That's cool man! I had to play it cool like I wasn't slightly starstruck being like a foot away from them meanwhile looking at Avenged Sevenfold and Thrice Hopeless Records era memorabilia. Kind of bittersweet that they are both retiring from the bands I grew up listening to.
Here is a look at the vip for the main stages. Looks pretty wide and centered for the main stages! https://www.reddit.com/r/WhenWeWereYoungFest/s/K9IfnaTRbP
A little nervous about flying solo this year, but also giddy and excited. When Saosin plays those opening notes of “It’s Far Better to Learn” tomorrow, I may have an out-of-body experience lol
Fuckin hell it's cold right now in Vegas. So glad I checked the forecast right before closing my suitcase on Wednesday and threw in a pair of jeans.
Reporting back from the side show last night. Brooklyn Bowl is solid but getting inside always takes FOREVER. Merch was nightmare as it was one line to get either of the three band’s merch, but all paid through each band separately, so the line wasn’t much prior to the show. Millionaires was fine for what they are. Apparently 2/3 original members left the group so it’s just one original performer with one new hire. Both sang their set with heavy backing tracks. I was surprised with how much of the crowd knew their songs. They seem to be tracking forward as a duo with new music. 3oh!3 was kinda disappointing but still solid They probably did 50min, played the hits, but didn’t really have “full” sounding audio, which I wasn’t sure if they’re just older and voices change, or if the audio mix was bad. There was a medical incident that probably made them have to cut a song as it lasted for minutes before security could help the fan. Also, not sure why, but they remixed the beats on at least three of their popular songs, which was a little jarring to hear something noticeable different but the crowd loved them regardless. As for Cobra… they absolutely killed it. Played for about an hour, sounded great, and the crowd was eating it up. Gabe noted at some point that Ryland and Alex didn’t want to “do this” and introduced their replacements, who both did fantastic. A real fun time as everyone was all smiles, dancing around, and the Cobra crew seemed humbled by the response. Gabe hasn’t missed a beat. After the show, they separated 3oh!3’s merch line which didn’t make that big of a difference as they only had 1 shirt IIRC, but nobody really stopped by their booth (as I also think a lot of folks didn’t see where it moved and assumed it shut down). Millionaires has 1 style shirt, 1 style hoody, and 1 style booty short for sale. Cobra had a couple non-clothing items like stickers/cardboard fangs, and 2 shirt designs. We ended up in their merch line for 30min after the show and got the last two shirts of one of the designs, leaving about 100 people left to fight over 1 design with only two sizing options. All said, Cobra made a killing at the merch booth
Was also at the Cobra show. Wasn’t a medical incident but some little douchebag who was actively pushing everyone, myself included. Show was fun. Wish Cobra played more than just Snakes from their first album. It was very Viva heavy, but at least I won’t feel bad about missing their set tomorrow.
Big off. Official merch have typos in the band names https://www.reddit.com/r/WhenWeWere...mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/WhenWeWere...mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Imagine making people pay $45 for something you couldn’t have taken two seconds to cross check before sending to the printers
Just waited an hour and a half to buy a typo shirt lol. Pretty sure they’re all like that. Oh well, fun story.
People are going to bitch and call me out but I DO NOT FUCKING CARE. At Silverstein… everyone wants to say when a woman says no, it means no… EXCEPT if you’re hardcore bro, then it doesn’t matter if the 8 or so women at the front getting crushed and kicked and the head and dived directly onto finally say NO and you then retaliate by shoving them and flipping them off and screaming at them and actively trying to pick a fight with them. I am the only man actively trying to help and support these women and it’s fucking disgusting because it doesn’t matter because “its a hardcore show, you asked for it”. Fuck that, fuck those assholes, fuck you if you support that.