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You always think youll never get old until it finally happens to you.
My Chemical Romance, visionary as ever in their early 40s, got a jump on the inevitable.
Moreoldas in having just spent four hours becoming geriatrics in a Hollywood-grade makeup artists chair.
Its really cool and exciting to see, and Im happy to be a part of it.
Still, the energy around this past weekend feels like an entirely new chapter in emos nearly 40-year history.
The legend of When We Were Young was born back on January 18.
But the excitement was tempered with suspicion.
I said, Were down, and shortly after they started asking me about other talent I work with.
The festival was helmed by producers Andy Serrao and Jeffrey Shuman.
Andy Serrao is the curator, Ive known him for 20 years and he books Chain Reaction.
Its a legendary all-ages club in Anaheim.
The reason everybody said yes is because so many of them played there.
Added Galle, Shuman is a creative mastermind.
He had some great ideas, thinks big, and pulled it off.
On Sunday, 65 artists performed under friendly blue skies across five stages over the course of 12 hours.
The Story So Far or A Day to Remember?
Wide-eyed attendees shuffled schedules within the festival app like MySpace top eights.
Yes, were going to be seeing that lineup poster for a long time.
Everyone was super-accommodating; the crowd was very emo and loving.
One dark cloud that did hang over the festival was concertgoer safety.
Williams was Warpeds biggest (and often, only) female superstar.
Is it any wonder these are the two bands headlining a festival thats taken on such mythic proportions?
There was so much buzz being up there, especially since Saturday didnt happen, Lavigne told me Monday.
The crowd was alive.
A final 2022 showing,nearly identicalto Sundays lineup, is slated for this Saturday.
The festivalsmore Cali-pop-punk-inclined 2023 editionhas already sold out its first date.
So is emo now older and wiser?
In the hands of My Chemical Romance, Paramore, and their disciples, its getting there.
The business of misery is already here to stay.
