The When We Were Young 2023 Festival Lineup Will Make Your Emo Heart Full

The new lineup for the 2023 When We Were Young music festival in Las Vegas has just been announced and it feels so nostalgic, we’re about to grab our Sony Discman and have a few burned CD throwback sessions.

Alt-rock and emo music holds a special place in the hearts of millennials. After all, if you didn’t post some sad girl lyrics from Taking Back Sunday in your AIM profile, were you even online between 1999 and 2005 (respectively?) 

Green Day and Blink-182 are the main headliners, with loads of other early 2000s bands supporting the event. Michelle Branch is also rumored to make an appearance, according to Nylon.

What’s our age again? When We Were Young, 2023. LFG 🖤

Register now for the presale that starts Friday, October 14th at 10 AM PT. $19.99 down payment plans available. #WWWY https://t.co/KUp7CwEQEV pic.twitter.com/wQCPKBdkjg

— When We Were Young (@WWWYFest) October 11, 2022

“What if we told you we just made the best album of our career” Blink 182’s lead vocalist Tom DeLonge hinted in a recent tweet. The band is set to release their first new song, “Edging,” since they parted ways seven years ago.

What if I told you we just made the best album of our career 😎 @blink182 pic.twitter.com/g8ZNwtOQqY

— Tom DeLonge (@tomdelonge) October 11, 2022

Tickets are officially set to be released on Friday, October 14 at 10 am PT. Prices start at $249 for General Admission tix and go as high as a cool $17,000 for a VIP Cabana package (which includes perks like a dedicated, shaded, roped-off viewing area with security, complimentary drinks and snacks, line skipping, and, maybe most important of all in the hot Vegas sun, private, air-conditioned bathrooms).

Loads of other artists are taking this festival as a chance to release new stuff of their own in advance. Paramore, Pierce the Veil, and more have just added a few new singles to the alt-rock and emo universe.

There’s sure to be more as the months get closer to the official festival date of October 23rd, 2023.

Already, the memes about millennials aging (and loving it) are popping up:

AND WHEN 5SOS BRING BACK THE JUMP FOR WHEN WE WERE YOUNG FEST THEN WHAT pic.twitter.com/Dz3sGsZyyB

— emma ✨ 5SOS5! (@loverofminemc) October 11, 2022

90’s kids were being given life advice through our music without even knowing it…

“Girls don’t like boys… girls like cars and money” – #goodcharlotte

I’m sure there’s many more examples

— Joel Warby (@JoelWarby1) October 11, 2022

Super torn between the nostalgic pull of seeing many of my favorite bands from middle school vs the fact that paying $100s for a concert is the antithesis of #punk. #WhenWeWereYoungFest #blink182 #sum41 #poppunk

— Life is Terminal 💻 (@CmdMine) October 13, 2022

If you can’t make it to Vegas, you might be able to catch Blink-182 on their reunion tour next year. A few other emo bands will be with them, and we’re sure there will be more surprises in store as well.

We are back. @blink182 pic.twitter.com/IBileMaXmQ

— Tom DeLonge (@tomdelonge) October 11, 2022

Maybe new wifey Kourtney Kardashian will make an appearance in support of hubby Travis Barker?