The Jonas Brothers perform at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Mountain View, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
The Jonas Brothers have lined up one of the biggest tours of the year, which kicks off later this month with not one but two massive shows at Yankee Stadium in New York.
The sibling trio — consisting of Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas — prepped for the big road show by performing a one-off concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View on Friday (Aug. 4).
“I will say as an audience, to get us ready to go back on tour, you are perfect,” Kevin Jonas commented to the approximately 10,000 fans in attendance.
The group was in town to headline Wild 94.9’s Wazzmatazz, which, yes, does indeed sound more like a kind of intensely sugary candy that it does a pop music radio show. (“I want a pack of Sour Patch Kids, some gummy worms and a Wazzmatazz NOW!)
Yet, the Jonas Bros were an incredibly good booking for Wild 94.9, especially giving that their upcoming trek — descriptively, and somewhat annoyingly, titled The Tour — doesn’t include a Bay Area date. Well, at least not yet. The band made a few comments on Friday that a local show will likely be added soon. (It makes sense that they would hold back announcing a The Tour gig in the Bay Area until later so as not to hurt ticket sales for Wazzmatazz.)
The brothers — who do have a Sept. 11 The Tour date set for Golden 1 Center in Sacramento — kicked off its likeable headlining set on Friday with “Only Human,” one of three tracks performed from their fifth studio album, 2019’s “Happiness Begins.”
The show ran some 80 minutes, a tally that the group will surely blow by — and then some — when it takes on the mighty challenge of performing five albums during each stop of The Tour. (Are we the only ones who find the math on that a little strange? Given that the band has six albums in its discography.)
Fans can catch the show in Sacramento or wait until a Bay Area date is likely announced — which seemingly could happen rather soon.
Other acts on the Wazzmatazz bill included Kim Petras and Conan Gray.
German dance-pop singer Petras, whose set included a version of the Grammy-winning song “Unholy,” is set to return to the Bay Area for an Oct. 29 concert at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Visit apeconcerts.com for information.
Setlist:
1. “Only Human”
2. “What a Man Gotta Do”
3. “Cool”
4. “S.O.S.”
5. “Waffle House”
6. “Play My Music”
7. “That’s Just the Way We Roll”
8. “Year 3000”
9. “Sail Away”
10. “Levels”
11. “Toothbrush”
12. “Jealous”
13. “Cake by the Ocean”
14. “Summer Baby”
15. “When You Look Me in the Eyes”
16. “Lovebug”
17. “Burnin’ Up”
18. “Leave Before You Love Me”
19. “Sucker”
Originally published at Jim Harrington