The Used and LØLØ also performed as part of Southwest’s Live at 35 concert which coincided with the nationwide air travel shutdown.
Warped Tour-related artists Hoobastank and Simple Plan performed a mid-flight concert Friday, a promotional concert that coincided with a nationwide air travel shutdown.
The Used and LØLØ also played a few songs for passengers aboard Southwest’s Los Angeles-Orlando flight as part of the airline’s Live at 35 series, which “transforms ordinary flights into extraordinary concert experiences, with surprise pop-up performances for passengers at a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet,” Southwest said.
What made this Live at 35 concert particularly unique was that it occurred against a backdrop of a general shutdown of air travel that resulted in the cancellation, postponement or rerouting of hundreds of flights, while thousands of passengers were stranded in airports or on the tarmac.
The Southwest flight finally arrived in Orlando on Friday, ensuring that all four artists on board will travel to this weekend’s Warped Tour in the Florida city. Other bands, however, weren’t so lucky: Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman said Saturday from the Camping World Stadium campus that the festival’s lineup would be shuffled to some extent this weekend, as some artists got stuck in travel hell while others saw their arrivals delayed:
Fortunately, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, scheduled for Saturday evening in Los Angeles, will not be impacted by the air travel situation, since all participating artists are already in the city taking part in rehearsals.
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