When We Were Young (festival)

When We Were Young
2022 lineup
Genre
DatesApril 8 and 9, 2017
October 22, 23 and 29, 2022
October 21 and 22, 2023
October 19 and 20, 2024
Location(s)The Observatory, Santa Ana, California
Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
Years active
  • 2017
  • 2022–present
FoundersLive Nation Entertainment
Websitewhenwewereyoungfestival.com

When We Were Young is an annual music festival currently held at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Winchester, Nevada. It is typically scheduled for the third weekend of October. The most recent event took place from October 19–20, 2024.[1][2][3]

History

The first incarnation of the festival took place at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California on April 8 and 9, 2017.[4] It was headlined by Morrissey.[5]

In 2022, the festival was moved to Winchester, Nevada at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The event was first announced on January 18, 2022, as a one-day event on October 22, 2022, headlined by My Chemical Romance and Paramore.[1][2] Tickets sold out quickly, leading to the addition of second and third dates on October 23 and 29, 2022.[6][7][3] Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio asserts that the festival lineup was announced before bands were committed but that all bands would agree to play.[8]

The first day was canceled due to weather.[9] The band Car Seat Headrest was scheduled to play as part of the 2022 lineup but pulled out due to health issues.[10]

On October 11, 2022, the festival announced it was returning for a second year in 2023, with Blink-182 and Green Day as headliners. The event also moved from a three-day festival to a two-day weekend festival, a format that was also used for the 2024 festival.[11]

On November 13, 2023, after a lineup was leaked, all artists officially announced the lineup for 2024, set to be headlined by Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance. As opposed to previous years, in 2024, nearly all of the performing bands are set to play sets that consist of one of their albums played in its entirety.[12] The All-American Rejects dropped out a week before the festival; lead singer Tyson Ritter said that the band never agreed to play their self-titled debut album in full despite it being advertised as such, and wanted to play a "greatest hits" set instead.[13] On October 15, 2024, The Distillers also announced that they are no longer playing at the 2024 event.[14] The festival was criticized for misspelling eight band names across its official merchandise items.[15]

Lineups

List of official festival lineup in alphabetical order by year; headliners in bold:[16][17][11]

2017
2022
2024
2025

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d This act did not perform an album in its entirety as part of the festival, and instead performed a general set of their material.

References

  1. ^ a b Spanos, Brittany (January 18, 2022). "'When We Were Young': 5 Questions We Have About the 2000s Emo and Pop-Punk Blowout". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Garvey, Marianne (January 19, 2022). "When We Were Young festival announces My Chemical Romance and Paramore as headliners". CNN. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Shanfeld, Ethan (January 24, 2022). "When We Were Young Festival Adds Third Date With Same Lineup". Variety. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  4. ^ Gaca, Anna (7 February 2017). "Emo Festival Announces Lineup Consisting Almost Entirely of Men". Spin.
  5. ^ "Morrissey to Headline Inaugural When We Were Young Fest". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  6. ^ "When We Were Young Sells Out, Adds Second Date To Highly Anticipated Festival on Sunday, October 23, 2022". Live Nation Entertainment. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  7. ^ "When We Were Young Festival Adds Third Date". pastemagazine.com. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  8. ^ Paul Brannigan (2022-10-18). "Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba says the star-studded emo/punk festival When We Were Young was announced before a single band on the bill agreed to play". loudersound. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  9. ^ Trendell, Andrew (2022-10-22). "When We Were Young Festival 2022 day one cancelled due to weather warning". NME. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  10. ^ Richards, Will (2022-10-19). "Car Seat Headrest cancels US tour and When We Were Young set due to health issues". NME. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  11. ^ a b DeVita, Joe. "When We Were Young Festival Announces Over 50 Bands for 2023 – Blink-182, Green Day + More". Loudwire. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  12. ^ "WHEN WE WERE YOUNG ANNOUNCES 2024 LINEUP FEATURING OVER 50 FULL ALBUM LIVE PERFORMANCES AND MORE", LiveNation, 13 November 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  13. ^ "The All-American Rejects Drop Off When We Were Young, Say Fest Reneged On Deal". Stereogum. 2024-10-12. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  14. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/DBJ8TReJszT/
  15. ^ "Official When We Were Young Merch Misspells Eight Band Names". Stereogum. 2024-10-22. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  16. ^ "When We Were Young 2017".
  17. ^ Childers, Chad (18 January 2022). "My Chemical Romance + Paramore Lead 2022 When We Were Young Festival Lineup". Loudwire. Retrieved 23 January 2022.