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An abrupt Instagram announcement of the When We Were Young music festival sparked a social media frenzy. Despite skepticism, it’s one of the most hyped events of the upcoming season. By Kendall Polidori
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Clockwise from top: Oliver Sykes of Bring Me the Horizon, Haley Williams of Paramore and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance.
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PHOTOGRAPHY: (PARAMORE) REUTERS/MIKE SEGAR; (HORIZON) RITZAU SCANPIX/HELLE ARENSBAK VIA REUTERS; (CHEMICAL ROMANCE) PA ARCHIVE/PA IMAGES
Rock Redux for Millenials
moke fills the air from cigarettes clenched between fingers adorned with chipped black nail polish as punks throw each other around a mosh pit. They’re stepping on each other’s toes with feet clad in knee-high Converse, leather boots with rows of buckles or checkerboard slip-on Vans—just about anything, as long as it’s wild and black. Wrists are graced with rubber bracelets with band names. Arms are covered in sleeves of tattoos. Some of the black T-shirts look at least 10 years old. Then there are the denim vests encrusted with iron-on patches and buttons. Strands of multicolored hair bounce up and down and back and forth. An earlobe might no longer have a gauge earring, but the empty hole is still evident. Welcome to When We Were Young, the post-Warped Tour music festival that should have happened 10 or more years ago. Now the punks have become adults and have the cash to wrap themselves in nostalgia. And they’re expected to shell out some of it to see their heroes this fall in the desert.
Luckbox | April 2022
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