Since it was announced, the When We Were Young Festival has been flooding the social media feed of every 20-40-something emo kid (and former emo kid) with promises of a 60+ band festival oozing with nostalgia and the ALL of the music we loved. However, the logistics of said festival have left many wondering if it can and really will happen. Could it be a raging success, or could it be a Fyre Fest-like disaster? We discuss, and talk about some other great festivals of yesteryear in this week’s podcast.
Anyone planning to go will likely be spending hundreds of dollars per tickets to attend. The lineup supposedly includes: Paramore, My Chemical Romance, Bright Eyes, AFI, The Used, Bring Me the Horizon, Boys Like Girls, Avril Lavigne, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, We the Kings, Alkaline Trio, Manchester Orchestra, Dance Gavin Dance, the All-American Rejects, Anberlin, 3OH!3, Atreyu, the Ready Set, Jimmy Eat World, La Dispute, the Wonder Years, Hawthorne Heights, Car Seat Headrest, Wolf Alice, and more…
When We Were Young Festival Adds Third Day With Same Lineup Plus Alex G [STEREOGUM]
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