Air travel is unpleasant enough as it is. When you add MOR rockers Lifehouse, the band behind the 2000 hit “Hanging By A Moment,” to the mix, things must get near-unbearable. And when air travel involves Lifehouse singing their new single at unsuspecting passengers, you’d better hope your parachute situation is good to go. On a recent Southwest flight from L.A. to Denver, passengers got to deal with just that: An unannounced show from a band that, if you remember them at all, is not who you might pick to bleat at you while you’re trying to forget that you’re in a tin can flying through the air. Lifehouse played on this flight yesterday as part of Live At 35, a Southwest promotional deal that involves surprise in-flight performances from bands like Plain White T’s, Better Than Ezra, and Five For Fighting. Fortunately for us, the writer Jonah Keri was on the flight, and he livetweeted his experience:

This Southwest flight has turned into some sort of viral video/flash mob/Lighthouse concert. Might livetweet the resulting passenger revolt.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

Trying to read nerdy New Yorker articles I've been saving up for 2 wks. Instead, America's version of Nickelback is assaulting our eardrums.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS LIGHTHOUSE MIGHT BE THE WORST BAND IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

When I boarded plane, thought F-bags sitting in 1st row were generic LA posers. NOPE. Members of the acclaimed band Lighthouse/EarViolence.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

You should be concerned for my fellow passengers. I'm losing it here. RT @katestodola @jonahkeri …should I be concerned for your safety?

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

PLEASE SOMEONE MAKE THOSE RABID POSSUMS STOP THEIR MATING CALLS. Oh my bad, that's just the band Lighthouse playing 3 feet from my face.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

YOU GUYS LIGHTHOUSE IS PLAYING THEIR NEW SINGLE. IT'S CALLED "HURRICANE". As in, "Please let a hurricane knock this plane out of the sky."

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

I CANNOT!!! RT @firstheart42 @jonahkeri wait are they playing on an airplane? cant you tell the flight attendant to tell them to shut up?

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

Apparently this terrible band is called Lifehouse, not Lighthouse. Promoting their torture on their Twitter feed https://t.co/3vsJWqmqLL

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

In 2009, I nearly died in a car crash. Would've lost everything-family/friends/my very existence. 10 mins of Lifehouse on a plane was worse.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

I will make my mission, for the rest of my days, to ensure that Lifehouse never assaults people again. And to bankrupt Southwest Airlines.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

Real talk: Don't airplanes have air marshals they can use in the case of a terrorist attack? Hell, how is Lifehouse not on the No Fly List?

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

Is this karmic repayment for me writing about pitchers who subsequently get hurt? FINE! I RETIRE FROM SPORTSWRITING! Stop it, Lifehouse!

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

Lifehouse stopped playing. Flight attendants now coming around collecting trash to prep for landing. PLEASE THROW LIFEHOUSE IN THE BIN.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

OK, laptops need to be put away. In conclusion: Congratulations to Staind, you are no longer Earth's worst band, thanks to Lifehouse.

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

Hi guys, this is me posing with my new favorite band, Lifehouse. pic.twitter.com/qMcdBk1tjI

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) March 11, 2015

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