Mom Nature is clearly no fan of emo and pop-punk. Organizers of the much-anticipated When We Had been Younger Pageant simply made the announcement that they’ve sadly needed to cancel Day One actions for right this moment, Oct. 22, as a result of excessive winds within the Las Vegas space which have made it unsafe to go ahead with an open, staged occasion.
Organizers posted a message on the pageant’s official web site, stating, “When We Had been Younger Pageant organizers have spent the final a number of days proactively making ready the pageant 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 message continues, “Underneath advisement of the Nationwide Climate Service and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division, we now have no different alternative than to cancel right this moment’s When We Had been Younger Pageant. The security of our followers, artists and workers will all the time be our high precedence. This was not a call that got here evenly. We all know a lot of you traveled to the world to have a spectacular day along with your favourite bands and have been wanting ahead to this present day for months. We had been equally as excited and are devastated to must share this information.”
Ticketholders for Oct. 22 are in a position to search full refunds via the occasion’s ticket processor Entrance Gate Tickets and, organizers mentioned, can count on fee inside 30 days.
The assertion sheds hope that tomorrow will likely be a brand new day “with none wind advisories” on deck for Sunday, Oct. 23. Up to now, organizers say, the occasion continues to be deliberate for that date and the third and remaining added date of Oct. 29.
The complete lineup is slated to attend every date, together with headliners My Chemical Romance and Paramore in addition to performances from AFI, The Used, Deliver Me the Horizon, Taking Again Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio, Manchester Orchestra, A Day to Bear in mind and plenty of others.
Remaining dates for When We Had been Younger 2022 are bought out however maybe some luck will befall right this moment’s ticketholders who’re little question broken-hearted by this growth. The occasion additionally just lately introduced particulars for the 2023 iteration.
The pageant’s full assertion about right this moment’s cancelation is beneath.
2022 Rock + Metallic Pageant Information
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