photo by Marv Watson

If there is one thing that Millenials are better at than Instagram- it’s being nostalgic about the 1990’s and the inaugural edition of the When We Were Young Festival, is capitalizing on that skill by wrapping all the 90’s goodness up into two days! The lineup includes a bunch of 90’s and early 2000’s era emo and punk bands most millennials were sure to have burned on a blank c.d from Napster: including AFI, Descendents, Taking Back Sunday, Alkaline Trio, The Get Up Kids, Pinback, and Saves the Day and a headlining performance from The Moz of the 90’s: Morrissey.

Morrissey has also announced a small run of U.S. tour dates in April that will run from Arizona to Texas. This past December, he revealed that the last six shows of his solo tour had been canceled due to logistical reasons and mismanagement of funds while giving a shout out his favorite cities on that run of dates.

“Each date booked would make enough money to pay its way,” Morrissey wrote.
“When Gustavo [Manzur, keyboardist] collapsed at the Boulder show, 360 Management responded with the announcement that all funds had suddenly evaporated. There was apparently not even enough money to transport the touring party to the next scheduled city, and 360 Management faded out as quickly as they had faded in.”

“I will see you in extremely far-off places,” he ended the message.

When We Were Young goes down like a spoon full of sugar on April 8th & 9th at the Santa Ana Observatory in Santa Ana, California and tickets will be available February 10!

Since a festival can not run on Nostalgia alone, the lineup is rounded out by e several contemporary acts as well. from the aforementioned. Among them: FIDLAR, Foxygen, Joyce Manor, Beach Fossils, together PANGEA, and Sunflower Bean. Some stand out’s on the lineup that are a little off but more than welcome include Cage the Elephant and Silversun Pickups, as well as Phil Elverium who is confirmed to play as Mount Eerie.

When We Were Young Full Lineup

Morissey
Descendents
Afi
Cage The Elephant
Taking Back Sunday
Fidlar Alkaline Trio
Silversun Pickups
Dr. Do
Streetlight Manifesto
Foxygen
Joyce Manor
The Get Up Kids
Saves The Day
Beach Fossils
Choking Victim
Mount Eerie
The Frights
Balance And Composure
Homeshake
Turnstile
David Bazan
Pinback
Tijuana Panthers
Together Pangea
Sheer Mag
Set Your Goals
Sunflower Bean
Cat Signs
Moving Units
Sadgirl
The Buttertones
Plague Vendor
No Parents
The Regrettes