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Louder Than Life 2026: heat, an evacuation and My Chemical Romance
Two days at the festival: 96 degrees and Iron Maiden on Thursday, a storm shutdown and a rebuilt night on Friday.
We went to Louder Than Life in Louisville with Velvet Noir. Two days in, it had already given us more stories than most festivals give in a whole weekend.
Day one: 96 degrees, seven stages
Thursday did not start slow. It was 96 degrees, there were seven stages, and everybody was hunting for shade between sets.
Chained Saint finally got their Louder Than Life moment after last year's weather cancellation. Bowling for Soup dragged the afternoon straight back into the 2000s. Somewhere between GWAR, Alice Cooper, Sabaton and Machine Head the sun went down, and the evening belonged to Megadeth, Pantera and Iron Maiden.
Day two: the storm, the evacuation and the comeback
Friday got messy fast. Butcher Babies played just before severe weather shut the festival down and forced an evacuation.
A few hours later the grounds reopened and the schedule was rebuilt. Somehow the night still gave us The Used, Chad Gray, Pierce The Veil, A Day To Remember and Knocked Loose, with My Chemical Romance closing it all out.
Full day-by-day recaps are on Velvet Noir.
From our Instagram post: see the original · see every photo from the show.
