Ruess and Means formed The Format in Peoria, Arizona, in 2002, and quickly became popular in the indie/alternative rock scene ...

Sam Means (L) and Nate Ruess of The Format Fun. had a quick two-album run that changed radio pop between 2009-2012, but that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s hard to imagine a more breathtaking conclusion to The Format’s first release in 20 years than “Back to Life.” A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nate Ruess and Sam Means of The Format are on a Zoom call with their hometown paper exactly one year to the day after arriving at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s hard to imagine a more breathtaking conclusion to The Format’s first release in 20 years than “Back to Life.” A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After 20 years, Arizona band The Format has come back for a reunion tour, performing on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you walked the halls of Arizona high schools in the mid-2000s, you were too young to see Nirvana and missed Beatlemania by a ...

Indie rock band The Format announced new tour dates for Fall 2026, in support of their new comeback album "Boycott Heaven." ...

It’s hard to imagine a more breathtaking conclusion to The Format’s first release in 20 years than “Back to Life.” A gospel-flavored power ballad, “Back to Life” begins with Sam Means on piano as a ...