Apart From Jakarta, SUM 41 Holds Separation Concert In Yogyakarta March 2

SUM 41 at the farewell concert in Yogyakarta (Instagram @wildgroundlive)

JAKARTA - The pop-punk band SUM 41 will appear in two different cities in order to hold a farewell concert titled Tour of the Setting Sum.

Deryck Whibley (vocals), Dave Baksh (guitar), Jason McCaslin (bass), Tom Thacker (guitar), and Frank Zummo (drums) will appear first at Uptown Park, Summarecon Mall Serpong, Tangerang on March 1. Next, they will appear at Kridosono Stadium, Yogyakarta on March 2.

Different from the concert in Tangerang where IGNITE, the punk hardcore band from the United States as the opening performer, Wildground Live as the promoter in Yogyakarta announced two local bands that would be the guest performers.

"With special guests Endank Soekamti and Rocket Rockers," wrote the Wildground Live Instagram account, viewed Monday, January 8.

Tickets for the 41st SUM concert in Yogyakarta went on sale today, and can be purchased through the official website www.sum41yogya.com.

Previously, Ravel Entertainment as promoter of the 41st SUM concert at Uptown Park, Summarecon Mall Serpong said the concert this time would give the audience sweet memories.

"This concert will be a concert full of sweet memories for Skumfuks in Indonesia, because this is part of the global farewell tour of Sum 41 and is also the last time for Deryck Whispery and his friends to greet fans in Indonesia before they disband," said Talenta Regina Kaban as Creative Director of Ravel Entertainment in a written statement, Saturday, January 6.

For information, SUM 41 is one of several pop-punk bands that managed to go global in the early 2000s. Their music videos also aired massively on MTV's music television channel. Their songs are also often used in film soundtracks such as American Pie 2 (2001) and Spider-Man (2002).

Sum 41's first album, All Killer No Filler, released in 2001, achieved a lot of success with its first single, Fat Lip, which reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts and remains the most successful single band to date.

Then, the next single album is In Too Deep and Motivation, which also achieves similar success.

All Killer No Filler has platinum certification in the United States and Britain as well as triple platinum in Canada.

In 2002, Sum 41 released Doesn't This Look Infected?, which was also commercially successful and received praise from critics. Single The Hell Song and Still Waiting are ranked high on modern rock charts.