Lonely Hearts and Lovers will be Chris Carrabba s first performance with his bandmates since he suffered severe but not life threatening injuries from a motorcycle accident in June 2020.
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Forget the beach, we re kicking things off early for a massive Emo Day Party with live bands and DJs kicking off from 2pm on the Sunday of Auckland Anniversary weekend.
Guest DJs spinning My Chemical Romance, Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Sleeping With Sirens, All Time Low, The Used, Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Paramore, Twenty One Pilots, May Day Parade, A Day To Remember, Falling In Reverse, Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Three Days Grace, Asking Alexandria, Dashboard Confessional, Yellowcard, Escape The Fate, Boys Like Girls, Hawthorne Heights, Linkin Park, Thursday, We The Kings, Brand New, Neck Deep, Fire For Glory, Fallstate, Braves, Flirting With Disaster, False Start and so many more in the main bar at Ding Dong Lounge.
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