On July 27, 2026, Metric brought the All the Feelings Tour to MGM Music Hall at Fenway. Stars and Broken Social Scene set the stage for a night built on just over 25 years of Canadian indie rock. Few tours bring together three bands with such a shared history. For fans who grew up with these bands, this show felt like a reunion of sorts, or simply a way to feel the nostalgia of this era of music. For younger fans, the lineup offered a chance to see three groups whose influence still reaches across indie and alternative rock.
Broken Social Scene helped shape the Canadian indie scene in the early 2000s. Broken Social Scene formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1999, and includes as few as six and as many as nineteen members. Their layered sound stood apart from most rock bands at the time. Stars has a similar background, with all of their members having grown up in Toronto, officially forming the band in 2000. Metric, on the other hand, formed a bit earlier in 1998. The band started as a duo (Emily Haines and James Shaw) with the name Mainstream before becoming Metric and adding Joules Scott-Key to the group. Haines (vocals/keyboard) leads the band with an infectious confidence, with mixed guitars and synths that stay with listeners long after each album ends. It’s undeniable that these bands helped turn Canada into a notable source of indie rock in the 2000s.
Stars opened first, with Broken Social Scene following with the natural yet energetic style fans expect from the band. Every member added something different, and I was especially thrilled to see so many instruments on stage at once. During one of their final songs, about 10 members were on stage playing a combination of horned instruments, drums, and guitars. It was very fun to witness, and I loved seeing the band enjoy themselves and bond like a family. Metric closed the night with a mixed set of older hits and newer songs off their latest album “Romanticize the Dive,” released in April of this year. Though as someone less familiar with their full discography, release dates had little impact on the flow of the setlist. This is a testament to their enduring style and Haines’ impressively recognizable voice.
Nostalgia definitely played a role throughout the night, though the music doesn’t fully rely on old memories to evoke memorable feelings. These songs still connect because they speak to the same emotions they did twenty years ago. Many fans first heard these bands during college, or some personal coming-of-age era. It’s beautiful to think about such memories returning to a large audience.
Few bands stay together long enough to reach multiple generations. Metric, Stars, and Broken Social Scene have done exactly that. This show celebrated where they started and proves why people still fill concert halls to hear them.
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Metric Setlist:
- Victim of Luck
- Oh Please
- Youth Without Youth
- Monster Hospital
- Poster of a Girl
- Crush Forever
- Antigravity
- Now or Never Now
- Breathing Underwater
- Leave You on a High
- All Comes Crashing
- Tremolo
- Synthetica
- Gold Guns Girls
- Loyal (with Broken Social Scene)
- Gimme Sympathy
- Combat Baby
Encore: - Help I’m Alive
- Black Sheep
Adriana Arguijo Gutierrez is a photographer and filmmaker based in Eastern Massachusetts with a Bachelor’s in Media Arts from Simmons University. Adriana’s journey began as a sophomore in high school when they founded a photography business that has now serviced over 500 portrait sessions and 350 events in the last eight years. Adriana’s work has been published twice in The Boston Globe, and in 2019 they received a Student Production Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Adriana loves playing piano, discovering new music, and analyzing films in their spare time. Their favorite music genres are new wave, synthpop, bebop, and rock en español, and some of their favorite films are Solaris (1972), Nope (2022), and Jurassic Park (1993).