By JACKIE MOE
The Cab comeback is officially here. After more than 13 years away from releasing a full-length album, the beloved Las Vegas pop-rock band has returned with Chasing Crowns and a massive nationwide tour that stops tomorrow at House of Blues Anaheim.
For a generation raised on neon-colored pop-rock, emotionally charged choruses and MySpace-era playlists, The Cab never really disappeared.
Even during the band’s decade-long hiatus, songs like “Angel With a Shotgun,” “Endlessly” and “Bad” continued finding new life online, introducing an entirely new generation to the Las Vegas-born group.
Now, The Cab is officially back with Chasing Crowns — an ambitious, deeply reflective record shaped by time, distance, heartbreak and growth.
Ahead of the band’s Anaheim stop on their “Back From the Dead” Tour tomorrow at House of Blues Anaheim, Jackie Moe caught up with frontman Alex DeLeon to talk about the band’s emotional return, reconnecting with fans, and why this chapter feels more meaningful than ever.
You’ve toured with bands like Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5, etc. What’s a tour memory fans would never expect?
Oh man, there’s been so many memories over the years…there was this one time we were in the Philippines and had just landed in Manila. We were in the car leaving the airport and Dave was talking to the promoter and our driver about how much he loved boxing and Manny Pacquiao.
The driver and promoter started talking to each other, made a few calls, but keep in mind they weren’t speaking to each other in English so we had no idea what they were saying. They abruptly turned the van around and like 20 minutes later we pulled up at Manny Pacquiao’s house.
Not only is he one of the biggest boxers of all time, but he was also the senator at the time. We couldn’t believe it, haha. Like, we had just gotten out of the airport, jetlagged and then we were at Manny Pacquiao’s house?! All of our minds were blown.
After years apart, what was the weirdest or funniest thing about being back in a room together again?
Honestly, the weirdest thing might be that we’re all exactly the same. I mean yeah we’ve grown up, but then we all get back in the same room and it’s like no time has passed. Everyone has the same sense of humor, Dave is still a huge Packers fan, I’m still collecting movie props…it’s like no time has passed except now we’re older.
“Angel With a Shotgun” found this massive second life online years later. What’s it like watching a new generation discover a song you wrote so long ago?
We never could have imagined that would happen. “Angel With A Shotgun” wasn’t even a single on the record. But seeing how much the song has connected with people over the years, especially when The Cab was on a break, it means the world. To get up on stage and look out at people singing the song back after all these years…and dressed up as the angel…every time it’s so special.
How has reconnecting with audiences as adults changed the experience for you personally?
We have the best fans in the world. We’ve kept in touch with a lot of our fans throughout the years, so it feels like a giant reunion. We’ve grown up together, the fans and us. Alex Marshall and I both have kids, and it’s so special sharing this experience with our families, and the same goes for our fans. We play shows and we see fans we’ve known since 2008 and they’re bringing their kids and it’s just so special seeing The Cab family continue to grow generation through generation.
Since these songs were written over nearly a decade, can fans hear different versions of you throughout the album?
Yeah, there’s something on this album for everyone and there’s stories on this album from all different chapters in our lives. Some of these songs were written in Bali years ago, some in Nashville, some in Italy. Music becomes like bookmarks in your life — moments of where you were and what you were feeling.
The album was inspired partly by Kintsugi; repairing broken things with gold. What “cracks” in your own life or career ended up becoming strengths on this record?
Kintsugi is such a beautiful concept because it says things can actually become more beautiful after they’re broken. Being broken doesn’t mean you’re finished — it means you have the opportunity to repair and become something even stronger.
That idea really resonated with what The Cab went through. We had some pretty dark days and never thought the band would be a project again. But things break, things fall apart, and you can come back and repair them. We all went our separate ways and figured ourselves out. Everyone made their own piece the best it could be, so when we came back together, the pieces fit stronger than before.
The Cab performs May 28 in Anaheim as part of the “Back From the Dead” Tour with support from JADY and CARR. Chasing Crowns is available now on all streaming platforms.
The band features Alex DeLeon, Alex Marshall, Dave Briggs, Joey Thunder and Chantry Johnson
The Cab
WHEN:
Thursday, May 28 2026
WHERE:
House of Blues Anaheim
WHY YOU SHOULD GO:
After more than a decade away The Cab has officially returned with new music massive fan demand and an emotional live show celebrating the band’s comeback era. Fans can expect songs from Chasing Crowns alongside favorites like “Angel With a Shotgun” “Endlessly” and “Bad.”
TICKETS / INFO:
House of Blues Anaheim Event Page