5 Seconds of Summer at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill

5 Seconds of Summer are lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Luke Hemmings, lead guitarist Michael Clifford, bassist Calum Hood, and drummer Ashton Irwin. Hailing from Sydney, New South Wales, they play an unusual form of pop called Australian pop rock, It’s like normal pop-rock but you have to play it upside-down! Rolling Stone magazine called them "emo-gone-pop", Matt Collar of AllMusic found a reminiscent of "'90s punk-pop" and "2000s boy band pop" in their sound and John Feldmann of Goldfinger stated that, "this is the best pop-punk band I've ever heard". So, there you have it, they’re great buy your tickets now!
The band cited Blink-182, All Time Low, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Nirvana, Mayday Parade, Busted, McFly, A Day to Remember, Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, The Used, Yellowcard, State Champs, INXS, Sugarcult, the Gorillaz, The Beatles, Queen, Mayday Parade and My Chemical Romance as their influences. For their upcoming fourth album, the band stated that there is an intentionally "darker sound" and that they were "inspired by dark, synth-heavy groups of the Eighties and Nineties" including Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, and Nine Inch Nails' song "Closer". They also stated that the direction of the album has been influenced by their listening to Gesaffelstein, Health, St. Vincent, Disclosure and Bob Moses.