5 Seconds of Summer time remodeled TD Backyard right into a singalong

Live performance Evaluations

For its “Everybody’s A Star!” World Tour at TD Backyard, 5 Seconds of Summer time mixed fan-voting surprises, theatrical movies, and self-aware humor.

5 Seconds of Summer time at TD Backyard, Boston, June 5, 2026.

5 Seconds of Summer time has spent almost 15 years rising up alongside its followers. On Friday night time at TD Backyard, the Australian pop-rock quartet proved that whereas each the band and its viewers could also be older, the connection between them stays as sturdy as ever. 

Nostalgia, humor, and crowd participation outlined the group’s “Everybody Is A Star!” World Tour cease in Boston, the place greater than 12,000 followers packed the sector for a present that celebrated the band’s previous and showcased its latest chapter. 

Since forming in Sydney, Australia, in 2011, 5SOS has advanced from a teenage opening act into one of many most profitable pop-rock bands of its technology, incomes a number of chart-topping albums and billions of streams worldwide. 

The 4 members — Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, and Ashton Irwin — made their first look at TD Backyard in 2019, and on Friday, wasted little time acknowledging each the band’s absence and development.

“We’re a lot better than we was once. We’ve been doing this some time,” Hemmings informed the gang. “This time we’ve received a much bigger finances. We’ve received wider pants. We’re extra ready. We’re extra skilled.” 

Friday’s manufacturing was larger, the musicianship was sharper, and the band’s confidence was simple — beginning with a dramatic entrance by stepping onto the stage from a white limousine. 

Earlier than 5SOS took the stage, although, Nashville-based alternative-rock group The Band CAMINO warmed up the gang with a set that had followers singing alongside, efficiently setting the tone for the night. 

However as soon as 5SOS arrived, the main target shifted totally to the connection between the band and its followers. 

One of many tour’s most distinctive components is its theatrical construction. Relatively than merely transferring from tune to tune, the live performance unfolds throughout six acts — The Peak, The Fall, The Craving, The Breakup, The Rise, and The Starting — every launched with video segments that mix humor, self-awareness, and storytelling. 

All through the night time, the band leaned closely into comedy. At one level, the group revisited a years-old meme involving its notorious pronunciation of Massachusetts, jokingly welcoming the viewers to “Boston, Mashed Potatoes.” 

One other phase featured a mock PowerPoint presentation documenting the band’s Boston adventures, together with training native slang, revisiting seafood spots, and apologizing to “shut private pal” Chris Evans after supposedly stealing Captain America’s protect. 

The jokes might have felt corny in one other setting. As an alternative, they strengthened one of many band’s biggest strengths: its potential to make enviornment reveals really feel surprisingly private. 

The setlist was a dynamic mixture of previous and newer materials. Current songs reminiscent of “NOT OK” and “Everybody’s a Star!” sat comfortably alongside fan favorites together with “She’s Kinda Scorching,” “Amnesia,” and “She Seems so Excellent.” 

Followers sang alongside to just about each tune, usually loud sufficient to rival the band itself. Throughout slower numbers, cellphone flashlights illuminated the sector as hundreds of voices carried the choruses. All through the present, the band ceaselessly stepped away from their microphones, trusting the viewers to take over total sections of songs — and the gang by no means missed a beat.

Musically, the group’s chemistry stays one in all its strongest property. Hemmings’ vocals sounded assured all through the night time, whereas Clifford, Hood, and Irwin supplied harmonies that elevated most of the set’s greatest moments. The layered vocals throughout “Ghost of You” had been notably spectacular and highlighted the band’s development as reside performers. 

The stage design additionally contributed to the present’s success. A limo positioned on the heart of an prolonged runway served because the visible centerpiece, permitting the band to maneuver nearer to followers all through the sector. Whereas the setup was artistic and helped enhance sightlines, the manufacturing sometimes felt restricted by the shortage of a secondary stage elsewhere within the venue.

Nonetheless, the band compensated with the sturdy gentle design, frequent bursts of confetti, and sufficient motion to maintain the present visually participating with out counting on dancers or extreme theatrics. 

One other spotlight got here via the night time’s fan-voted shock tune. Earlier than the live performance, viewers members scanned a QR code and voted amongst 4 choices. The eventual choice, “Purple Dessert,” was revealed via a playful “Deal or No Deal”-inspired phase involving a fan from the viewers. The response was rapid and overwhelming, making a second that made attendees really feel like lively individuals. 

That sense of theatricality carried into Act IV, “The Breakup.” A humorous video depicted the band dramatically splitting aside earlier than Hemmings returned alone to carry out his solo tune “Beginning Line.” Regularly, the remainder of the band’s instrumentation joined him, making a seamless transition that blurred the traces between solo materials and the group’s collective identification. 

The humor continued later within the present when the band staged a mock award presentation celebrating their standing as a boyband earlier than launching into “Boyband.” Bringing a fan onstage to current the award solely heightened the comedy. Every member delivered an acceptance speech, with Hood incomes one of many night time’s greatest laughs by thanking “the creator of Boston cream donuts.” 

By the point the band exited earlier than its encore, few followers appeared prepared to depart. Hundreds remained standing, ready for one ultimate return. 

The encore delivered precisely what the viewers needed. “Everybody’s a Star!” served as an uplifting reminder of the tour’s central message earlier than “Youngblood” remodeled TD Backyard into one ultimate huge singalong. 

What in the end separated the live performance from many different enviornment reveals wasn’t the manufacturing finances or elaborate staging. It was the band’s dedication to involving the viewers within the efficiency — whether or not via fan voting, inside jokes, crowd sing-alongs, or direct interactions. 

“We’ve been round for 15 years. There’s been six albums … and nonetheless we flip as much as Boston,” Hood mentioned. “If it isn’t clear already, let me clear the air: 5 Seconds of Summer time f—king loves you guys. Thanks for being right here.” 

By the top of the night time, that appreciation felt real.

5SOS might not be the youngsters who first captured audiences within the early 2010s, however Friday’s efficiency confirmed a band that has matured with out dropping the power, humor, and sincerity that made followers fall in love with it within the first place. 

For longtime listeners, it was a welcome journey down reminiscence lane. For the band, it was proof that after almost 15 years, it’s nonetheless creating the form of moments that hold followers coming again.

Setlist for five Seconds of Summer time at TD Backyard, June 5, 2026

Act I: The Peak 

• NOT OK
• No. 1 Obsession 
• Enamel 

Act II: The Fall 

• Simpler 
• Extra 
• istillfeelthesame
• No Disgrace 
• She’s Kinda Scorching 
• Boyband 
• Phone Busy 
• Evolve 

Act III: The Craving 

• Unhealthy Omens 
• Ghost of You 
• I’m Scared I’ll By no means Sleep Once more 

Act IV: The Breakup 

• Beginning Line 
• Have U Discovered What Ur Wanting For?
• Don’t Neglect You Love Me 
• sufficient 

Act V: The Rise 

Act VI: The Starting 

• English Love Affair 
• Voodoo Doll 
• Waste the Night time 
• Jet Black Coronary heart 
• She Seems so Excellent 

Encore: 

• Youngblood
• Everybody’s a Star!