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Warped Tour is one of the biggest names in the concert canon. Those who haven't gone want to and those who have gone wait for the day they can go again. For a majority of its run, it was the largest traveling music festival in the United States. A number of past Warped Tour lineups have been impressive, but which year was the best? Help decide below! 

Starting as an eclectic alternative rock festival in 1995 and gradually morphing into a punk rock festival by the next year, the tour gained momentum when Vans, the wildly popular shoe manufacturer, was signed on as the tour's main sponsor in 1996. As Warped Tour became increasingly popular with each passing year, more sponsors signed on, slowly growing the tour's scope of influence. Sadly, 2018 proved to be the final year of the famous tour as announced by Warped Tour's founder, Kevin Lyman. 

You'll find every Warped Tour lineup here! Vote below on the best Warped Tour lineups, keeping in mind factors like the bands performing, production value, and overall spectacle. If you're an avid concert-goer, you can also check out this list of the best Coachella lineups ! (Disclaimer - some years certain dates had slightly different lineups). 

Warped Tour 2005

Notable Peformers: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Thrice, Billy Idol, The All-American Rejects, Bowling for Soup, Dropkick Murphys, Hawthorne Heights

Dates: June 18 to August 14

Warped Tour 2004

Notable Performers: NOFX, My Chemical Romance, The Used, Fall Out Boy, Billy Talent, Yellowcard, Motion City Soundtrack, New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, Anti-Flag, Bowling for Soup 

Dates:  June 25 to August 19

Warped Tour 1998

Notable Performers:  Bad Religion, Godsmack, Rancid, Less Than Jake, Blink-182, Beck (some dates), Unwritten Law, Reverend Horton Heat, Incubus 

Date:  July 4 to August 9

Warped Tour 1997

Notable Performers:  Blink-182, Reel Big Fish, Descendants, Less Than Jake, Sugar Ray, Pennywise, Social Distortion, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 

Dates:  July 2 to August 5

Warped Tour 2001

Notable Performers:  Pennywise, New Found Glory, Dropkick Murphys, The Vandals, Sum 41, Rancid, Less Than Jake, The All-American Rejects, Good Charlotte 

Dates:  June 29 to August 12

Warped Tour 2000

Notable Performers:  Weezer, Flogging Molly, Green Day, Anti-Flag, No Doubt, Papa Roach, The Muffs, Suicide Machines, NOFX, Good Riddance

Dates: June 23 to August 6

Warped Tour 1999

Notable Performers: Cypress Hill, Blink-182, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, Black Eyed Peas, Suicidal Tendencies, Less Than Jake, Bouncing Souls

Dates:  June 25 to July 31

Warped Tour 1995

Notable Performers:  Sublime, No Doubt, Quicksand, Fluf, Deftones, No Use for a Name, Supernova, CIV, Deftones

Dates: August 4 to September 5

Warped Tour 2007

Notable Performers:  Bad Religion, Pennywise, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Killswitch Engage, Yellowcard, Ambelin, Flogging Molly, Hawthorne Heights

Dates:  June 28 to August 25

Warped Tour 2018

Notable Performers:  Korn, Prophets of Rage, Limp Bizkit, Reel Big Fish, Pennywise, All Time Low, Taking Back Sunday, We The Kings

Dates:  June 21 to August 5

Warped Tour 2011

Notable Performers:  Paramore, Jack's Mannequin, Bowling for Soup, Relient K, MC Lars, Less Than Jake, Anti-Flag, Simple Plan 

Dates:  June 24 to August 14

Warped Tour 2008

Notable Performers:  Katy Perry, Amberlin, Jack's Mannequin, Angels and Airwaves, Reel Big Fish, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Broadway Calls, The Devil Wears Prada 

Dates:  June 20 to August 17

Warped Tour 2002

Notable Performers: New Found Glory, Simple Plan, Flogging Molly, Anti-Flag, Reel Big Fish, Yellowcard, Goldfinger, NOFX, Jimmy Eat World, Bad Religion, Good Charlotte

Dates:  June 21 to August 18

Warped Tour 1996

Notable Performers:  Fishbone, Pennywise, CIV, Rocket From The Crypt, Dance Hall Crashers, Down By Law, The Figgs, Guttermouth, Blink-182, Fluf, Red 5, Sensefield, Far 

