Emo Fans on TikTok Explain How Live Nation's 'When We Were Young' Festival Is a Huge Scam

Listen, it's not like early ‘00 emo kids aren’t thanking the eyeliner gods for this lineup. It's just that, most of them are elder millennials now, they've already been through the wringer and they're not falling for this crap. 

Emo TikTokers are going viral explaining how Live Nations “When We Were Young" festival is basically just a huge scam. Right off the bat, we know Live Nation is the same company who threw the infamous Astroworld festival where 10 people died, and the Lovers & Friends festival which turned out to be a total scam. But also, the company is currently within the midst of a $10 billion lawsuit and many TikTokers think they're now just trying to prey on the emo crowd as a fast cash grab.

“Alright friends, before you drop close to $300 on this…”

But the elder emo millennials of TikTok and even new fans of these emo bands on the app are not falling for it. Tons of viral videos are flooding in, not only exposing how Live Nation is just a huge scam artist, but also providing the math of how this one-day (12 hours) festival with almost 70 bands is just not physically possible. 

Yes, veteran emos have all been to Warped Tour, but Warped Tour was a touring show, so people had several days to catch the act, it had double the amount of stages, AND it was like only $40. 

Someone with a Music Business Degree's Insight: “I've been to Warped Tour and there's a difference.”

Is ‘When We Were Young’ a Massive Scam? 

One TikToker even goes as far as saying if you buy tickets to this event you'll actually be helping Live Nation avoid paying off the victims of Astroworld's families.

“If you buy tickets to this show, you're helping Live Nation negate responsibility…”

Several viral TikTok videos even pointed out how a few of the artists didn't even realize they were on the lineup or that the lineup was so massive. 

Royal and the Serpent had no idea they were on this lineup…

All American Rejects tweeted, “apparently we're playing with ALL these bands…”

Even with all the skepticism around this festival trending on TikTok, all the emo fans can agree on one thing: This lineup is INSANE. They're hoping with all their blacked-out hearts that this is for real. 

Posted four videos of how excited she was to go, then had to process the logistics

“You're afraid of dying?… That's not very emo of you.”

“The Netflix Documentary in 3 Months…”

“My emo friends are going to die.”

“You scared it's just Emo Fyre Fes"

“It's sketch…"

Breaking my heart

“I can't afford to lose that much money when we find out it's a scam"