In the middle of flames, mosh -rag and rage, sum 41 blowing through farewell concert

Toronto – If sum 41 was looking to go out in a glory of glory, frontman Deryck Whibibyy put this plan to action from the start Thursday when his band wrapped their goodbye tour in Toronto.

The Ajax, ont.-founded rock law brought the flames, rage, and in Whible’s case the dirty mouth you would expect from an experienced rock veteran who still draws on his teenage punk attitude with relative ease.

“My ladies and gentlemen, let’s become … crazy,” demanded the 44-year-old early and fired by one of the countless F-bombs that colored the night at the Scotia Bank Arena.

“We have a whole series of feelings to go through together.”

From there, he and his sum 41 bandmates drove through their catalog of hits, including “Motivation”, “Fat Lip” and “In Too Deep” from their Breakout 2001 album “All Killer No Filler.”

They also performed singles from their other items, a few deep cuts and an unreleased fan favorite over the two -hour set.

But the selection of emotions that Whibibyy rarely promised too deeply into sentimentality.

After singing one of the sum 41s few ballads, Whibibyy brushed it off, which suggested the crowd that he was happy to get it out of the way. Another optimistic song didn’t seem to sit well with him either.

“No more smiles, no more happiness,” he urged at some point.

“Let’s get tough, let’s get angry.”

And then the party mostly held the rage of rage -the celebration as a seemingly bottomless stream of confetti, streamers and pyrotechnics that added fuel to the case.

An inflatable skeleton rose from the back of the stage, making SUM 41’s famous “4-1” symbol with its boned fingers.

Throughout the whole, WHIBLEY played musical conductor.

Dressed in black thin jeans and a cut t-shirt by American Punk Band Missits, he waved his arms while calling everyone to sing. He shared the room to test their energy level and street fans near the scene to join a mosh pit.

“No one gets hurt, right?” he asked the thrashers.

“You all look one after the other,” he added. “We have to be in Canada.”

Sum 41 has crossed the country for the past several weeks on the last leg of the tour of the setting sum. The World Tour launched early last year and had dates that stretched over North America, Asia and Europe.

The recognition that the ending was near seemed to settle as Whubley moved through their usual setlist.

He more often thanked his fans, blasted a kiss to a crowd and eventually abandoned his semi-scripted quarrel to take the fading moment.

“Turn up the lights,” he commanded and seemed to be strangled.

“I won’t forget this night. I will take this in, I will absorb this. “

After sum 41 ended their usual encore, the lights remained weak as the audience called for a last return to the stage.

Stay true to the night, Whibible the sentimental “So Long Goodbye” From their 2007 album “Underclass Hero”, before overshadowing his inner lyrics with the roaring metal track “Welcome to Hell.”

When the lights came up and the crowd left the room, one last song played over the sound system: Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”

This report from the Canadian press was first published on January 31, 2025.

David Friend, the Canadian press

DERYCK WHIBLEY FROM SUM 41 performs at Scotiabank Arena during their last show of the tour in the tuning sum in Toronto, Thursday 30 January 2025. The Canadian press/Andrew Lahodynskyj

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