Date:  July 4 to August 8

Warped Tour 2006

Notable Performers: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts,   Less Than Jake, The Academy Is..., Anti-Flag, Billy Talent, Motion City Soundtrack, Paramore, Rise Against, NOFX

Dates:  June 15 to August 13

Warped Tour 2003

Notable Performers:  The Ataris, Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, The Used, Pennywise, Less than Jake, Suicide Machines, Andrew W.K., Yellowcard, Glassjaw 

Dates: June 19 to August 10

Warped Tour 2016

Notable Performers:  Falling In Reverse, Less Than Jake, Good Charlotte, Sleeping With Sirens, New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Ghost Town, Bad Seed Rising, We The Kings

Dates:  June 24 to August 13

Warped Tour 2013

Notable Performers: Chiodos, New Beat Fund, Gin Wigmore, MC Lars, Craig Owens, Dia Frampton, Charlotte Sometimes, Big Chocolate, Echosmith, Motion City Soundtrack, Reel Big Fish 

Dates:  July 15 to August 4

Warped Tour 2019

Warped Tour 2010

Notable Performers:  Alkaline Trio, Motion City Soundtrack, Anti-Flag, Dropkick Murphys, Andrew W.K., Penny Wise, Reel Big Fish, The All-American Rejects, Suicide Silence, We The Kings

Dates:  June 25 to August 15

Warped Tour 2012

Notable Performers:  Falling in Reverse, The Used, Yellowcard, Dead Sara, Rise Against, Yellowcard, MC Laws, Machine Gun Kelly, Anti-Flag

Date:  June 16 to August 5

Warped Tour 2009

Notable Performers:  Less Than Jake, Underoath, Bad Religion,  T.S.O.L., The Adolescents, Sing it Loud, TAT

Dates:  June 26 to August 23

Warped Tour 2014

Notable Performers:  Breathe Carolina, Falling in Reverse, Mayday Parade, Less Than Jake, We The Kings, Yellowcard, The Ghost Inside, The Mighty, Finch

Dates:  June 13 to August 3

Warped Tour 2017

Notable Performers:   Andy Black, Beartooth, Dance Gavin Dance, I Prevail, New Years Day, Falling In Reverse, Streetlight Manifesto, Neck Deep

Date: May 27 to November 1

Warped Tour 2015

Notable Performers:  As It Is, Bebe Rexha, New Years Day, Knuckle Puck, Metro Station, Candy Hearts, Motion City Soundtrack, Memphis May Fire 

Dates:  June 19 to October 18

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Warped Tour Announces Final Lineup Including Every Time I Die and Motionless in White

Today at an event at Vans' Global HQ in Costa Mesa, California, the Warped Tour announced their final artist lineup. There will be a content lineup of bands playing the entire tour, including Every Time I Die , Motionless in White , Nekrogoblikon , Simple Plan and Unearth , while other bands will perform only at certain dates.

Here's the lineup, including bands that are only playing limited dates on tour.

