When We Have been Younger music competition attendees should not okay (they promise).
Yesterday (Oct. 23), the inaugural When We Were Young music competition that featured mid-2000s emo artists like My Chemical Romance and Paramore, canceled its Saturday performances final minute resulting from excessive winds. Variety reviews that some attendees discovered concerning the cancellation as late as 10:30 a.m. when doorways had been set to open solely half an hour later.
The remaining dates of the competition on Sunday, Oct. 23, and Oct. 29 “are transferring ahead accordingly.” Ticket holders who bought tickets by way of the competition’s ticketing service will obtain a refund inside 30 days, however the competition didn’t supply attendees the choice to switch their ticket to one of many different two dates.
“When We Have been Younger Competition organizers have spent the final a number of days proactively making ready the competition grounds for a windy Saturday. The Nationwide Climate Service has now upgraded their Saturday forecast to a Excessive Wind Warning, together with harmful 30-40 mph sustained winds with potential 60 mph gusts,” the competition’s assertion reads. “Beneath advisement of the Nationwide Climate Service and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division, we now have no different selection than to cancel in the present day’s When We Have been Younger Competition. The protection of our followers, artists and employees will all the time be our prime precedence.”
Many bands, like We The Kings and The All-American Rejects tried to make one of the best of the scenario by internet hosting pop-up exhibits in Vegas, however these occasions did not have the capability to accommodate all of the competition attendees.
The competition’s lineup despatched social media customers right into a frenzy when it was introduced due to its nostalgia-inducing acts and similarity to Warped Tour. The competition’s Saturday cancelation had Twitter as soon as once more ablaze with attendees sharing their disappointment and airing their grievances.
It wasn’t simply attendees who bought in on the dialog. Curious onlookers loved the spectacle of adults decked out of their best emo apparel wandering round Vegas with nowhere to go and others cashed in on the second by making jokes and memes.
