The following description comes from the event organizer.

Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band which originated in Mesa, Arizona in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind. The group has released ten studio albums, the last nine albums feature the present lineup.

The four-piece’s mainstream breakthrough came with the release of several singles from their album Bleed American (2001), four of which charted within the top 20 positions of the Alternative Songs chart, with “The Middle” reaching No. 1. Futures (2004) was their follow-up album and featured their No. 1 song “Pain”.

In 2019, Jimmy Eat World completed their tenth studio album, Surviving, featuring ten tracks including “Congratulations”, “Surviving” and “Criminal Energy”, as well as the previously released single “Love Never”.

During the pandemic Jimmy Eat World announced an online concert series called “Phoenix Sessions,” where they covered Surviving, Futures and Clarity.