Earlier than he grew to become the lead singer of Enjoyable., Nate Ruess was one half of 2000s indie pop duo the Format with Sam Means. This previous Saturday, the Format reunited of their Phoenix hometown, taking part in their first present in almost 20 years on the Arizona State Fairgrounds. Not solely did they play favorites and deep cuts from their two-album catalogue, however two new songs, and Jim Adkins of fellow Arizona band Jimmy Eat World joined them for a canopy of Gin Blossoms’ “Hey Jealousy.”
In keeping with setlist.fm, the Format carried out songs from throughout their complete catalogue, opening with “Tie The Rope” and “Wait Wait Wait” from Interventions + Lullabies. The 2 new tracks they performed are referred to as “Shot In The Darkish” and “Holy Curler.”
Additionally they did acoustic variations of “Snails,” “On Your Porch,” and “A Save Scenario.” The latter two had been part of their first encore, which additionally included the Gin Blossoms cowl. “To make issues a hell of loads worse, we’re gonna play a canopy tune from a band that Jim, me, no band in Arizona can be anyplace with out,” Nate Ruess stated earlier than diving into the duvet. The night time completed with a second encore of “If Work Permits.”
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@katamyvega Clip of The Format performing “Tune Out” dwell at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the Arizona State Truthful on September 27, 2025. #theformat #azstatefair ♬ authentic sound – Kat
