Paramore might not be interested in rehashing the past for their upcoming album, but when the three-piece group gets back on stage, it’ll be part of the most mid-2000s meets early-2010s lineups since Warped Tour wrapped in 2019. The band is slated to headline the emo and rock event When We Were Young Festival on Oct. 22 at Las Vegas Festival Grounds. General sales for When We … [Read more...]
My Chemical Romance & Paramore to Headline When We Were Young Festival
Time for some serious nostalgia. The aptly titled When We Were Young festival released its official lineup on Tuesday (Jan. 18), bringing every 2000s emo-pop band to Las Vegas, Nevada on October 22, 2022. Paramore will be returning as a group to headline the festival alongside My Chemical Romance. The When We Were Young Festival marks the first new Paramore show since the band … [Read more...]
When We Were Young Festival Shares The Perfect Emo Throwback Lineup
Just when you thought festival and tour announcements would take a short break, Live Nation’s newest When We Were Young festival ropes us back in. The festival, which takes place on Oct. 22, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, features over sixty of emo and alternative rock’s most beloved acts of the past two decades. The festival’s announcement comes as a welcome surprise following the … [Read more...]
Eddie Mekka Dies ‘Laverne & Shirley’ Actor Was 69
Eddie Mekka, the actor who played Carmine Ragusa, the high school sweetheart of Cindy Williams’ Shirley Feeney on the hit ’70s sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died at his home in Newhall, CA. He was 69. His November 27 death was announced on Facebook by longtime friend Pat Benti, who did not disclose a cause of death but noted that Mekka “passed away peacefully. ”Michael McKean, … [Read more...]
‘Laverne & Shirley’ Star Eddie Mekka Dies At 69
Eddie Mekka, who portrayed Carmine Ragusa (aka “The Big Ragoo”) on ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley, died on November 27 at his home in Newhall, California. He was 69 years old and no cause of death was given. Born on June 14, 1952, in Worcester, Massachusetts, Mekka rose to early fame in 1975 in Broadway musical The Lieutenant, which resulted in a Tony Award nomination for Best … [Read more...]