Sum 41 - Toronto 2025

Sum 41 said goodbye to the stage in the most appropriate place possible: their hometown of Toronto. On January 30, 2025, the band played the final concert of their Tour of the Setting Sum at Scotiabank Arena, bringing a remarkable 27-year career to an emotional and extremely loud conclusion.

The show was more than just another date on a farewell tour. This was officially the final Sum 41 headlining concert, and the sold-out Toronto crowd knew it. Deryck Whibley, Dave “Brownsound” Baksh, Jason McCaslin, and drummer Frank Zummo walked onto the stage knowing that everything they played that night would be heard differently because there would never be another Sum 41 concert after it.

The band wasted no time getting started. “Motivation,” “The Hell Song,” “Over My Head (Better Off Dead),” and “No Reason” immediately launched the crowd into a celebration of the band's early years. “War,” “Underclass Hero,” and “Noots” followed, giving the audience a rapid trip through several eras of Sum 41.

The set also made room for the band's final album, Heaven :x: Hell. “Landmines,” “Dopamine,” “Rise Up,” “Preparasi a salire,” and “Waiting on a Twist of Fate” demonstrated that Sum 41 wasn't simply ending its career by replaying the past. The final album material fit comfortably alongside songs from the band's classic pop-punk period.

Then the band reminded everyone just how much they loved heavy metal. A brief performance of Slayer's “Raining Blood” led into a segment featuring Metallica's “Master of Puppets.” These weren't simply random covers; they reflected the heavier side of Sum 41 that had increasingly become part of the band's identity.

The emotional moments began to arrive as the set moved deeper into the catalog. “We're All to Blame,” “Some Say,” “Screaming Bloody Murder,” “Walking Disaster,” and “With Me” provided a much more reflective stretch, showing how far the band had traveled from the teenage punk-rockers who first broke through with All Killer No Filler.

“Fat Lip” was one of the night's biggest explosions. The song remains inseparable from Sum 41's identity, and hearing an entire Toronto arena erupt for it made the hometown connection impossible to miss. “Still Waiting” followed, keeping the energy at full volume.

The first encore brought “Summer,” “Waiting on a Twist of Fate,” and “In Too Deep.” But the real goodbye came with the second encore. “So Long Goodbye” was followed by “Welcome to Hell,” with the band members taking their final bows as the crowd celebrated one last time.

There was something particularly fitting about ending with “Welcome to Hell.” It was loud, aggressive, slightly ridiculous, and unmistakably Sum 41. After the song, the band left the stage for the final time, closing the book on a career that had taken them from the Canadian punk scene to worldwide arenas.

The January 30 concert lasted roughly two hours and included 29 songs, covering virtually every important chapter of Sum 41's history. The set moved from All Killer No Filler and Does This Look Infected? through Chuck, Underclass Hero, Screaming Bloody Murder, 13 Voices, and Heaven :x: Hell. It was essentially a career retrospective disguised as one last rock concert.

For Toronto fans, however, the significance went beyond the setlist. Sum 41 belonged to the city, and the city had been there from the beginning. Ending their career at Scotiabank Arena gave the band the hometown farewell it deserved.

Sum 41's final show wasn't quiet, sentimental, or restrained. It was two hours of distorted guitars, giant choruses, metal covers, pop-punk classics, screaming fans, and one last blast of the band's unmistakable energy. When “Welcome to Hell” ended, Sum 41 had officially played its final note—and they went out exactly the way they came in: loud, fast, and having a hell of a lot of fun.