Jet at The Truman, Kansas City MO (2026-09-06)

Last Chance
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
She’s a Genius
Get What You Need
Walk
Seventeen
Move On
Bring it on Back
Look What You’ve Done
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) (AC/DC cover)
Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Rollover D.J.
Get Me out of Here
Cold Hard Bitch

Encore:
Shine On
Come Round Again
Rip It Up

Sep 10 Granada Theater Dallas, TX
Sep 11 The Hall Little Rock, AR
Sep 12 House of Blues Houston, TX
Sep 15 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Sep 17 Bowstring Raleigh, NC
Sep 18 Music Farm Charleston, SC
Sep 19 The Underground Charlotte, NC
Sep 20 Shaky Knees Festival Atlanta, GA
Sep 22 The Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ
Sep 23 Electric City Buffalo, NY
Sep 25 Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY
Sep 26 Bloomsburg Fair Bloomsburg, PA
Sep 27 Oceans Calling Festival Ocean City, MD
Sep 28 The Big E West Springfield, MA
Oct 3 Night At The Barracks Manly, NSW
Oct 22 UC Refectory Canberra, Australia
Oct 23 Waves Wollongong, Australia
Oct 24 Woodport Hotel Erina, Australia
Oct 25 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Ventnor, Australia
Oct 30 Odeon Theatre Hobart, TAS
Oct 31 Forth Pub Forth, Australia
Nov 5 The Powerhouse Toowoomba, Australia
Nov 6 Blackflag Brewing Coolum Beach, Australia
Nov 7 Miami Marketta Miami, QLD
Nov 12 The Deck Traralgon, Australia
Nov 13 Civic Hall Ballarat, Australia
Nov 14 Pier Bandroom Frankston Frankston, VIC
Feb 11-15 Sail Across The Sun Miami, FL
Aug 4-8 Open Flair Festival Eschwege, Germany

Plug in, turn it up, and Get Born!

Make that Get (re)Born as Melbourne, Australia band Jet has made a bold and loud statement, that they are fully back. Bringing their cache of sharp guitar riffs and no-nonsense muscle rock with them, the band is now out on their Down the Moonlit Mile Revue tour, which made a recent stop in downtown Kansas City at The Truman.

Beginning their garage rock band in 2001, they exploded onto the global stage, racking up more than 6.5 million albums sold, going nearly 10× Platinum in their homeland, and twice hitting No. 1 on the U.S. Modern Rock charts.

They chose to disband in 2012, reforming four years later, but then again called it a day in 2019. In June 2023, the band again resumed, by initially playing Aussie shows that included their breakthrough album, Get Born, in its entirety, and have been at it again, ever since.

The upside of all this, is the fans (both older and new generation) get to see this explosive band that ruled the rock charts, shortly after their inception. The downside is that after several years away and with music changing and evolving as it does; they have needed to re-introduce themselves to re-establish some of the greatness they previously had (which sometimes means playing smaller venues- actually is a good thing that the fans can see them up close, come to think about it).

The band released a 2024 single, “Hurry, Hurry” but no new full-length since 2009, so we’ll hope this tour (perhaps named with a tip of the cap to The Rolling Stones’ 1971 song) serves as a warm-up for further new music.

Instead of completely looking backward, the show seemed much less about nostalgia, and more of a re-affirming of their rock muscle- the giant riffs, the no-filler songs, and everything with volume turned up to eleven.

Singer Nic Cester still has that weathered and somewhat sneering voice that can go from growl to howl within the same verse, and lead guitarist Cameron Muncey still shreds on those succinct and memorable strums, that helped define their signature 21^st Century retro-influenced but so very updated sound.

There must be something in the Australian water to develop those riffs, in clear evidence when the set elevated to another level during a cover of AC/DC‘s “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” showed the evolution and baton hand-off of how a simple but effective stroke of the guitar, can carry and define a song.

2003’s “Last Chance” and 2006’s “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” began their seventy-minute set, as an immediate and swaggered declaration that it won’t be their last chance or time, and proof that the band’s staying power goes beyond their handful of radio hits.

The mid-set “Look What You’ve Done” was the first of said hits, and slowed tempo enough for the crowd and band, to catch a collective breath, but still had gravitas and emotional weight as singer Cester knelt and sat closer to the crowd, to give the song even more strength.

From there, a refill of high-octane fuel and another gear found, starting with that impactful AC/DC cover with those lyrics, “I tell you, folks, it’s harder than it looks” especially ringing true to a band that’s fought and persevered over the last two decades.

The one-two punch of mega songs, “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” and “Rollover D.J” were next, showing no mercy with the volume and bicep flex, and “Cold Hard Bitch” delivered the knockout blow, to end the main set with a final ‘kick out the jams’ kind of finishing statement.

But the crowd demanded more, chanting the band’s name, and got their wish with a three-song encore that emphasized the band’s ability to compose these crunchy rock songs, solid and galvanized in nature and whether they made it to radio, or not.

“Shine On” from 2006, was the third single from their sophomore album, recorded in one take in tribute to his late father, which set the stage for 2003’s “Come Round Again”, maybe also serving as a ‘hello again’ to the fans that have continually supported them over the years.

And to end the evening, 2006” “Rip It Up” – perhaps the most appropriate statement of the band’s unabashed sound, and Cester’s blunt chorus lyric of “Rip it up, if you’re ever going to make it”, being the clearest vision of their re-planting the flag and reclaiming their place in the modern rock pantheon. Jet soars again!​

The evening got underway with some young upstarts and maybe the best musical secret of Tallahassee, FL, The Retrograde, in support of their current EP, Live Together. The quartet got the chance as openers, after planned support from Canada’s The Glorious Sons, fell through, on somewhat short-notice.

“Touring is expensive”, they said, and as we’ve heard previous, and were lucky to catch the band with Velveteers, live in Kansas City in 2023 and they’re said to be focused on an upcoming full-length, so we hope to see them on this side of the border, again soon.

So, the four-piece (Joe Fox: singer, guitar; Cade Pickering: rhythm and lead guitars; Carson Degner: drummer; and Josiah Pye: bass) had their chance, and came out charging hard and energetic on this, only their second night of supporting the headliner.​

The band was thrilled to be opening (made more evident by Fox wearing a Jet t-shirt) a key musical influence to their sound, in addition to classics like Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the Stones, and others, so their sound is definitely classic rock influenced and modernized, but with an authentic and honest homage, that comes from reverence, rather than trying to re-create something potentially more commercial.

Their “If 6 was 9” takes obvious inspiration from Hendrix, and another sounded close to early Zep’s “How Many More Times” (a song they’ve covered previous), so the suggestion of those killer riffs and melodies were present but evolved into their own originals.

Guitarist Pickering even used a drumstick to play during a short solo (we gotta get him a violin bow) to channel his inner Page, and Fox played his guitar behind his back, inspired by Jimi and other greats. In all, they very much pulled it off, and we hope to see them live again, soon.​​