{"id":2086427,"date":"2025-10-12T21:14:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2086427"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:14:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:14:28","slug":"fans-cried-screamed-and-healed-with-pierce-the-veil-at-acl-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fans-cried-screamed-and-healed-with-pierce-the-veil-at-acl-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans cried, screamed and healed with Pierce the Veil at ACL Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If the Austin City Limits Music Festival is a pop music state of the union, then it had to include\u00a0emo. The oft-derided, mall-punk subgenre had a renaissance in 2025. By which I mean emo tangentially came up in the &#8220;Superman&#8221; movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In James\u00a0Gunn\u2019s version, \u201890s-born Clark Kent in small-town Kansas was an emo kid. Because at the turn of the century, underground teen angst became commodified by American record labels that bought up Fall Out Boys like trading cards \u2014\u00a0emo became the definitive sound of the suburbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When Lois Lane grills Clark Kent for his\u00a0uncool music taste and says one of his favorite bands isn\u2019t punk, his defense is: \u201cWell, a lot of people love \u2018em.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Vic Fuentes of Pierce the Veil performs at ACL Fest in Zilker Park on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Jay Janner\/Austin American-Statesman)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He might as well have been talking about Pierce the Veil. The San Diego\u00a0emo band \u2014 more Hawthorne Heights, Underoath, Thrice-era screamo, really\u2014 met its true believers on the\u00a0T-Mobile stage Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You know how cameras at\u00a0ACL scan patrons to feature on the big screens, and it\u2019s hard when future one-hit wonders like Role Model are playing \u201cToday Show\u201d summer concert series pop music to find people who are mouthing along? Not here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This reporter was floored by the diversity and passion from teary-eyed fans singing their hearts out \u2014 Hispanic women recording while they sang along to \u201cHold On Till May,\u201d yellow-haired punks, rolling waves of the ex-punks who sold out\u00a0Emo\u2019s this year just to watch The Used play its 2002 self-titled record.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Fans watch Pierce the Veil at ACL Fest in Zilker Park on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Jay Janner\/Austin American-Statesman)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"680\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/c_g2KLh.yBr5Ib0VleDgKg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY4MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/austin_american_statesman_hearst_articles_361\/e20383bff766d80c034be96da9c2a622\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Fans watch Pierce the Veil at ACL Fest in Zilker Park on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Jay Janner\/Austin American-Statesman)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYour only job today is to have a good time,\u201d singer\u00a0Vic Fuentes said. He didn\u2019t chat a ton, but he did scream like the emo elders on the better Victory Records compilations \u00a0\u2014 guttural, primal. Most of his band\u2019s instrumental breakdowns were mental ones too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He\u2019s had a brutal year. In May, his band lost its manager and several close friends and colleagues when a private jet crashed. The band had just played Madison Square Garden as headliners, and their loved ones were flying back home from New York City to San Diego.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI lost my whole crew, my buddies, and it was awful,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/10\/still-holding-on-pierce-the-veils-hard-won-victories-follow-from-tragedy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fuentes told Spin this month;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fuentes told Spin this month<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re still trying to, like, deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Suddenly, a lifetime of lyrics like \u201cI think about my life without you. I start to cry,\u201d from \u201cCircles,\u201d gain another layer of meaning. At Zilker, it led to palpable moshing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Tony Perry pf Pierce the Veil performs at ACL Fest in Zilker Park on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Jay Janner\/Austin American-Statesman)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"737\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/0lkZJvQVQgAW_eOZiNa9mw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTczNztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/austin_american_statesman_hearst_articles_361\/6858da995c606220c8c349e8c0e6c65e\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Tony Perry pf Pierce the Veil performs at ACL Fest in Zilker Park on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Jay Janner\/Austin American-Statesman)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To be an\u00a0emo fan as an adult is kind of like being in &#8220;Fight Club.&#8221; You don\u2019t talk about &#8220;Fight Club.&#8221; But you have at least one soliloquy about the self versus the world that served as the spoken word intro to an emo album memorized. (Mine is from Refused\u2019s \u201cShape of Punk To Come.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And as an\u00a0emo fan, I laugh when people complain about dust and heat at ACL. Brother, I was at Ozzfest and Warped Tour in 2001. I watched Hatebreed in a parking lot in July in Selma, Texas. I was in the pit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On this day, Pierce the Veil muscled through nine\u00a0corporatized-for-commerce anthems. People connected, especially with set closer \u201cKing for a Day.\u201d And those of us who liked to egg houses in high school and now live in fear of getting too hammered at the holiday party and punching a wall felt seen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the Austin City Limits Music Festival is a pop music state of the union, then it had to include\u00a0emo. The oft-derided, mall-punk subgenre had a renaissance in 2025. By which I mean emo tangentially came up in the &#8220;Superman&#8221; movie. In James\u00a0Gunn\u2019s version, \u201890s-born Clark Kent in small-town Kansas was an emo kid. 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