Live Nation Entertainment Inc. (NYSE:LYV) found itself on the defensive regarding safety concerns over its When We Were Young festival planned for October when music fans began complaining online that the company was behind November’s Astroworld Festival, which left 10 fans dead.
What Happened: When We Were Young is a single-day event scheduled for Oct. 22 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, with 65 emo and pop-punk acts from the early 2000s performing on three stages. Among the talent slated for the event: All-American Rejects, Avril Lavigne, Dashboard Confessional, Jimmy Eats World, My Chemical Romance, Paramore and Wolf Alice.
