Simple Plan, Hoobastank, and The Used Turn Southwest Flight into In-Air Concert
Consequence of Sound • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Passengers on a Southwest flight from Los Angeles to Orlando experienced an unexpected concert featuring bands Simple Plan, Hoobastank, and The Used performing acoustic versions of their 2000s hits during the flight.
- The bands were traveling to Orlando for the final stop of the 2026 Vans Warped Tour scheduled for November 14th and 15th at Camping World Stadium.
- The flight was one of the last to depart LAX before the FAA issued a nationwide ground stop later that day due to a telecommunications outage affecting air traffic control centers.
- The FAA's ground stop temporarily halted all departing flights across the US, marking the third such nationwide pause since 9/11.
