Hawthorne Heights - 20th anniversary of If Only You Were Lonely
About This Event
Hawthorne Heights, the Dayton band associated with early‑2000s emo and post‑hardcore, returns to Irving Plaza for a 20th‑anniversary performance of If Only You Were Lonely; the current lineup lists JT Woodruff, Matt Ridenour and Mark McMillon. The bill also includes letlive and Creeper—letlive is a post‑hardcore‑adjacent artist with a growing Spotify profile and more than 100,000 listeners—and the room's tight confines suit the band's hook‑driven, dual‑vocal, emotionally direct songs.
About If Only You Were Lonely
At Irving Plaza, Hawthorne Heights marks the 20th anniversary of *If Only You Were Lonely*, revisiting a rock/pop touchstone from the mid‑2000s emo and post‑hardcore crosscurrent. The Dayton band, now led by JT Woodruff with Matt Ridenour and Mark McMillon, returns to its dual‑vocal format and hook‑forward songwriting, shaped in the studio by producer David Bendeth. The album also stands as the last to feature Casey Calvert before his 2007 death. Support comes from letlive and Creeper.
About the Artists
Hawthorne Heights
Hawthorne Heights is a Dayton, Ohio–formed rock group that emerged in the early 2000s and later became closely associated with emo, post-hardcore, and pop‑punk. The current lineup includes JT Woodruff, Matt Ridenour, and Mark McMillon.
letlive
letlive is an individual rock/pop artist most closely associated with post-hardcore, with an emerging profile on Spotify and a following of more than 100K listeners. Their live history includes bills alongside Hawthorne Heights and Creeper, placing them in a touring circuit where intensity and precision matter.
Creeper
Creeper is a Southampton, England rock act formed in 2014, rooted in punk and pop songcraft with a horror‑punk edge. Early EPs led to wider attention and a label release, followed by lineup changes that added a second vocalist/keyboard presence and broadened the band’s arranging palette.