The vibe was as mid-2000s as MySpace and arguing about what emo actually is. The rest of the lineup included Silverstein’s post–hardcore emo brethren (Thursday, Senses Fail), crossover emo artists (Dashboard Confessional, Jimmy Eat World), emo-adjacent pop acts (Avril Lavigne, 3OH!3), and even outfits that have explicitly rejected the emo descriptor yet still get labeled that way (Bright Eyes, AFI). My Chemical Romance were billed as the coheadliners alongside Paramore. It turned out they were one of 65 names playing something called the When We Were Young festival. Then in January, Silverstein’s drummer and manager Paul Koehler received the advertising material for the concert and shared it with his bandmates, just half an hour before the rest of the world would see it. With little more information beyond that, the group agreed. It contained an offer to play a show in Las Vegas with My Chemical Romance in October 2022. Last fall, the long-running Canadian band Silverstein got an email from a promoter they trusted. And be sure to check back next week for our coverage of Coachella 2022. In anticipation, we’re looking at the event’s history and the festival-industry landscape on Thursday and Friday. Following a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatus, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will return this weekend for its 21st edition, with headliners Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, the Weeknd, and Swedish House Mafia.
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