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

When We Were Young is an annual music festival currently held at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Winchester. It is typically scheduled for the third weekend in October with the most recent event taking place on October 21–22, 2023.[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]

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.[5][6][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.[7]

The first day was canceled due to weather.[8] The band Car Seat Headrest was scheduled to play as part of the 2022 lineup but pulled out due to health issues.[9]

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 3 day festival to a 2 day weekend festival, a format that is also planned to be used for the 2024 festival .[10]

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.

Lineups

List of official festival lineup in alphabetical order by year; headliners in bold: [11][12][10]

2017
2022
2023
2024

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d This act is not performing an album in its entirety as part of the festival, and instead will perform 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. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "When We Were Young Festival Adds Third Date". pastemagazine.com. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Trendell, Andrew (2022-10-22). "When We Were Young Festival 2022 day one cancelled due to weather warning". NME. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "When We Were Young 2017".
  12. ^ Childers, Chad (18 January 2022). "My Chemical Romance + Paramore Lead 2022 When We Were Young Festival Lineup". Loudwire. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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