When We Were Young Festival (Las Vegas) Tour • Page 112

Well.... Day 2

 

To follow up on my Frank story and not to get into too many details, I talked a little business with him and got hooked up with My Chem management team. Let’s see if I can score backstage today.

 

Only person I rockegnized on the strip last night was bayside’s drummer lol

 

I figured out a way to get in but it's dicey... wouldn't do this but trying not to spend my rent money on a ticket if preferable. wish me luck y'all

also my flight there was delayed to arrive at 9:55a... cutting it close.

 

So interested to know your plan and if it works!

 

I wish I was going today!! Have fun and be safe everyone!!

 

In the shade next to the sound booth at black stage. Gonna be a fun day

 

At the last minute while I was preparing to sneak through the staff entrance in disguise (I’ve worked a bunch of festivals so know how it goes) someone sent me their spare ticket.

I owe him a beer and unfortunately have just $9 today but hopefully he’ll be okay with me making it up to him this week

My life is strange lol

 

Towards a couple hours into the day you could 100% get in with a ticket that isn’t valid. There’s re-entry but their system for it is shit. They gave me a wristband but never checked it. Scanned my ticket upon re-entry and it came up as invalid because it was scanned at open when I went in and the gate people did not give any shit whatsoever and said just go in.

 

Security was definitely not great. Good for people wanting to get in, bad for safety.

 

There’s double re-entry “limit” too, so if you truly wanted to abuse it, you and all your friends leave once to get the wrist bands. Go back in. Then have them all take off the wristbands, one person leave again, send pdf of used tickets to people who need to get in, and give them the wristbands. Act like re-entering.

I spend way too much time thinking of ways to abuse rules lmao.

 

Boys Like Girls was all my 12 year old dreams come true haha

 

Did they happen to mention a time frame for the single or new album? All they said last weekend was “2023”.

 

Not an attendee (just an avid BLG fan), and I saw some footage from other tour dates they did this fall where Martin says "early next year/spring."

 

I really loved BLG's set. I totally forgot just how many of their songs off their self-titled album were absolute bangers.. haven't listened in yeaaaaars

 

Boys Like Girls and The Used were the best sets so far. The Used had the cutest crowd

Silverstein was so fun

We the Kings started late and didn’t open with Skyway Avenue, ended up missing them. The Maine was super disappointing, vibes were off but they played Everything I Ask For which is… everything I asked for

hoping to see Bright Eyes from the pit

 

How drunk is Conor gonna be?

 

idk but it probably just adds to the ambience
I’ve never seen them and I love ‘em
also if you need to get in the pit and don't want to wait for two hours draw an X with sharpie on the white part of your wristband and sneak in through the black tent gap by the bathrooms to the left of black stage

 

Bright Eyes were so good when I saw them a few months back, Conor rambled between songs but he sounded as good as on record during the songs

 

Yeah, I saw them in March and while Conor was SLOSHED, the show was fantastic.

 

Bright Eyes were amazing but no one was into them

I’m so sad I missed an attempt to tip the scales and jejune stars last week, my two favorite BE songs, but they did play a calendar hung itself

 

Unfortunately this makes sense, they're just slightly outside the genre of the festival that they kinda stick out on their own

 

honestly that was my favorite set and made me think about art

 

Conor was pissed (both drunk and mad) and put on a theatrical performance