Three Cheers for 20 Years: Celebrating 20 Years of Mayday Parade in Portland (Gallery + Show Review)
- Brittani Wert
- May 15
- 2 min read
Mayday Parade's sold-out show at Portland's Crystal Ballroom on Friday, May 9th, was an electrifying and nostalgic celebration of their 20-year journey. The band is about halfway through their "Three Cheers for 20 Years" tour as they roll into Portland, and they treated the crowd to a setlist spanning their entire discography, perfect for both longtime fans reminiscing on their Warped Tour days and newer fans entering the scene.
Like Roses, Grayscale, and Microwave warmed up the crowd as the venue floor quickly filled in, and then, the lights dimmed for the main event. An interview with the band from their early days on Warped Tour filled the screens, taking you from Mayday Parade's days of slinging CDs in the line to headlining the iconic festival.
The band kicked things off with "By The Way," a high-energy track from their latest EP, Sweet. Then they took us on a chronological journey through their discography with tracks ranging from their 2006 debut EP, Tales Told by Dead Friends, to their latest releases this year. The crowd sang along passionately to tracks from A Lesson in Romantics, Black Lines, Sunnyland, and Sweet, showcasing the band's evolution over the last two decades.
The tour concludes in June with a hometown show in Tallahassee, FL.
Here's the setlist!
By The Way
Just Say You're Not Into It
Three Cheers for Five Years (feat. Collin from Grayscale)
Jersey
I'd Hate to Be You When People Find Out What This Song Is About
Miserable at Best
Anywhere but Here
Bruised and Scarred
Terrible Things
Oh Well, Oh Well
Stay
Ghosts
One of Them Will Destroy the Other
Never Sure
Piece of Your Heart
One for the Rocks and One for the Scary
More Like a Crash
Pretty Good To Feel Something
Who's Laughing Now
One Man Drinking Games
Jamie All Over
Check out the full gallery below, and run through A Lesson In Romantics for a little throwback this evening as you lace up your Vans and hydrate like it's 2007 in the summer heat of a parking lot beneath the blow-up schedule.
