LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Las Vegas Festival Grounds are ready to rock again as the When We Were Young music festival returns to the valley for its third year.

The line-up consists of bands such as My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy and Jimmy Eat World.

You can also catch Silverstein, which is run by Las Vegas local Shane Told. He told me the band is in the middle of the “biggest ten days of our career.”

“The fact that I live here in Vegas, I’m expected to pick up packages and throw the parties and do interviews and all that, and I enjoy doing that,” Told said with a smile on his face.

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He remembers the first year of the festival and how many people were in disbelief that it was actually happening.

“We were one of the first bands to get booked for our first year two years ago. I remember when it was announced, everyone thought it was too good to be true. People thought it was fake,” Told said . “If you’re familiar with Fyre Fest, a lot of people talked about it like that. I literally had to do interviews to reassure people that it was indeed real.”

But before the band takes the stage at the When We Were Young festival this weekend, they’ll be performing a much smaller show with just 300 fans at a local American Legion Post.

“When I first moved to Vegas I wanted to go to a local hardcore show and came across that place. When I walked in, I felt like I walked into 1996 and it was super cool, old fashioned and felt amazing.” She explained. “I just the thought that I would love to play with Silverstein here one day, just because it feels like something we would have done at the beginning of our career… a small stage, no barricade, a small voice. PA, sweaty as hell. And then, the next day, back to a huge production, video screens and all that stuff. It’s really nice that we can do both in a short time.

The band was originally formed in 2000 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Told is a huge hockey fan and this week the Vegas Golden Knights gave the band a special opportunity in honor of Emo Knight: turning on the siren.

“That thing is like, you really gotta crank it up,” Told said. “I’ve never had the opportunity to do that in my home building at the Toronto Maple Leafs. To be welcomed here like a local and be able to do something special with a great hockey team in a great building, it was really cool and it most fun I’ve had in a long time.”

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That’s not the only place you can see Told.

He is one of many musicians leading tours of the Punk Rock Museum.

“Fat Mike from NOFX, a very old friend of mine, came here, moved here and opened the museum. It’s just something that legitimizes everything that’s happening in Las Vegas,” Told said. “If you look at their schedule of the people they come through and just show people around, they’re like absolute punk rock legends. You can also go in and pick up guitars like Joe Strummer’s guitar or Tim Armstrong’s guitar and play them. through their amplifier. What other museum can you do that in?”

And Told’s favorite item in the museum is a unique item that belonged to Strummer, co-founder and singer of The Clash.

“It’s the last bag of weed Joe Strummer ever had. Somehow it was preserved. He got on a plane, couldn’t take it with him, gave it to a friend who wasn’t in on it and he ended up in the museum.”

Told said he’s settled in well in Las Vegas, along with his partner and their lizard, and is happy to finally plant some roots.

“For the past twenty years, I’ve lived all over the place. I’ve lived in different cities. I’ve lived on the road. I’ve lived in apartments. I’ve lived in vans. Now, to finally be in a place I can call home , it just feels so good to be here in Las Vegas,” said Told. “A lot of my friends live here now and it’s just great to see Las Vegas getting a little bit more respect because it’s a real place and not just a place with hotels that look like castles and pyramids and it’s an adult playland is.”

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