Quick Facts
About
For event listings: Save Tonight is a Charlotte-based tribute band bringing the best of 90s and 2000s rock back to life. From Third Eye Blind to Foo Fighters, Green Day to Matchbox Twenty — they play the songs that soundtracked a generation, and they play them like they still matter.
There's a moment at every Save Tonight show — usually somewhere between the opening riff of "Semi-Charmed Life" and the final chorus of "Closing Time" — when the crowd stops being an audience and becomes a congregation. Strangers lock eyes and shout lyrics they haven't thought about in twenty years. Couples grab each other's hands. The guy in the back who "just came for a beer" is suddenly air-drumming with tears in his eyes.
What makes Save Tonight more than just another cover band is their refusal to treat these songs as museum pieces. When Scott leans into the mic for Third Eye Blind's "Jumper," there's an urgency that suggests he's singing it for the first time. Ricky's guitar work walks the razor's edge between faithful recreation and inspired interpretation. Behind them, Brian and Mike form a rhythm section that hits with locked-in precision. These aren't just "the hits" — they're the songs that soundtracked first kisses, summer road trips, and late nights when the radio was the only thing that understood you.
The Band
What We Play
Our setlist spans the best of 90s and 2000s rock, alternative, and pop. Over 100 songs and growing.
Stage Plot
Technical Requirements
Standard Gig (Most Venues)
- We are fully self-contained — PA, sound, and monitors are all ours
- We play to backing tracks via our own stage mixer and in-ear monitor system
- No stage monitors needed — all members use in-ear monitors (IEMs)
- We need power (two standard 20A circuits preferred)
- Minimum stage area: 12ft wide × 8ft deep
- Load-in time: approximately 60–90 minutes before showtime
Festival / House Sound Provided
- We carry our own stage mixer and provide a split snake to send all channels to FOH
- We manage our own stage mix and in-ear monitors — no monitor sends needed from house
- 3 vocal microphones (SM58 or equivalent)
- Ch 1: Lead vocals (Scott, center front)
- Ch 2: Bass vocals (Mike, stage right)
- Ch 3: Drum vocals (Brian, center back)
- Standard drum kit mic setup (kick, snare, overheads minimum)
- 2 guitar DI/amp channels
- 1 bass DI channel
- 1 stereo track input (backing tracks from our mixer via split snake)
- No stage monitors required — all members on IEMs