After Devastating Plane Crash, Pierce the Veil Push Through Crisis – Billboard

“The way my wife and I keep describing this year — it’s just the highest highs and the lowest lows,” says Vic Fuentes, frontman for San Diego post-hardcore group Pierce the Veil. After two decades of grinding road work and kinetic live shows, Fuentes’ band found themselves headlining New York City’s Madison Square Garden, a major milestone for a group that’s never cut a straightforward path through the touring business. It was one of those high highs, Fuentes explained, which was followed by a very low low — Fuente’s agent and longtime friend, Sound Talent Group’s Dave Shapiro, passed away in a plane crash flying back to San Diego after attending the MSG show. Onboard with Shapiro were another of Fuentes’ longtime friends, Dominic Damian, as well as musician Daniel Williams, Sound Talent Group employees Emma Huke and Kendall Fortner and photographer Celina Kenyon, who all also died in the crash. Related The news of Shapiro’s death came as Pierce the Veil were only four shows into a 30-date North American run. Shapiro had been the band’s agent for 20 years, instrumental in their rise from a Warped Tour small stages to their current arena run. Trending on Billboard “We
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