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. The Paradox x idobi Radio Exclusive T-Shirt Limited edition, printed-on-demand. Designed by Beepus (Beauty School Dropout) with creative direction from The Paradox. A collaboration capturing the energy of their debut EP NSFW and the future of alternative music. $29.99 Shop now Ahead of the performance, a video shared by Taking… Read more »
They had throngs of screaming fans, surging popularity and an album gaining chart momentum – but John Nolan and Shaun Cooper, formerly of Taking Back Sunday, left it all behind. “We were just more and more not on the same page as the rest of the band,” said Nolan, now Straylight Run’s frontman. “As time went on, we just had different ideas of what we wanted to do, and eventually it got to the point where it didn’t make sense for us to be in that band anymore”. So Cooper and Nolan ditched the emo-centric Taking Back Sunday and started… Read more »
Come join one of the bands that helped bring emo/pop punk to the masses – Taking Back Sunday and John Nolan as they share memories of the band, as well as dish exclusive details on new TBS music! If that wasn’t enough – how about a Straylight Run return?! All the details and more in this interview that you NEED to listen to if you’re a TBS fan. Make sure to follow and subscribe to The Gunz Show podcast as well!
Spoke to one of my favorite people, John Nolan of Taking Back Sunday / Straylight Run, about the hell of a year that TBS had… relentlessly touring and promoting, Happiness Is…
Coming back from a two-and-a-half-year hiatus that began in March 2025, Panic! At The Disco reunited for their first live performance at When We Were Young in Las Vegas. Returning as the band’s sole original member, Urie delivered A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out in full to mark its 20th anniversary on September 27. In addition to the 13-track album performance, Brendon Urie and co. treated the crowd to a lengthy list of fan-favorite tracks, with some fans playfully calling it their Eras Tour. Check out the full Panic! At The Disco setlist below. Panic! At The Disco October 18… Read more »
After officially calling it quits more than two years ago, Panic! At The Disco have reunited for their first live performance at When We Were Young in Las Vegas. This highly anticipated Panic! At The Disco reunion marks the band’s first live appearance since their farewell show on March 10, 2023, in Manchester, England, where frontman Brendon Urie closed the book on nearly two decades. The Paradox x idobi Radio Exclusive T-Shirt Limited edition, printed-on-demand. Designed by Beepus (Beauty School Dropout) with creative direction from The Paradox. A collaboration capturing the energy of their debut EP NSFW and the future of alternative… Read more »
Taking Back Sunday delivered a major moment at When We Were Young Fest 2025, bringing both John Nolan and Fred Mascherino onstage to perform together. The reunion followed the band’s summer announcement that Nolan would step back from touring, with Mascherino—who played with the group from 2003 to 2007—returning to fill in for their co-headlining tour with Coheed And Cambria. The Paradox x idobi Radio Exclusive T-Shirt Limited edition, printed-on-demand. Designed by Beepus (Beauty School Dropout) with creative direction from The Paradox. A collaboration capturing the energy of their debut EP NSFW and the future of alternative music. $29.99 Shop… Read more »
If you grew up on Myspace, you definitely still listen to Breathe Carolina‘s “Blackout.” Better yet, if you were at this year’s When We Were Young Festival, you got to see a dazzling reunion from OG members David Schmitt and Kyle Even. The duo kicked off their reign of your iPods in 2007 and launched their debut LP a year later with It’s Classy, Not Classic. The Paradox x idobi Radio Exclusive T-Shirt Limited edition, printed-on-demand. Designed by Beepus (Beauty School Dropout) with creative direction from The Paradox. A collaboration capturing the energy of their debut EP NSFW and the… Read more »
During her When We Were Young set in Las Vegas, Avril Lavigne brought out Simple Plan for a live performance of their 2025 collaboration “Young & Dumb.” The two Canadian acts, who toured together earlier this spring and summer, have shared a long history as peers in the pop-punk scene, and they’re never afraid to bring it to the WWWY stage. The Paradox x idobi Radio Exclusive T-Shirt Limited edition, printed-on-demand. Designed by Beepus (Beauty School Dropout) with creative direction from The Paradox. A collaboration capturing the energy of their debut EP NSFW and the future of alternative music. $29.99… Read more »
The Maine, fresh off their appearance with Jonas Brothers at their stop in Phoenix, made a stop at Las Vegas’ When We Were Young Festival. In 2024, the act played their debut LP Can’t Stop Won’t Stop in full, and this year, they played a plethora of hits. Just when the crowd thought it was over, the Arizona natives hit them with the best surprise of the night—a new record arriving in 2026. Finally. It’s about damn time. SWOON! The Paradox x idobi Radio Exclusive T-Shirt Limited edition, printed-on-demand. Designed by Beepus (Beauty School Dropout) with creative direction from The… Read more »
