Green Day will team up with Fall Out Boy and Weezer for The Hella Mega Tour.
Photo by Frank Maddocks
Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer will join forces for the first time ever on The Hella Mega Tour, presented by Harley-Davidson, which will stop at Globe Life Field in Arlington on July 31, 2020.
The stop in Arlington marks the first announced concert at Globe Life Field, which will open in March for the start of the Texas Rangers' 2020 season.
The global tour kicks off June 13 in Paris, visiting eight cities throughout Europe in June. The North American leg of the tour will start on July 17, and all of the 20 dates will either be at ballparks or football stadiums, including a stop at Minute Maid Park in Houston on August 1. The Interrupters will appear as special guest on the tour.
Concurrent with tour announcement, each of the bands released new singles. Green Day's “Father Of All…” is the lead track off its forthcoming new album of the same name that will come out on February 7, 2020. Fall Out Boy’s new single “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)” featuring Wyclef Jean will be featured on its upcoming Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die - Volume Two, which will be released on November 15. And Weezer’s new single, “The End of the Game,” will be on its new album, Van Weezer, due out in May 2020.
The Harley-Davidson sponsorship will include more than just signage. Concert-goers will get to see the newest Harley-Davidson motorcycles at the concert, including the fully electric LiveWire and its new, line of electric bicycles.
American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning 10 am September 16 through 10 pm September 19. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning 10 am September 20 at Ticketmaster.com.
Ever since Spider-Man became part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the character’s stand-alone movies have been notable for maintaining their own vision despite having to service the larger MCU storyline. The emotionality of the series reached its high point in No Way Home by bringing back two former Spider-Mans - Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield - to assist Tom Holland in a multiversal storyline.
The heart displayed in that film is superseded by Spider-Man: Brand New Day, in which Peter Parker (Holland) is now alone in the world following the events of the previous film. For years, he has done his best to stay busy by stopping in-progress crimes and checking in with Detective Jean DeWolff (Liza Colón-Zayas), but the twin traumas of losing Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) and forcing girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batolon) to forget him still weigh heavily on him.
Almost simultaneously, Peter starts experiencing a change in his physiology and is challenged by a new threat who has a power he does not know how to defeat. As he struggles with both of those things, he asks for help from a variety of sources, including Professor Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), Frank Castle, aka The Punisher (Jon Bernthal), and - despite not knowing who he is - MJ and Ned, who are now roommates in New York following their college years at MIT.
Directed by Dustin Daniel Cretton and written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers (who have written each of the Holland Spider-Man films), the movie has a near-perfect blend of comic book spectacle and small-scale intimacy. Spider-Man’s ability to swing through New York’s urban landscape with ease provides plenty of opportunities for great action sequences, but the character’s focus on keeping the streets safe and finding a way back to his friends makes the story still feel manageable.
This is aided by the decision to not go overboard with the MCU connections. Bruce Banner/Hulk and a member of the New Avengers show up, but in relatively small roles. The Punisher makes the leap from TV to the movies, and the interaction between him and Spider-Man feels organic. So too does the super-secret villain, whose impact is felt well before they ever show up on screen thanks to a power that is as mysterious as it is effective.
While the action is abundant in the film, the filmmakers lean on emotion much more than most other comic book movies. Peter’s journey back to a semblance of a normal life is well-earned, with his reconnection with MJ and Ned slow-walked in an admirably subtle way. And in the final act, when CGI battles typically take over, the interior lives of Peter and other characters play as much a role in what happens as anything they do physically.
Holland, who tends to take criticism for non-Spider-Man roles, remains the ideal actor for the role. His open-heartedness makes him relatable, his athleticism makes him believable, and he crushes the heavier moments. He and Zendaya, who are now married in real life, work tremendously well together, and Batalon is a fun third wheel. Other standouts include Bernthal, Colón-Zayas, Trammell Tillman, and Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink.
From beginning to end, Spider-Man: Brand New Day now owns the title as best movie in the current Spider-Man universe. By maintaining connections to past movies, solidly incorporating new characters, and pointing to the future without making it the whole story, it demonstrates a model for how comic book movies should be done.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens in theaters on July 31.
