Calling all pop-punk and emo kids who refuse to give up the game! Plain White T’s are going to be at The Fine Line on Tuesday, February 13th with a show that will surely take you down nostalgia lane while reminding you that this band is still out there and grinding!
Songs typically tell stories, but every once in a while, they also harbor characters as lively as anyone on the big screen or as nuanced and complex as the protagonist of your favorite novel. A fair share of unforgettable people populate the catalog of Plain White T’s. You can practically see the girl in “Rhythm of Love” who “rises up like the tide,“ the feisty young lady who’s “a legend in the late-night scene” on “Natural Disaster,” or the “Bonnie” who inspired “Bonnie I Want You.” And, of course, who can forget that eternal muse who moved to the Big Apple in “Hey there Delilah?”
During 2023, the multiplatinum two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated band introduce a bevy of new songs (and friends) for us to fall in love with…
“All of the songs are about different moments, girls, or experiences,” Tom notes. “In reality, life is just a bunch of friends and situations. Love and people come and go. Over the course of the band’s history, I’ve taken those memories and put them into songs. When you write a song, you’re just trying to capture a moment. If listeners connect it to their own lives and stories, there’s nothing better.”
Formed in 1997, the Chicago, IL group—Tom Higgenson [vocals], Tim Lopez [lead guitar, vocals], Mike Retondo [bass], and De’Mar Hamilton [drums]— occupy their own curious corner of popular culture. They dropped back-to-back gold certified albums—All That We Needed (2005) and Every Second Counts (2006)—and enraptured audiences with timeless hits, including the platinum “Rhythm of Love,” double-platinum “1,2,3,4” and quadruple-platinum “Hey There Delilah.” The latter made history as “the first song without drums to vault to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100” in addition to garnering two 2008 GRAMMY® Award nominations in the categories of “Song of the Year” and “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.” The guys attracted an enthusiastic global fan base over the course of eight full-length albums and countless sold-out shows. In 2018, they reached another creative high watermark with Parallel Universe. Met with critical acclaim, Billboard raved, “Plain White T’s have been turned completely inside out but are just as strong as ever.” Throughout 2021 and 2022, the band wrote and recorded in earnest, crisscrossing the country between Nashville, Chicago, California, and Austin.
Opening the show will be Pollyanna, a four-piece New Jersey band consisting of power-pop, loud rock, bubble grunge, and punk influences consists of lead singer and guitarist Jill Beckett, drummer Daniel McCool, bassist Brandon Bolton, and guitarist Jack Rose. Their name directly derives from the dictionary definition, “to be unreasonably or illogically optimistic” – perfectly describing front-person Jill Becket’s ‘stuck in 2017’ incredibly optimistic attitude. After meeting in the first grade, Dan and Jill started the band at just 13 years old, eager to create and play music that would reach audiences beyond the confines of Jill’s open garage doors. Brandon made them a trio in early 2019, bringing ’90s femme punk influence to the group. At the start of 2021, Jack completed the band’s lineup, adding his elemental stabby guitars and love for shoegaze and metal into the mix. After completing almost 5 tours around the east coast and the midwest, Pollyanna has won over a following in the New Jersey music scene along with cities in the tri-state and beyond. They plan on growing as far as possible and leaving a unique mark in the music industry.
Tickets are still available HERE!
