When We Were Young Festival (Las Vegas) Tour • Page 204

I've never even heard of Ekkstacy so I'm probably biased, but I can't imagine that they'd have much of a crowd AFTER Lit/Green Day.

 

I agree they're not a very special headliner. They're the "indie" headliner of one of the Riot fest days. Like death cab or postal service.

I'd say Misfits but that's more sick sad world

 

The Killers may not be as fitting as the previous headliners, but they could work. Mr. Brightside is another one of those 2000s anthems all the outcast kids loved back then (myself included). Plus, them being from Vegas would only help sell the show.

 

People travel to this fest and The Killers play everywhere (not to mention this is the former Emo kids fest lol). MCR, Paramore, FOB, Green Day and Blink are all basically gods in the scene. There really isn’t any options left unless they want to change genres/audiences entirely

 

they play Mr. Brightside at emo nights all the time

 

Happy I went but don't think I would go again. Just way too many people and too long of a day.

That being said....if somehow they were able to get ETID and Circa to get back together and they were only playing at WWWYF...absolutely would go again.

And I was close to the stage when Chiodos played. There was definitely a backing track, and it seemed like Craig wasn't trying to hide the fact that there was one. I do think he was singing as well but relied heavily on the backing track.

 

It's the same reason Hoobastank played one of those "Not Just A Phase" festivals. To the vast majority of people they don't really care about genre. If something was popular and on the radio at around the same time? It gets lumped together.

And, I mean, are we really saying the Killers aren't aesthetically a fit when 5 Seconds of Summer and Michelle Branch have played? Come on now.

And again: The festival is quite literally named after a song by the band. LOL

 

This festival has already booked Nada Surf, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Car Seat Headrest, Michelle Branch, Bright Eyes, Death Cab, Kittie, Beach Bunny, etc. I dont think they're afraid of going scene-adjacent. I can totally see The Killers being plausible, especially if they somehow nab a Hot Fuss set.
On that note it wouldn't be too farfetched to get The Strokes too. Could also see them throwing money at The Bravery and The Donnas for one off reunion shows.

Don't forget that the very first WWWY fest was in 2017 and had Morrissey and Descendants headlining, with a bunch of scene bands on the undercard.

 

their song is “When You Were Young”

 

Close enough. It's 100% where the impetus for the name came from, though. Pretty easy to read between the lines on that when you consider the line-up for that late 2010's version of the festival.

 

I do remember when the festival was announced in 2022, a lot of people thought The Killers were playing based solely on the name.

 

Pretty wild that The Killers created the phrase.

 

It’d probably be too on the nose for The Killers to play, tbh

 

Obviously they didn't. But you're kidding yourself if you don't think that's what the fest creators were trying to channel.

 

Maybe 50-100 people for Ekkstacy, I watched Lit and most people cleared out to catch the rest of Green Day.

 

I've seen beneath medicine tree but would die if Lydia came back to play illuminate. id want to see em in more of a furnace fest setting though, not wwwy

 

wasn't it named after the line in the my chemical romance song, "the kids from yesterday"?

and you only live forever in the lights you make
when we were young we used to say
that you only hear the music when your heart begins to break
now we are the kids from yesterday

which they also closed WWWY year 1 with, both nights

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but before last weekend is the last time MCR performed back at the 2022 WWWY? And there's been no whispers or speculations of them planning another tour and/or album?

If that's the case, I feel like they're gonna become the System of a Down of the emo scene. They could probably just headline WWWY every year with no complaints from fans.

 

I sincerely doubt that was a consideration when the festival was first put together/named...

 

I thought they did some international dates in 2023 but I could be wrong

 

no, absolutely not

 

Thats correct. They played Australia and Japan in Match 2023

 

I do feel they will play very few shows going forward, maybe just 1 or 2 festivals each year and thats it

 

I just got home yesterday at 5 pm & I'm still not a person, I'm hoping I will be tomorrow when I wake up. I'll add some pics/videos in here this evening, & do a more in depth review of the whole thing

They didn't play Finding Home, & that was largely the reason I watched their set, it really bummed me out.

A few people have said it in here as well, but I loved the minimal production (but I can def see how it might be a boring show if you're a casual fan)!! One thing I thought was crazy to see was how fast the crowd dissipated after they played The Black Parade (5th song). I was able to watch the rest of their set at 11 pm closer than I was for Neck Deep at 11:30 am


For FOB, after the Infinity on High songs, I got SUPER bored & left

There were some sets that I was able to get SUPER close for in VIP and others that is wasn't even worth trying. I'm so grateful that the weather was what it was, I was pretty hot the 2nd day & can't imagine what it would've felt like if it was 20 degrees warmer

It definitely does look super packed in, but when you're in it, it's kind of surprising how much room you can have around you despite knowing what it looks like from a few hundred feet up. I was definitely worried about being in the huge crowds prior to going because of pics/videos like that, but it really wasn't bad. I was nowhere near the barricade but also nowhere near the back of the crowd

 

It was also super easy to move aroubd the crowd most of the time. I managed to get barricade for Senses Fail, TDWP and Movements just by waiting 1 band before and moving your way to the front, most of the time you could ask and people will let you walk in to the front. Definetly not for the main stages, but still managed to grab a good spot for MCR both days on GA and VIP