Emo Nite has announced a UK edition in London with WARGASM set to perform.
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The popular club night will take over The Steel Yard in London on April 11. The metal duo – comprised of Milkie Way and Sam Matlock – will be performing at the 800 capacity venue in the middle of the night’s usual emo DJ set and sing-alongs which will take place from 9pm until 3am.
“OI M8s! emo nite is heading across the pond to LONDON ENGLAND 🇬🇧 🌍🛩️ we’re bringing the best party on earth straight to you! 🫵join us at @thesteelyardldn on 4/11 and bring ur best mates or make new ones at emo nite! btw we’re taking ur song requests so drop them below & we’ll see u there🫡⬇️,” read the caption of Emo Nite’s flyer on Instagram.
You can visit here to purchase tickets.
Back in 2022, Emo Nite cofounders TJ Petracca and Morgan Freed spoke to NME about the resurgence of the genre and its recent commercial success. They explained that Emo Nite began at a “small dive bar in Echo Park, Los Angeles”.
“We just wanted to pick the music and Morgan knew the bartender,” Petracca said. “He was like ‘you could come pick the music on a Tuesday night. Nobody’s coming on this random rainy Tuesday.’”
“I plugged in my iPad and started playing songs off Spotify,” he added. “Then we made a Facebook event. The capacity of the bar was probably 100, and 200 people showed up. The next month we did it again. More people showed up.”
That same year, Emo Nite was invited to play at Coachella. Speaking to NME about the feat of playing one of the biggest US festivals, Freed said: “For them to invite us this year speaks highly of the genre itself and where it is in our moment in time. It’s a big honour for us to be able to do that.”
In other news, WARGASM are set to play this year’s edition of Slam Dunk festival alongside the likes of A Day To Remember, Neck Deep, Alkaline Trio, Electric Callboy, Delilah Bon, Graphic Nature, Dream State and more.