When We Were Young Festival (Las Vegas) Tour • Page 107

If the crowd was dead, i think it’s a combo of how long it was if you lined up for doors, the fact that it was exhaustingly difficult to get from stage to stage, every line being insanely long, and the weird ass GA pit entrance. After Taking Back Sunday it was fucking stampede to get into the pit through a tiny little gate that they were restricting access to, and eventually closed off for the night. So from ADTR on, if you wanted to be in the pit for Paramore or MCR you were stuck there or not getting back. Which meant no going to get water or anything. The organization of that is the one point I’m truly critical of that just seemed horrendously stupid. If anyone had fallen down trying to get into the pit area as ADTR was starting, I have no doubt in my mind they would have gotten trampled. It was straight mob mentality.

 

Here's a fun game/question: Without repeats, who's left for 2024?

Potential headliners:
Fall Out Boy
Panic!
Twenty One Pilots
Weezer

Undercard:
Coheed
Sugarcult
Cartel
Midtown
Chiodos or DRUGS
From First to Last
Cobra Starship
Rancid
Rufio
The Cab
A Rocket to the Moon
The Summer Set
American Hi-Fi
Every Avenue
Jack's Mannequin
Alexisonfire
Underoath
Forever the Sickest Kids
Mest
Breathe Carolina
Never Shout Never
Hit the Lights
The Spill Canvas
Straylight Run
Hot Rod Circuit
The Matches
Cute Is What We Aim For
Against Me!

 

Fall out boy and panic

 

Minor Threat and Fugazi

 

Some actual answers:
Further Seems Forever
A Day At the Fair (way too small to matter for a fest like this, but that would get me to travel)
Forgive Durden
Steel Train (probably not happening, but Bleachers totally could)

 

Fallout Boy
panic
Weezer
Sugarcult
Jacks mannequin
The early November
The distillers
Nofx
Rancid
Head automatica
The transplants
Coheed and Cambria
From first to last
Against me
Matchbook romance
Flogging Molly
Underoath
Fun.
Willow
Pinkshift
LOLO
Real Friends
Moneen
Funeral for a friend
Straylight run
Midtown
Circa Survive
Anti flag
Descendants
Refused
At the drive in

 

Boys night out

 

Forgot FSF, good one!

 

No way Nate caves on a fun. reunion, but that would definitely be big headliner material.

 

Moneen and Boys Night Out would both be great.

 

There are definitely diminishing returns on the nostalgia factor here, but bear with me:

Top Bill
Fall Out Boy
Panic! At The Disco
Twenty One Pilots
Weezer
Demi Lovato
Evanescence
Phoebe Bridgers

Undercard
Papa Roach
Beartooth
YUNGBLUD
Halestorm
Chase Atlantic
Architects
ONE OK ROCK
Angels & Airwaves
The Regrettes
Memphis May Fire
Maggie Lindemann
Enter Shikari
Don Broco
Real Friends
Lights
Stand Atlantic
Pale Waves
The Dangerous Summer
Grayscale
Citizen
As It Is
Point North
Hot Milk
Like Pacific
LOLO

 

Im surprised Machine Gun Kelly was not in 2022 nor 2023, I can see him headlining this (not that I want to but still). Also surprised Real Friends wasnt not in the lineup, so probs they will be if there is 2024

 

Literally the reason I am into this scene. It's my origin story.

 

Here's my random list of those that could have fit on this or next year's pretty easily

Man Overboard
Modern Baseball (please)
Allister
The White Tie Affair
Secondhand Serenade
Reel Big Fish
Owl City
LMFAO
ISMFOF
Hot Chelle Rae

 

Forgot about Hellogoodbye too. Surprised they weren't on this year or next year's lineup.

 

bring back cobra starship

 

Some more just came to mind that I dont think have been mentioned yet:

Death Cab for Cutie
Minus the Bear
Alexisonfire
Turnstile
City and Colour
The Honorary Title
Spitalfield
Mae
Patent Pending
Rufio
Hidden in Plainview
Hit the Lights
The Spill Canvas
Cute is What We Aim For
Hey Monday
Meg and Dia
Explosions in the Sky
The Sleeping
The Rocket Summer
The Sounds
From Autumn to Ashes
Poison the Well
Every Time I Die
Envy on the Coast
Cartel
Valencia
Andrew WK
Bad Religion
The Bouncing Souls
Billy Talent
Metro Station
The Get Up Kids

The list could honestly go on and on and have a few more years without repeats. I think the big headliners left are Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Evanescence and Weezer, with solid second line acts like Death Cab, Coheed, Phoebe Bridgers, Underoath, At the Drive In and Fun. After that point I think they might start plucking more modern acts like (sigh) Machine Gun Kelly, The 1975 and Twenty One Pilots to headline.

 

Forrest did a DJ set in Vegas on Saturday night. I didn’t make it to that one though. I went to the Mark Rose one instead.

 

If they’re gonna continue having shitty dudes we are missing a B**** N** reunion.

 

Was Explosions in the Sky part of this scene?

 

Forest said he wasn't invited either year!

 

My dream bands for 2024, some were mentioned and some might not be a fit:

At The Drive-In (or at least Sparta)
The Get Up Kids
Minus The Bear
The Promise Ring (or Maritime)
American Football (or Owen)
Dance Gavin Dance (with Kurt Travis)
Rainer Maria
The Spill Canvas
City and Colour
Eisley
Copeland
The Forecast
Secret Lives Of The Freemasons
HRVRD
Kaddisfly
Company Of Thieves
Alien Ant Farm

 

I’m wondering if they know when to cut their losses. Maybe one more year with FOB and Panic but then I can see it ending.if they do that I wouldn’t be surprised to see some repeat bands from this year.

 

Yeah, I think that’s my general feel too. If they can get Panic headlining a third year, it definitely makes sense.

But a fourth would either be recycling or weak imo. The scale of the event as-is, is just so massive.

The second year certainly has had far less buzz around it already, naturally.

 

Sold out right away I think it’s just less talked about right now bc this years is ongoing