Aside from several one-off reunion shows, Youth of Today did a European reunion tour in 2003 with original members Ray, Porcell and Sammy. Ray’s friend Ken Olden from Battery and Better Than a Thousand filled in on bass. In fall 2010, they again started for a small reunion tour through Europe starting on September 16 in Lyss , Switzerland. A first-ever South American tour was scheduled for the first week of December 2010, taking Youth of Today to countries like Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. They played two shows in Russia and two in Oslo, Norway, during the third week in March 2011. Youth of Today played the U Street Music Hall in Washington, D.C. , on June 3, 2011; opening bands were Mouthpiece and Give. They played a show at the Glasshouse in Pomona, California , and another show at the Chaos in Tejas festival in June 2011. They played at the Getaway Rock Festival in Gävle , Sweden, on July 7–9, 2011. Youth of Today played at New Direction Fest No. 2 in Olbia , Sardinia , on July 10, 2011. They also played This Is Hardcore on August 12; the show sold out. The group played Riot Fest in Chicago opening for Danzig and Doyle playing Misfits songs on October 7, 2011. The band played at the Within These Walls fest in Mesa, Arizona , on September 21, 2012. On April 28, 2016, Youth of Today played in Berlin , Germany, and the next day in Meerhout , Belgium. The show included Sammy Siegler on drums and Walter Schreifels on bass.
European reunion tour
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