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Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols in Salt Lake City

Sex Pistols • October 10, 2025 • The Union Events Center

Reviewed and Photographed by Kevin Rolfe

The Sex Pistols at The Union Events Center in Salt Lake City.
Photo Credit: Kevin Rolfe

Few bands have had an impact on rock music quite like the Sex Pistols. Nearly five decades after shaking up the music world, the legendary British punk outfit is back on the road with a lineup that brings together three original members and a new voice behind the microphone. Featuring guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, bassist Glen Matlock, and vocalist Frank Carter, this incarnation offers fans an opportunity to experience the band’s explosive catalog with some of the musicians who created it.

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Social Distortion

Social Distortion • Descendents • September 23, 2026 • The Union Events Center

Reviewed and Photographed by Kevin Rolfe

Photo Credit: Kevin Rolfe

The Union Events Center in Salt Lake City was the place to be for fans of punk rock royalty as Social Distortion brought its Born to Kill World Tour to town, with legendary punk band Descendents opening the night. These bands have spent decades proving that punk rock is more than just a musical style. It is an attitude, a way of life, and a connection between the musicians and the fans who have been with them through the years or have discovered them in more recent times.

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Sum 41

Sum 41

Sum 41 • The Interrupters • Many Eyes • September 10, 2024 • The Lot at The Complex

Reviewed and Photographed by Nate Bonney

Photo Credit: Nate Bonney

Sum 41 stopped by the great state of Utah this last week for what appears to be for the last time on the 10th of September. They brought along some amazing bands as well as performed their last show here in Utah. The event was at the complex in downtown SLC. The venue usually has two stages that they use indoors but for this one, they were able to have a fun house so they were outside. This was my first time attending a concert there when it was outside and it was a pleasant experience. 

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Rise Against + The Used

Rise Against & The Used w/ Senses Fail July 26, 2022 The Lot at The Complex

Reviewed and Photographed by Jacob Moniz

Photo Credit: Jacob Moniz

Despite the heat, fans lined the street outside The Complex just in time for Senses Fail to open for The Used and Rise Against this past Tuesday. Going into this concert I was pretty excited because I haven’t seen a concert set up on the outside stage at The Complex yet. So I was intrigued to see the stage setup. To my surprise, fans filled the outside lot all the way to the entry gate. 

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Circle Jerks

Circle Jerks w/ 7 Seconds & Negative Approach • March 17, 2022 • The Complex

Photographed by Jacob Moniz & Reviewed by Carter Sears

Photo Credit: Jacob Moniz

It wasn’t hard to tell what kind of show you were walking into on the evening of St. Patrick’s Day. The patched jean jackets, piercings, and tattoos were uncountable outside as circle jerks summoned the old punks and the new generation of the straight edge population of Salt Lake to The Complex. The crowd, ready to start the pit and buzzing with excitement filtered in. With a mad dash to the merch booth blocking the door. This dedication to the scene and vibe of old-school punk was held through the night.

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Bayside October 4, 2021 The Union

Celebrating 21 Years of Really Bad Luck with Bayside

Reviewed by Vanessa Holt 

Photo Credit: Vanessa Holt

What started off with what was supposed to be 20 years of bad luck quickly turned into 21 years of REALLY bad luck. With the tour being originally planned for 2020 but thanks to the pandemic the band postponed and rescheduled the tour. What’s one more year? After a whole year’s wait, I was excited to finally see this tour happen.  It was one of the best put together tours I’ve seen. From the concept of this tour leading to the setlist and the lineup. 

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New Found Glory September 15, 2021 The Complex

New Found Glory “Pop Punk’s Still Not Dead” Tour – The Complex – Sept. 16

Reviewed by Vanessa Holt 

Photo Credit: Vanessa Holt

This is a tour that fans have waited well over a year for.,New Found Glory’s headlining, “Pop Punk’s Still Not Dead” tour, and within that year it’s been one crazy ride! From rescheduling the entire tour due to COVID to Simple Plan dropping from the lineup and finding the replacement of Less Than Jake, it’s safe to say things have not gone quite as planned. However, the struggles don’t stop there. It was one eventful night in Salt Lake City. 

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