3OH!3 (6/21-8/5) Asking Alexandria (7/22-7/28) Beartooth (7/19-7/21) Bowling For Soup (7/6-7/16, 7/18-7/21) Frank Turner (7/24-7/26) The Interrupters (7/14, 7/15, 7/17-7/19, 7/21-7/25, 7/28-8/5) Knuckle Puck (6/21-8/5) Mayday Parade (6/21-8/5) Reel Big Fish (6/21-8/5) State Champs (6/21-8/5) SUM 41 (7/17) Taking Back Sunday (6/24) This Wild Life (6/21-8/5) Waterparks (6/21-8/5) All Time Low (6/22-6/24) Falling In Reverse (6/26-7/16) Four Year Strong (6/21-7/29) ISSUES (6/21-8/5) Less Than Jake (7/18-7/20, 7/22-7/27, 7/29-8/5) Movements (6/21-8/5) Real Friends (6/21-8/5) Simple Plan (6/21-8/5) The Maine (6/21-8/5) The Used (6/21-7/10) Tonight Alive (6/21-8/5) We The Kings (6/21-8/5) Chelsea Grin (6/21-8/5) Deez Nuts (6/21-8/5) Ice Nine Kills (6/21-8/5) Kublai Kahn (6/21-8/5) MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE (6/21-8/5) Sharptooth (6/21-8/5) Silverstein (7/17-7/20, 7/25-7/28) The Amity Affliction (6/21-8/5) Twiztid (6/21-8/5) Wage War (6/21-8/5) August Burns Red (7/29-8/5) Crown The Empire (6/21-8/5) Dayseeker (6/21-8/5) Every Time I Die (6/21-8/5) Hail The Sun (6/21-8/5) Harm's Way (6/21-7/23) In Hearts Wake (6/21-8/5) Knocked Loose (7/10, 7/18, 7/21, 7/24) Motionless In White (6/21-8/5) Nekrogoblikon (6/21-8/5) Underoath (7/16-7/18) Unearth (6/21-8/5) As It Is (6/21-8/5) Assuming We Survive (6/21-8/5) Broadside (7/10-8/5) Capstan (7/10-8/5) Chase Atlantic (6/21-7/31) Dead Girls Academy (6/21-7/8) Doll Skin (6/21-8/5) Don Broco (6/21-8/5) Grayscale (6/21-8/5) Makeout (6/21-8/5) Palaye Royale (6/21-8/5) Phinehas (6/21-7/8) Picturesque (6/21-7/8) Sleep On It (7/10-8/5) Story Untold (6/21-8/5) Trash Boat (6/21-8/5) With Confidence (6/21-8/5) Farewell Winters (6/21-8/5) Lighterburns(6/21-8/5)

Vans Warped Tour 2018 Tour Dates

June 21 - Pomona, Calif. @ Pomona Fairplex June 22 - San Diego, Calif. @ SDCCU Stadium Lot June 23 - Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre June 24 - Ventura, Calif. @ Venture County Fairgrounds June 26 - Phoneix, Ariz. @ AK-Chin Pavilion June 29 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ Downtown Las Vegas Events Center June 30 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ USANA Amphitheatre July 1 - Denver, Colo. @ Pepsi Center July 3 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre July 5 - Bonner Springs, Kan. @ Providence Medical Center Amphitheatre July 6 – Dallas, Texas @ Starplex Pavilion July 7 – San Antonio, Texas @ AT&T Center July 8 – Houston, Texas @ NRG Park - Main Street Lot July 10 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Tennessee State Fairgrounds July 12 – Virginia Beach, Va. @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheatre July 13 – Camden, N.J. @ BB&T Pavilion July 14 – Holmdel, N.J. @ PNC Bank Arts Center July 15 – Hartford, Ct. @ Xfinity Theatre July 16 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Keybank Pavilion July 17 – Toronto, Ontario @ The Flats at Budweiser Stage July 18 – Cincinnati, Ohio @ Blossom Music Center July 19 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center July 20 – Detroit, Mich. @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre July 21 – Chicago, Ill. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre July 22 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Canterbury Park July 23 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ American Family Insurance Amphitheatre July 24 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center July 25 – Darien Center, N.Y. @ Darien Lake PAC July 26 – Scranton, Pa. @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain July 27 – Mansfield, Mass. @ Xfinity Center July 28 – Wantagh, N.Y. @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Amphitheatre July 29 – Columbia, Md. @ Merriweather Post Pavilion July 30 – Charlotte, N.C. @ PNC Music Pavilion July 31 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood Aug. 2 - Jacksonville, Fla. @ The Old Cypress Lot Near Met Park Aug. 3 – Orlando, Fla. @ Tinker Field Aug. 4 – Tampa, Fla. @ Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre Aug. 5 – West Palm Beach, Fla. @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre

Tickets for all of the dates may be purchased via the Vans Warped Tour website . Check the site for on-sale dates and bundle options.

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75 Warped Tour acts that made the tour legendary

• Published: Jul. 18, 2018, 7:05 a.m.
• Anne Nickoloff and Troy Smith, Cleveland.com

Bryan Bedder

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Over 20 years, countless bands have played parking lots to amphitheaters on the Vans Warped Tour.

For much of that time, Warped has carried the torch for traveling rock festivals. Though, all good things must come to an end.

