EVERETT — The Jonas Brothers played loud.
The crowd screamed much, much louder.
During a reportedly sold-out show Tuesday night, the Disney-friendly trio brought roughly 7,500 people to their feet for a solid 90-minute set.
The three siblings have become a phenomenon in a matter of months. After their first album flopped on Columbia Records in 2006, the group signed with Hollywood Records — a Disney company — to release their self-titled follow-up. It went platinum in about four months during late 2007.
Now, the trio is packing places like the Comcast Arena at the Everett Events Center, a fact on ear-shattering display Tuesday night.
When the group took the stage, a wall of sound erupted from the mainly young and female audience. The three brothers rose through holes in the floor and, while standing, slid down a slide. Backed by column-like video monitors, they launched into one of their biggest hits to date, a cover of “Year 3000.”
The three brothers — Nick, 15, Joe, 18, and Kevin, 20 — showed the type of energy you’d expect from young guys being screamed at by girls. They smiled, nonstop. They ran around and struck poses. Joe Jonas, who sings lead, did a cartwheel.
Kevin and Nick Jonas, with guitars slung from their shoulders, were only marginally more restrained than their free-wheeling sibling. Throughout the show, Kevin would spin like a top and shake his curly locks like a bobble head. Nick bounced like a rubber ball.
For a band this young, the brothers showed remarkable chops. Yes, they were helped a lot with the music by a four-piece backing band, but their bread and butter is achingly sweet, fairly simple pop rock, heavy on guitars and hooks. They serve it with flair.
Skill aside, this was a crowd that could not be disappointed, a crowd that sang along not only to the opening band, Rooney, but also to a Kelly Clarkson song played over the speakers as filler.
The Jonas Brothers themselves, dressed in blacks and grays, unleashed ceaseless enthusiasm from the crowd. Even mundane numbers were gobbled up. At one point, the three brothers went center stage, sitting on a riser to strum acoustic guitars and croon a generic love song. Near its end, they simply sat and stared at the crowd.
The result during this quiet moment was screams.
And, when Nick Jonas dedicated a song to “anybody who’s gone through a hard time in their life,” he was met by enthusiastic, ear-splitting cheers. Yeah for hard times!
The group has yet to land a top 10 single on the Billboard 100, but that may come. After the brothers announced a new song — an up-tempo pop tune from their yet-to-be-released third album — 4-year-olds danced in the aisle and the crowd squealed.
Granted, by then, Joe Jonas had rolled up his sleeve, exposing a bare arm. There may have been a little misdirection going on there. Hard to say.
Andy Rathbun: 425-339-3455 or arathbun@heraldnet.com.
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