Straylight Run made a triumphant return to the stage at When We Were Young Fest 2025, marking their first live performance in four years since 2021. The band—comprised of John Nolan and Shaun Cooper (also of Taking Back Sunday), alongside Michelle DaRosa and Will Noon—treated fans to a long-awaited reunion.
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Ahead of the performance, a video shared by Taking Back Sunday showed frontman Adam Lazzara expressing excitement not only for TBS’ set but also to see Straylight Run back in action. In the same clip, Cooper teased that a “super secret special guest” might make an appearance—and he wasn’t kidding.
Midway through the set, Lazzara joined Straylight Run to perform SONG TITLE—a full-circle moment uniting both sides of their shared history and igniting the Las Vegas crowd. Watch their performance below.
Straylight Run will perform again tomorrow, Sunday, October 19, on the Ghost Stage at 1:55 PM local time. Check out the full When We Were Young schedule below.
7-Eleven Stage
- The Summer Set – 11:45 AM
- Mayday Parade – 12:55 PM
- The Story So Far – 2:05 PM
- Simple Plan – 3:25 PM
- All Time Low – 4:45 PM
- The Offspring – 6:05 PM
- Weezer – 7:35 PM
- Panic! At The Disco – 10:00 PM
Pink Stage
- Destroy Boys – 12:20 PM
- Boys Like Girls – 1:30 PM
- Yellowcard – 2:45 PM
- Knocked Loose – 4:05 PM
- The Used – 5:25 PM
- Avril Lavigne – 6:50 PM
- blink-182 – 8:25 PM
Ghost Stage
- The Movielife – 11:35 AM
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – 12:10 PM
- The Rocket Summer – 12:45 PM
- The Amity Affliction – 1:20 PM
- Straylight Run – 1:55 PM
- We The Kings – 2:30 PM
- The Cab – 3:05 PM
- The Starting Line – 3:40 PM
- The Maine – 4:15 PM
- The Gaslight Anthem – 4:50 PM
- Bad Religion – 5:25 PM
- Alexisonfire – 6:10 PM
- Taking Back Sunday – 6:45 PM
- Beartooth – 7:35 PM
- I Prevail – 8:10 PM
- Motionless In White – 8:45 PM
- Crown The Empire – 9:20 PM
- Asking Alexandria – 9:55 PM
Allianz Stage
- Her Leather Jacket – 11:15 AM
- Arm’s Length – 11:50 AM
- Holding Absence – 12:25 PM
- Taylor Acorn – 1:00 PM
- Drain – 1:35 PM
- Don Broco – 2:10 PM
- Plain White T’s – 2:45 PM
- PVRIS – 3:20 PM
- We Came As Romans – 3:55 PM
- Story Of The Year – 4:30 PM
- The Plot In You – 5:05 PM
- Set Your Goals – 5:40 PM
- Chiodos – 6:15 PM
- Ice Nine Kills – 6:50 PM
- Loathe – 7:25 PM
- Jack’s Mannequin – 8:00 PM
- Letlive. – 8:35 PM
- Breathe Carolina – 9:10 PM
- Kublai Khan TX – 9:45 PM
- Sunami – 10:20 PM
