Phillyist Playlist: The Get Up Kids at the Trocadero & TLA

We've been waiting for this tour since the "Very Last" Reggie and the Full Effect show at the TLA in September of 2008. Back then The Get Up Kids reunion and Someting to Write Home About 10th Anniversary Live DVD was just a rumbling on the internet. Fortunately, a rumor fueled by James Dewees is a reliable one indeed. The Get Up Kids' keyboard player and Reggie founder dropped hints all along his tour that a reunion would be upcoming, and all but confirmed it during the encore at the TLA.

Widely acknowledged as the granddaddies of emo, The Get Up Kids' early brand of pop-punk somehow spawned a wild world of young musicians who wouldn't be caught dead without their guyliner and asymmetrical black hair-dos (*cough*Pete Wentz*cough*). Guitarist Jim Suptic even went as far as to apologize for for inpiring the trend saying "The punk scene we came out of and the punk scene now are completely different. It's like glam rock now... If this is the world we helped create, then I apologize."

Don't worry Jim, we'll forgive and forget the moment the Get Up Kids hit that first chord. We'll be transported back to a world before the advent of over-glamourized emo. A world where we snuck out of classes and into shows. A world without real, adult responsibilties. Only this time when we're jumping around trying not to spill our drinks, we'll have obtained those drinks easily and legally. There's something to be said for gaining a little bit of maturity, and this Phillyist, for one, can't wait to see what kind of grown-ups The Get Up Kids have turned into.

The Get Up Kids
Thursday, November 5th
The Troc (10th and Arch Streets)
7:30 p.m. All Ages.
Tickets: $23
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Friday, November 6th
The TLA (334 South Street)
8:00 p.m. All Ages.
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