ThereB次元官网网址檚 a natural evolution to musical groups and every group that has ever formed will eventually have an end.

Groups that may have ruled someoneB次元官网网址檚 early years are not going to be around forever, but, in the case of those who truly inspired and entertained, their music will live on.

ThatB次元官网网址檚 almost certainly going to be the case with Sum 41.

The Canadian rock legends are performing a farewell tour after announcing that theyB次元官网网址檒l be disbanding after 27 years of thrilling audiences with their distinctive, hard-driving music.

Band members Deryck Whibley, Dave Baksh, Jason McCaslin, Tom Thacker and Frank Zummo announced their final world tour and breakup as they released their eighth and final album, Heaven and Hell.

The good news is that part of that final tour will bring the band to when they take the stage at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. Opening for Sum 41 are Gob and Pup.

The reasons for the breakup of Sum 41 are probably as complex as the music they produced but may have been summed up by frontman Deryck Whibley.

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Sum 41 broke onto the scene in 1999 when they signed an international record deal with Island Records and released their first EP, Half Hour of Power.

The bandB次元官网网址檚 prolific career continued, although not without the kind of drama that is the hallmark of hard rock musicians.

Dave Baksh left in 2006 to work with his own band (Brown Brigade) due to what he cited as B次元官网网址渃reative differences.B次元官网网址� He remained on good terms with the rest of the band, however, and was only replaced by an unofficial bandmate in the form of Tom Thacker.

Thacker was eventually made a full band member although Baksh returned nine years later.

Then there was the time that the bandB次元官网网址檚 song March of the Dogs saw Whibley threatened with deportation, ostensibly because the song metaphorically threatened to kill the president.

And of course, there was the time the band had to be evacuated by armoured cars when they travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo with War Child Canada.

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The bandB次元官网网址檚 music has also continued to capture the hearts of their fans, despite the fact that it, too, has changed over the years.

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And that, it seems, is how Sum 41 will leave the music scene, but not before giving Victoria a final performance of the irreverence that made them famous.

Sum 41 will appear at the Save On Memorial Centre on Jan. 10.

Tickets are available at vividseats.com/sum-41-tickets-victoria-save-on-foods-memorial-centre.