New York’s Pier 17 is a rain or shine outdoor venue, and despite the persistent rain it didn’t seem to deter dedicated Mayday Parade fans from showing up nice and early.

Their “Three Cheers for Twenty Years” tour stopped by New York City in late May, celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band. The scene is far different than it was in 2006, when their debut Tales Told By Dead Friends album was released. At the time, Mayday Parade were a relative success: blowing up with first full album A Lesson in Romantics, the band remained a mainstay on U.S. rock and indie charts for the next decade or so. The mid 2010s brought a lot of sonic changes to the pop punk scene: groups like Fall Out Boy surged back into the pop sphere, and the smaller scene started favoring post-hardcore sounds like Pierce the Veil and Sleeping with Sirens, or grittier emo rock like The Story So Far. It left a lot of the remaining pop-heavy pop punk in the dust, shambling through a few remaining lackluster albums until members departed one by one.

It’s what makes this tour feel so triumphant – despite changes in the scene they started in, Mayday Parade remained a constant, adapting without sacrificing.

Taking a tour through their twenty years of hits, the setlist weaved the history of their band, starting with classics like “Just Say You’re Not Into It,” “Jersey,” and “Miserable at Best” into more modern releases like “Heaven” and “Who’s Laughing Now.”

The band that took the stage on Pier 17 was for all intents and purposes, the same band I last saw 15 years ago at Warped Tour. Derek Sanders still has beaded friendship bracelets up to his elbow and the same swoopy bangs that were all the rage. Though they’re still donning skinny jeans, their intro with recent release “By the Way” showed a band that is fully evolved with the times.