Taking Back Sunday in Highland

Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band formed on Long Island in 1999, known for emo and alternative rock built around intertwined vocals and guitars. The album Tell All Your Friends established the group’s early sound through songs including “Cute Without the ‘E’ (Cut from the Team),” while Where You Want to Be and Louder Now produced staples such as “A Decade Under the Influence” and “MakeDamnSure.” Taking Back Sunday performed on the 2007 Projekt Revolution tour alongside Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance. In 2019, the band marked its twentieth anniversary by playing Tell All Your Friends in full, followed by either Where You Want to Be or Louder Now, chosen by a coin toss each night. The band later toured with Third Eye Blind on the 2022 Summer Gods Tour.

Saves The Day is an American rock band formed in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1994. Their melodic pop-punk and emo took shape on albums including Through Being Cool and Stay What You Are, the latter featuring “At Your Funeral” and “Freakish.” The band played the Vans Warped Tour in 2000, then joined Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio and Hey Mercedes on the Vagrant America Tour in 2001. Dates on the Pop Disaster Tour followed in 2002, alongside Green Day and blink-182. In 2019, Saves The Day toured with Hot Rod Circuit for anniversary performances of Through Being Cool and Sorry About Tomorrow; singer and guitarist Chris Conley remained at the center of those shows.