Wheatus at Assembly in Harriman on May 14 is going to be a singalong whether the band plans it or not. “Teenage Dirtbag” is one of those songs that transcended its era — it was a hit in 2000, it went viral again on TikTok in the 2020s, and it remains the kind of song that makes an entire room smile the second the opening riff drops. The fact that Wheatus is still touring and still playing it with genuine energy is the best possible version of what nostalgia touring can be.
Assembly in the Hudson Valley is a perfect room for this. The venue’s intimate scale means the crowd and the band are sharing the same air, and for a song like “Teenage Dirtbag,” that closeness turns a concert into a communal experience.
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