In honor of this year being the final for the Warped Tour, we look at the 75 acts that made it so hard to say goodbye.

Kevin Winter

1. Paramore

Paramore is a Warped Tour success story. The band started at the small female-fronted Shiragirl stage in 2005 with its first-ever tour and grew to become one of the biggest headliners in its subsequent five Warped Tour performances.

Paramore’s sound has undoubtedly changed over the years, but some of its most iconic releases (2005’s “All We Know Is Falling,” 2007’s “Riot!” and 2009’s “Brand New Eyes”) all arrive during the band’s punky Warped Tour years.

Johanna Leguerre

2. Simple Plan

Simple Plan has played Warped Tour a dozen times, making the trek an essential part of the Canadian band's career, from its rise in the early 2000s to its recent resurgence.

Jason Merritt

3. Blink-182

There is no band more responsible for the popularity of the music featured year after year on the Warped Tour than Blink-182. The band only played the tour four times, but you could find copycat on the bill every year that followed.

Combining elements of skate punk, ska, hardcore and punk, NOFX has been one of the steadiest presences on Warped going all the way back to its early years. The band has served as a must-see on the tour seven times.

5. New Found Glory

What would a summertime party be in the 2000s without some New Found Glory? The band’s fun pop-punk songs and exuberance earned it multiple headlining spots on Warped Tour.

6. Less Than Jake

Although Less Than Jake has performed at Warped Tour 10 times, nothing can tire out the ska-punk band. With colorful outfits, inflatable balls and boundless energy, Less Than Jake has always had a ton of fun on the summer tour.

Atilla Kisbenedek

Sum 41 has a unique Warped Tour. At its peak, the band was one of the most popular acts on the tour. Then things fell apart. But Sum 41's comeback has been staged on the tour the past few years, which has been great to see.

Marsaili McGrath

8. Motion City Soundtrack

Half of Motion City Soundtrack’s lifespan as a band existed in Warped Tour. The band was around for about 20 years and it played the tour for 10 of them, becoming a staple on the lineup.

Mauricio Santana

9. Bad Religion

As pioneers of the pop punk genre, it was essential to have Bad Religion as part of Warped. And the band delivered, performing six times, including two spots ni during important late 1990s runs.

Tina Fineberg

10. Yellowcard

When it comes to stage acrobatics, few Warped Tour bands could beat Yellowcard. Every show, audiences knew to wait for violinist Sean Mackin’s backflips.

Laura Roberts

11. All Time Low

All Time Low burst onto the Warped Tour scene in 2007, but quickly earned fans around the country with its fresh pop-punk sound. The newcomer quickly became a staple for Warped Tour, going on to perform five different fests.

12. Pennywise

Pennywise joined punk acts of Green Day, Rancid, Bad Religion and Blink-182 in gaining mainstream success during the 1990s. Pennywise spread that out over nine warped tours, more than any of those aforementioned acts.

13. Deftones

Deftones were an important addition during the Warped Tour's early run, offering up another name act as the tour was just beginning to take off.

John Davisson

14. Reel Big Fish

It’s hard not to dance at a Reel Big Fish show. The ska-punk band’s infectious, horn-driven sound fits right in with Warped Tour’s punky roots.

It's okay if you've never heard of CIV. Just know they've influenced a ton of punk acts and played Warped three of its first five years.

16. Bowling For Soup

Angsty kids had a soundtrack with Bowling For Soup in the 1990s. Songs like “1985,” “High School Never Ends” and “Girl All The Bad Guys Want” are humorous reminders of the rebellious days of ‘90s kids. The band has continued to play Warped Tour past its heyday, performing throwback tunes for eager fans.

17. Face to Face

Another early Warped pioneer, Face to Face played two of the first three years of the festival. And the California punk band was a solid draw during that time thanks to its hit "Disconnected."

Imeh Akpanudosen

18. Anti-Flag

Anti-Flag has been one of the steadiest acts on Warped during the 21st century, playing the tour no less than 10 times and giving the tour a political charge.

Robb D. Cohen

19. Silverstein

Silversten were a product (influence wise) of several popular Warped acts of the 90s. That made the Canadian post-hardcore outfit a force on the tour nine times, from 2004 to this farewell trip.

