since grown up and moved on to self-awarely co-hosting the celebrity-relative reality show Claim to Fame with Kevin and releasing his own EP in 2023. With guitar and banjo backing him up, Franklin performed a 15-minute set of original songs from his current project, Franklin Jonas &amp; The Byzantines, along with covers of George Strait\u2019s \u201cAll My Ex\u2019s Live in Texas\u201d and Coldplay\u2019s \u201cYellow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During \u201cYellow,\u201d he jumped off the stage, crossed the floor, and made the trek up into the club level, eventually traversing from sections 110 to 117. Though the moment had the arena buzzing, his stripped-down, country-tinged introspection brought an unexpected depth to the night. Songs like \u201cVillage Liquors,\u201d with lines like \u201cToo young to live, too young to die \/ I\u2019m the aftermath of youth I sacrifice,\u201d and \u201cRoad Soda,\u201d with its refrain \u201cNothing I love more than hating my life,\u201d marked him as a grittier, moodier counterpoint to the coming main event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-attachment-id=\"398615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/music\/the-jonas-brothers-celebrate-20-years-at-the-toyota-center\/attachment\/fashion-at-rodeo-houston\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-All-American-Rejects-7532.jpg?fit=1320%2C743&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1320,743\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jennifer Lake&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D780&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760921456&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Fashion at Rodeo Houston&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The All-American Rejects performing at the Toyota Center during the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-All-American-Rejects-7532.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-All-American-Rejects-7532.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-All-American-Rejects-7532.jpg\" alt=\"The All-American Rejects performing at the Toyota Center. \" class=\"wp-image-398615\"  \/>The All-American Rejects performing at the Toyota Center during the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour. Credit: Jennifer Lake<\/p>\n<p>The All-American Rejects, guests at the aforementioned JonasCon, were up next. And as soon as the lights went down, fans in black-and-white checkered pants and band tees \u2013 mostly JoBros \u2013 jumped out of their seats for some light headbanging.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in Oklahoma in 1999, the band leaned right into that nostalgia with their lead-off song, \u201cDirty Little Secret,\u201d from 2005\u2019s Move Along, before tearing through the rest of their high-energy, nine-song set. Turns out, two decades later, those mid-2000s pop-punk anthems have not lost their punch, as fans happily bopped along to the band\u2019s breakthrough hit, \u201cSwing, Swing,\u201d and sneered out the chorus of \u201cGives You Hell\u201d like they were just waiting for the chance.<\/p>\n<p>Frontman and bassist Tyson Ritter was unpredictable and playful, bantering freely with the crowd (and sometimes, inexplicably, in a German accent). There was a back-and-forth with a fan who brought a sign that said, simply, \u201cReject me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right, well. Proposition me,\u201d Ritter countered to the sound of laughter and catcalls. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Much to the audience\u2019s delight, the love fest went both ways. \u201cWe play a lot of these JoBros shows,\u201d he told the crowd, \u201cand I\u2019ll tell you what, this crowd right here\u2014you jumpers, you people that are actually into this shit\u2014I am all about.\u201d So about it, he pulled out a \u201cgiant invisible knife\u201d and said: \u201cI\u2019m dipping it into the invisible honey and I\u2019m spreading it all over your ass cracks that\u2019s how much I love you. And I will happily eat a sandwich out of that place \u2013 that\u2019s how endeared I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Ritter noted that \u201cthe JoBros team\u201d don\u2019t like it when he swears.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" data-attachment-id=\"398616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/music\/the-jonas-brothers-celebrate-20-years-at-the-toyota-center\/attachment\/the-jonas-brothers-at-toyota-center-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8273.jpg?fit=1320%2C878&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1320,878\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jennifer Lake&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D780&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760925418&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Jonas Brothers at Toyota Center&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Jonas Brothers at Toyota Center\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kevin Jonas during the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour at the Toyota Center. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8273.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8273.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8273.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Jonas performing at the Toyota Center. \" class=\"wp-image-398616\"  \/>Kevin Jonas during the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour at the Toyota Center.  Credit: Jennifer Lake<\/p>\n<p>Almost exactly on time, the lights dropped for the last time, and the arena erupted as the Jonas Brothers cracked open a time capsule with \u201cYear 3000,\u201d the Busted cover that launched their Disney-era fame. The song was met with deafening screams. There\u2019s no way to say for sure, but it seemed everyone in the building knew, and shouted, every lyric. The brothers jumped to the present with \u201cLove Me to Heaven,\u201d the first single off Greetings from Your Hometown. They also took the opportunity to do some introductions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, we are celebrating 20 years together, and not just the three of us on this stage, but each and every one of you who\u2019s part of this story,\u201d said Nick.<\/p>\n<p>From there and across the hour and 45 minutes they stayed on stage, the atmosphere remained celebratory and joyous, stretching across the years as the band seamlessly threaded early hits like \u201cS.O.S.