The Sum Has now Set (Final Tour Recap – 2025)

The Sum Has Now Set: A Visual Chronicle of Sum 41’s Farewell Tour and Legacy in Modern Punk Rock

Anatomy of a Farewell Tour: Key Moments from The Sum Has Now Set

In the annals of punk rock history, few bands have embodied the genre’s rebellious spirit and melodic intensity as enduringly as Sum 41. On February 17, 2025, the Canadian rockers released The Sum Has Now Set (Final Tour Recap – 2025), a poignant video chronicling their 18-month global farewell tour, Tour of the Setting Sum. This visually striking recap, spanning over 70 performances across 20 countries, serves as both a celebration of the band’s 27-year career and a heartfelt goodbye to their devoted fanbase.

Announced in January 2024 alongside their final double album Heaven :x: Hell, Tour of the Setting Sum was conceived as a victory lap for a band that had sold over 15 million albums worldwide. The tour’s trajectory—from its March 2024 kickoff in Jakarta to its January 2025 conclusion in Toronto—mirrored Sum 41’s journey from scrappy Ontario teens to Grammy-nominated icons.  The video captures this scope through montages of electrifying performances at iconic venues: a sold-out Paris La Défense Arena (35,000 attendees), Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and Prague’s O2 Arena, where the band’s thrashing rendition of Welcome to Hell ignited mosh pits that echoed their early-2000s heyday.

Directed with a documentary-style intimacy, The Sum Has Now Set interweaves concert footage with backstage candidness. Close-ups of frontman Deryck Whibley’s weathered Gibson SG guitar—a relic used on albums like Does This Look Infected?—symbolize the band’s DIY roots.  Meanwhile, aerial shots of crowds chanting In Too Deep in unison underscore the communal power of punk rock.  The video’s pacing mirrors a live setlist: frenetic edits during The Hell Song give way to lingering close-ups during the acoustic ballad With Me, mirroring the emotional whiplash of a farewell tour.

While the tour heavily featured classics like Still Waiting and Motivation, the video highlights Sum 41’s refusal to become a nostalgia act. Scenes from their final album’s titular tracks—Heaven’s pop-punk buoyancy and Hell’s metal-infused riffs—showcase a band evolving until the curtain fell.