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Review & setlist: Jonas Brothers leave Fenway ‘burnin’ up’ with nostalgia in mid 2000s-packed set
Surprise guests were aplenty, but the biggest moment of the night? Kevin Jonas's solo debut.
Year 3000? Nah, let’s take it back to the mid-2000s.
The Jonas Brothers may be known for their cover of Busted’s “Year 3000,” but their show at Fenway Park on Saturday night was really just one giant love letter to their musical influences from the mid-2000s.
Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas, New Jersey brothers who got their start on Disney Channel, are celebrating 20 years of music with their “Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown” tour.
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In “Year 3000”, the Jonas Brothers sing, “I took a ship to the year 3000 / This song had gone multi-platinum / Everybody bought our seventh album,” but it’s 2025 now, and the band released its seventh studio album this year.
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The band has come a long way since its “Camp Rock” years, and so have its fans. The brothers went from being teen heartthrobs in the late 2000s to now, as numerous fan shirts and posters in the crowd declared, “hot dads.”
“Tonight, we are celebrating a 20-year journey together,” Nick Jonas said. “And listen, it’s not just the three of us on this stage; it is each and every one of you here tonight that made this possible, who believed in three kids with big dreams from New Jersey. It’s all because of you, so thank you.”
“Now, we’ve been through a lot together, the good times, the tough times, but look at us now,” he added.
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As they did during their two nights at Boston’s TD Garden in 2023, another nostalgia-filled tour that showcased their own “Eras,” the Jonas Brothers reflected heavily on the early days of their career and how decisions, big and small, led them to where they are today.
This time, the band focused on its musical influences, though, the artists that not only inspired them, but helped them find their footing in the entertainment industry.
Special guests keep Fenway buzzing
A couple of those musical influences, the All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls, are openers for varying stops on the tour. Fenway rightfully had the latter, Boys Like Girls, a pop rock band that formed in Massachusetts in 2004 and soon became known for hits likes “The Great Escape” and “Love Drunk.”
For Boys Like Girls, the Fenway Park area, particularly Lansdowne Street is a special place. From their first show at Bill’s Bar in the late 2000s to their 2016 performance at the House of Blues to their 2023 concert at MGM Music Hall, one could trace the band’s own 20-year growth via music venues on just this one block.
The Jonas Brothers, who have thrilled crowds with special guests like Demi Lovato and Cartel at stops along this tour, brought three surprises to Boston.
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First, they introduced Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba, who played his 2004 hit “Vindicated.” He then stayed to join in for “Take a Breath,” a 2007 Jonas Brothers song, which Joe said Dashboard Confessional’s music inspired them to write.
Later in the night, the band welcomed pop star Jesse McCartney to the stage, with Nick Jonas sharing that he was the first artist who “took a real shot on us” and was the first to let them be an opening act on a tour. McCartney, who already made an appearance on this tour, performed two of his biggest hits, “Leavin'” and “Beautiful Soul.”
Finally, playing into the hometown theme of the tour, the Jonas Brothers surprised the crowd with Foxborough’s own Joanna “JoJo” Levesque. Proudly wearing a custom Red Sox jersey, JoJo sang her hit “Leave (Get Out)” and also helped the Jonas Brothers with their song, “Vacation Eyes.”
Beyond these surprises, the concert also featured an opening performance by the fourth and youngest brother and his band, Franklin Jonas and the Byzantines; a surprise Glen Powell cameo as the Jonas Brothers took the stage; a roughly 30-minute laser-filled DJ set by Marshmello that kept the energy high in between two Jonas Brothers acts; a Big Rob moment during “Burnin’ Up”; and even, Red Sox’ Wally the Green Monster dancing on stage for “Cake by the Ocean.”
Kevin Jonas deserves his flowers
In 2025 – despite Nick and Joe branching off on their own solo projects over the years, and even a 2013 band breakup that led to a years-long hiatus – the brothers appear stronger than ever in their support for one another on stage.
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Each brother had a moment to share snippets of some of their side projects. For Nick, that included “Jealous” and “Chains.” For Joe, that meant “Cake by the Ocean” alongside DNCE guitarist JinJoo Lee and his recent release, “What This Could Be.”
But, Kevin? The eldest brother has not been known to take lead at the mic. That is, until Saturday night when he made his surprise solo debut with an unreleased song, “Changing.”
“I’m super nervous, so bear with me,” Kevin Jonas told the crowd at Fenway.
And fans obliged, properly giving Kevin his flowers in the form of high-pitched, boy band-loving screams. It was clear that the fanbase had been waiting for this moment.
Closing out the show with “When You Look Me in the Eyes,” the Jonas Brothers kept the family love strong, inviting their father, Kevin Jonas Sr,. and youngest brother, Franklin Jonas, onto the stage to bring it all home.
Twenty years into their career, the Jonas Brothers don’t seem to be slowing down. And given the screams at Fenway on Saturday, it appears its fans are here to stay.
Setlist for the Jonas Brothers at Fenway Park, Boston, Aug. 23, 2025
Act I
- “Paranoid”
- “Love Me to Heaven”
- “Only Human”
- “S.O.S.”
- “Vindicated” (Dashboard Confessional cover performed with Dashboard Confessional)
- “Take a Breath” (performed with Dashboard Confessional)
- “Sucker”
- “Little Bird”
- “Just Friends” / “Shelf” (fan requests)
- “Waffle House”
- “Leavin'” / “Beautiful Soul” (Jesse McCartney covers performed with Jesse McCartney)
- “Celebrate!”
- “No Time to Talk”
- “Cake by the Ocean” (DNCE cover)
- “Slow Motion” (Marshmello and Jonas Brothers song performed with Marshmello)
Act II following a break for Marshmello set
- “Leave Before You Love Me” (Marshmello and Jonas Brothers song performed with Marshmello)
- “Jealous” (Nick Jonas song)
- “What a Man Gotta Do”
- “Leave (Get Out)” (JoJo cover performed with JoJo)
- “Vacation Eyes” (performed with JoJo)
- “Loved You Better” (Jonas Brothers and Dean Lewis song)
- “Chains” (Nick Jonas song)
- “What This Could Be” (Joe Jonas song)
- “Changing” (Kevin Jonas song, live debut)
- “Lovebug”
- “Year 3000” (Busted cover)
- “Burnin’ Up” (performed with Big Rob)
Encore
- “Please Be Mine”
- “When You Look Me in the Eyes” (performed with Kevin Jonas Sr. and Franklin Jonas)
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