Mom Nature is clearly no fan of emo and pop-punk. Organizers of the much-anticipated When We Have been Younger Competition simply made the announcement that they’ve sadly needed to cancel Day One actions for as we speak, Oct. 22, resulting from 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 Have been Younger Competition organizers have spent the final a number of days proactively getting 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, “Below advisement of the Nationwide Climate Service and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division, we have now no different alternative than to cancel as we speak’s When We Have been Younger Competition. The protection of our followers, artists and workers will all the time be our high precedence. This was not a choice that got here frivolously. We all know a lot of you traveled to the realm to have a spectacular day along with your favourite bands and have been wanting ahead to at the present time for months. We had been equally as excited and are devastated to must share this information.”
Ticketholders for Oct. 22 are capable of search full refunds via the occasion’s ticket processor Entrance Gate Tickets and, organizers stated, can count on cost inside 30 days.
The assertion sheds hope that tomorrow can be a brand new day “with none wind advisories” on deck for Sunday, Oct. 23. To date, organizers say, the occasion remains 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, Convey Me the Horizon, Taking Again Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio, Manchester Orchestra, A Day to Keep in mind and plenty of others.
Remaining dates for When We Have been Younger 2022 are bought out however maybe some luck will befall as we speak’s ticketholders who’re little question broken-hearted by this growth. The occasion additionally lately introduced particulars for the 2023 iteration.
The pageant’s full assertion about as we speak’s cancelation is under.
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