All Time Low on their headlining UK arena tour. In April, the band performed four small club shows and appeared at Edgefest. Following the album's release, the band performed on the Warped Tour until the end of July. In August, the band played a few UK shows with support from Waterparks, Big Jesus and Roam, around their appearance at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. In October and November, the band went on a headlining US tour with support from The Story So Far, Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Hit the Lights and Big Jesus. In May 2017, the group went on a headlining US tour with support from Less Than Jake, Crown the Empire and Like Pacific, and performed in Mexico as part of Warped Tour Mexico. Following this, the group appeared at the Download Festival in the UK and the Nova Rock Festival in Austria. Following this, the band participated in the Warped Rewind at Sea cruise in October. In November and December, the group went on a headlining UK tour with support from Against the Current, Milk Teeth and Nothing,Nowhere. Reception Critical response Youth Authority received generally favourable reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic, and scored an average of 4.8/10 at AnyDecentMusic?. AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it a "record that gleams but also roars, an album that still feels the pull of adolescent rebellion even as middle age sentimentality begins to descend." Alternative Press writer Evan Lucy complimented Feldmann's production, noting that he "helped the Maddens channel the emotional heft that’s always been at the core of their music." The A.V. Club Annie Zaleski viewed the overbearing underdog stance as very "wearying" throughout the album. The release, however, provides an "admirable job updating Good Charlotte’s sound in ways that should please both long-term and new fans." Katherine Flynn of Consequence of Sound said that it "actually doesn’t sound terrible", however, found that the brothers "don’t have a whole lot left to sing about, though; the songs’ substance begins and ends with their power chords." Spin said the album's weaknesses lied with the slower material: "Nailing ballads was never a strength for GC, and why would it be? It’s their angst-ridden, palm-muted power chords that leave the kids swooning." A number of songs in the album's mid-way point end up "muddling" that section; the album was at its "sharpest on its edges." Dead Press! reviewer Andy