20. Katy Perry

Katy Perry played Warped Tour just one year -- 2008. But she made quite the impact. With her single "I Kissed a Girl" No. 1 on the charts, Perry routinely drew the biggest crowds. Another fact: She was dating Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy at the time and he would carry her out on stage.

Mark Metcalfe

21. Motionless In White

Goth kids can rock, too. And Motionless In White has long catered to the audience members wearing all black on a hot summer day. The gothic metal band has played its heavy, dark music on Warped Tour nine different times.

Noel Vasquez

22. Flogging Molly

Celtic punk band Flogging Molly is one of the biggest leaders of the genre in America. The band played its dancey rock songs to Warped Tour a whopping seven times.

23. The Used

There was a stretch where the emo/screamo sound of The Used was as good a draw as any act on Warped Tour. The band's early albums remain essential parts of canon.

24. The Ataris

The Ataris became the true boys of summer the six times they played Warped Tour. The emo pop band formed in 1996, but continues to tour today (and even played Warped last summer).

25. Green Day

What a treat it was to have Green Day, the band that feels like the godfather of every Warped act, on the tour in 2000.

26. Mayday Parade

Emo rock band Mayday Parade are on Warped Tour’s lineup again for 2018, and it’ll be the seventh time it has played the fest. Fans always eagerly await the band’s best-known hits like “Jamie All Over,” “Miserable At Best” and “Terrible Things.”

From the late 1990s to early 2000s, MxPx spent every other year on the Warped Tour, making itself at home and adding to the tour's skate-punk vibe.

28. Avenged Sevenfold

As Avenged Sevenfold got bigger and bigger in the early 2000s, Warped Tour became the place where fans could enjoy the act in a live setting.

Charles Sykes

29. Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy played Warped Tour twice, in 2004 and 2005, before it grew too large for the fest. The band’s 2005 album “From Under The Cork Tree” started snowballing fame for Fall Out Boy that continues today, creating top hits that have crossed over into mainstream success.

Scott Gries

Before Eminem took the world by storm, he played Warped Tour. Yes, you read that right. The Real Slim Shady drew massive crowds in 1999. He would soon get too big to ever return.

31. Good Charlotte

Brothers Joel and Benji Madden have led Good Charlotte into pop-punk stardom since its formation in 1996. The band only played Warped Tour four times, but often led the fest in high headlining spots.

32. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Thanks to bands like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Warped Tour always had a diverse feel to it. It wasn't just about post-hardcore or pop punk, giving ska rockers the chance to shine as well.

33. Chiodos

Chiodos were one of the defining bands of the pop-screamo subgenre, and it mashed together the energetic, melodic rhythms of emo pop, with vocalist Craig Owens’ hellish screams bringing a heavier element. The result: prime tunes for Warped Tour mosh pits.

Duane Prokop

34. A Day to Remember

Warped Tour can be a rowdy day, and that’s especially true with A Day To Remember. The metalcore band had a way of riling up its audience all five times it played the festival.

35. Dropkick Murphys

Infusing traditional Celtic songs with punk rock, Dropkick Murphys added some flavor to Warped Tour’s lineup the five times it participated.

36. We The Kings

Songs like “Check Yes, Juliet” and “Skyway Avenue” are basically Warped Tour anthems. That’s because We The Kings’ infectious, upbeat energy were a fixture in seven different tours.

Chung Sung-Jun

37. Story of the Year

Story of the Year spent most of its time on Warped Tour in the early 2000s, establishing itself as a star of the lineup. The band had just released its hit songs like “Until The Day I Die,” “Anthem Of Our Dying Day” and “And The Hero Will Drown.”

38. The Maine

The Maine formed in 2007, but its first big step into the alternative rock scene was with the 2008 and 2009 Warped Tours. The band released its first album, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” in 2008, and has gone on to release five more successful albums since then.

Kellie Warren

39. The All-American Rejects

Only a handful of Warped Tour acts have been crossover success in the mainstream music world, and The All-American Rejects are one of them. The band’s songs “Dirty Little Secret,” “It Ends Tonight” and “Move Along” all became famous after its time on Warped Tour.