\u201d and \u201cLovebug\u201d into their set alongside their more recent material. This included five tracks off Greetings, showing that while their sound has grown and evolved, their pop instincts are perfectly intact. That sound, by the way, was further brought to life by an impressive 11-piece backing band with a particularly well-utilized horn section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" data-attachment-id=\"398617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/music\/the-jonas-brothers-celebrate-20-years-at-the-toyota-center\/attachment\/the-jonas-brothers-at-toyota-center-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8492.jpg?fit=1320%2C878&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1320,878\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jennifer Lake&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D780&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760925636&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;480&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Jonas Brothers at Toyota Center&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Jonas Brothers at Toyota Center\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Joe Jonas performing during the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour at the Toyota Center.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8492.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8492.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8492.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Jonas performing at the Toyota Center.\" class=\"wp-image-398617\"  \/>Joe Jonas performing during the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour at the Toyota Center. Credit: Jennifer Lake<\/p>\n<p>Between songs, the brothers\u2019 camaraderie and warmth came through. Joe dedicated \u201cLittle Bird\u201d to parents and anyone who plays a parental role and later led a fan-request segment that produced snippets of deep cuts like \u201cGot Me Going Crazy,\u201d \u201cYou Got the Right,\u201d and \u201cInseparable.\u201d \u201cSpaceman,\u201d requested by Kevin for Nick, drew loud cheers for its Houston mention.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the set list had room for a couple of solo spotlights. Joe turned the arena into a dance party with \u201cCake by the Ocean,\u201d introduced by his DNCE guitarist JinJoo Lee, while Nick\u2019s sultry \u201cJealous\u201d showed his skill for R&amp;B-infused pop. Colombian singer Ela Taubert emerged onto the stage to join Joe for \u201c\u00bfC\u00f3mo Pas\u00f3?,\u201d a song she performed with him at last year\u2019s Latin Grammys, and stayed for the following song, \u201cSlow Motion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The night\u2019s nostalgia reached its peak during a Camp Rock sing-along. Collectively, \u201cPlay My Music,\u201d \u201cGotta Find You,\u201d and \u201cIntroducing Me\u201d got some of the biggest pops of the night. But as the night wound down, the focus shifted from those Disney Channel memories to something more personal.<\/p>\n<p>Before the confetti and goodbyes, the brothers circled back to where it all began with \u201cPlease Be Mine,\u201d the first song they ever wrote together. Finally, Franklin returned to the stage to join them for \u201cWhen You Look Me in the Eyes.\u201d Together, the two songs triumphantly underscored the tour\u2019s familial and retrospective themes, and the celebration was complete.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" data-attachment-id=\"398618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/music\/the-jonas-brothers-celebrate-20-years-at-the-toyota-center\/attachment\/the-jonas-brothers-at-toyota-center-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8329.jpg?fit=1320%2C878&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1320,878\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jennifer Lake&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D780&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760925474&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Jonas Brothers at Toyota Center&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Jonas Brothers at Toyota Center\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Nick Jonas performing during the Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour at the Toyota Center. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nick Jonas performing at the Toyota Center. &lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8329.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.houstonpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8329.jpg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-19-The-Jonas-Brothers-8329.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Jonas performing at the Toyota Center.\" class=\"wp-image-398618\"  \/>Nick Jonas performing at the Toyota Center.  Credit: Jennifer Lake<\/p>\n<p>Set List <\/p>\n<p>Franklin Jonas<br \/>Break a Leg<br \/>Yellow<br \/>All My Ex\u2019s Live in Texas<br \/>Road Soda<br \/>Village Liquors<\/p>\n<p>All-American Rejects<br \/>Dirty Little Secret<br \/>Someday\u2019s Gone<br \/>Swing, Swing<br \/>I Wanna<br \/>Sweat<br \/>Search Party!<br \/>Move Along<br \/>Easy Come, Easy Go<br \/>Gives You Hell<\/p>\n<p>Jonas Brothers<br \/>Year 3000<br \/>Love Me to Heaven<br \/>Only Human<br \/>Mirror to the Sky<br \/>Don\u2019t Throw It Away<br \/>S.O.S.<br \/>Sucker<br \/>Little Bird<br \/>Fan Requests: Got Me Going Crazy, You Got the Right, Inseparable, Spaceman<br \/>Waffle House<br \/>Vacation Eyes<br \/>Celebrate!<br \/>No Time to Talk<br \/>Cake by the Ocean<br \/>Jealous<br \/>\u00bfC\u00f3mo Pas\u00f3?<br \/>Slow Motion<br \/>Backwards<br \/>Play My Music<br \/>Gotta Find You<br \/>Introducing Me<br \/>Lovebug<br \/>Leave Before You Love Me<br \/>Burnin\u2019 Up<br \/>Please Be Mine<br \/>When You Look Me in the Eyes<\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/?post_type=newspack_collection&amp;p=390334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 1 \u2013 Dec 31, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jonas BrothersToyota CenterOctober 19, 2025 In the words of LL Cool J, don\u2019t call it a comeback.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[575,56,58,57,9791,278,7986],"class_list":{"0":"post-12120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-concerts","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-headlines","11":"tag-houston-news","12":"tag-jonas-brothers","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-review"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}