The full concert film from The Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Celebration of Life Concert, held July 23 at the House of Blues in San Diego as part of Hasbro‘s Apology Tour, is now streaming on YouTube. Knights of Unicron, Cold Slither, Britta Phillips of Jem and the Holograms, Stan Bush, Sebastian Bach, Brittney Slayes, Francesco Cavalieri, and Vince DiCola, forty years later, it still hits like a truck. Watch the full show now. 
The concert took place July 23, 2026 at the House of Blues in San Diego during San Diego Comic-Con week, featuring music from The Transformers: The Movie: The Soundtrack: The Reformatted Edition performed live by Knights of Unicron, comprised of Matt Harvey, Gus Rios, Andy Selway, and Ross Sewage. Opening the show were Britta Phillips, the original singer of Jem and the Holograms, performing a full set of beloved Jem tracks alongside Kyle Moore, and Cold Slither, the G.I. Joe fictional band brought to life by the same four Knights of Unicron members, with special guest Bmac.
Knights of Unicron brought the Transformers soundtrack to life with special guests Brittney Slayes of Unleash the Archers on “The Transformers Theme” and “Hunger,” Francesco Cavalieri of Wind Rose on “Instruments of Destruction,” Torch on “Dare to Be Stupid,” Vince DiCola on “Death of Optimus Prime,” and both Stan Bush and DiCola on “The Touch” and “Dare.” Closing the show, former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach delivered a ferocious performance of “Nothin’s Gonna Stand in Our Way.”
Watch our Interview with Gus Rios.
The concert is part of Hasbro‘s Apology Tour, a year-long campaign celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1986 animated film and acknowledging the moment fans still haven’t quite recovered from, the death of Optimus Prime.
FULL SETLIST
Britta Phillips and Kyle Moore — Jem:
“Jem Theme,” “Only the Beginning,” “Twilight in Paris,” “Deception,” “I Got My Eye on You,” “Glitter and Gold,” “Truly Outrageous,” “Who Is He Kissing,” “Like a Dream,” “She’s Got the Power,” “Depends on the Mood I’m In,” “Music Is Magic”
Cold Slither w/ special guest Bmac:
“Welcome to the Swamp,” “Knock Em Dread,” “These Fluffies Are Fatal,” “Under the Dreadnok Spell,” “Zartan’s Revenge,” “Cobra Island,” “Thunder Machine,” “Cold Slither”
w/ Britta Phillips: “Jem Theme Song”
Knights of Unicron:
“The Transformers Theme” (ft. Brittney Slayes)
“Hunger” (ft. Brittney Slayes)
“Instruments of Destruction” (ft. Francesco Cavalieri)
“Dare to Be Stupid” (ft. Torch)
“Autobot/Decepticon Battle”
“Death of Optimus Prime” (ft. Vince DiCola)
“The Touch” (ft. Stan Bush and Vince DiCola)
“Dare” (ft. Stan Bush and Vince DiCola)
“Escape”
“Nothin’s Gonna Stand in Our Way” (ft. Sebastian Bach)