40. Sleeping With Sirens

Kellin Quinn, the singer of Sleeping With Sirens, is one of the most talented voices in emo rock, with soaring vocals and scratchy growls. He debuted on Warped Tour in 2012, just a couple of years after forming Sleeping With Sirens, and played the fest for five years straight until 2016.

Peter Kramer

Anytime Thrice was on Warped Tour, the band was a big draw. It's complex style brought solid musicianship to the tour and allowed fans to watch the evolution of a band that wasn't afraid to switch things up.

42. Taking Back Sunday

When emo music started to rise up in the 2000s, Taking Back Sunday was one of the most popular bands. Songs like “MakeDamnSure,” “Liar” and “Cute Without The ‘E’” helped to define the genre, and also to define Warped Tour’s distinct sound.

43. Sublime

Sublime co-headlined the second Warped Tour, which was the first time the tour went full-on coast to coast. The band quickly earned a reputation for its naughty behavior, but remained a huge draw.

A mainstay int he West Coast punk rock scene of the early 1990s, Fluf supported Warped during two of the the first three years and helped shape the pop-punk sound.

45. Black Veil Brides

Originally, Black Veil Brides rocked out with big hair, black makeup and tight black outfits, bringing a throwback glam metal vibe to metal music. Over the years, the band has toned down its style a bit, but continued to release heavy, dark music that’s a hit at Warped.

46. Every Time I Die

Since the early 2000s, Every Time I Die has been involved in mini Warped Tour shows. But it wasn’t until 2006 that the band took on a full summer of intense concerts. Since then, the band has played Warped Tour regularly, and is currently on the final fest tour.

47. The Starting Line

One of the most beloved pop-punk acts of all time, The Starting Line played Warped four times during the band's peak period.

Barry Brecheisen

L7 gave girl-rock a face during Warped's early years, helping set the stage for future acts like Paramore and New Years Day.

49. Senses Fail

Senses Fail has played Warped Tour six different times, and the lineup was different many of those times. Yet, despite the turbulence in the band, singer Buddy Nielsen always put on a show, leaping around on the stage with endless energy.

50. No Doubt

It can be hard for a tour to get big acts early on. Fortunately, No Doubt hadn't quite blown up when it played the festival. Gwen Stefani and company would return in 2000 for just one show.

51. Pierce The Veil

Over a decade ago, Pierce The Veil burst onto the emo rock scene, and moved its way up the ranks in Warped Tour. The band started off by playing just one date in 2007, then ended up on the fest’s main stage for the full tour in 2012.

52. Sick of It All

Hardcore rock band Sick of It All played Warped early on but didn't forget its roots. The band returned last year for a standout run.

53. My Chemical Romance

Many Warped Tour fans were hoping My Chemical Romance would reunite to play 2018’s festival. Unfortunately the band, which broke up in 2013, isn’t getting back together any time soon. Yet, MCR’s two performances on Warped Tour were impressionable enough to leave fans begging for more.

54. New Year's Day

When it comes to fans, New Years Day beats a lot of other Warped acts. The band’s fans go all-out with a massive crowd wearing mostly black. At Warped, girls and women can also be seen rocking the half-red, half-black hair pattern made famous by singer Ash Costello.

55. Gym Class Heroes

Gym Class Heroes scored a series of hits in the 2000s and played them live at Warped, giving the tour a steady hip-hop presence.

56. Quicksand

Post-hardcore act Quicksand served as one of the standouts on the first Warped Tour. However, the long trek proved too much for the band who wound up breaking up soon after.

57. Falling In Reverse

Bad-boy singer Ronnie Radke has been in the public eye for several run-ins with the law, at one point serving over two years in prison. That was where he started working on Falling In Reverse, a band that’s played Warped Tour a total of six times and has garnered one of the biggest fanbases of modern metalcore music.

58. Alkaline Trio

Stephen Shugerman

59. Something Corporate

Fronted by pianist and singer Andrew McMahon, Something Corporate put out poppy rock songs that pumped up the crowd all three times the band played Warped Tour. The band was only around regularly for six years, until McMahon continued on with his other band Jack’s Mannequin.

60. Andrew W.K.

Andrew W.K. can pretty much play any kind of festival. But when he brings his wacky set to Warped Tour, it's a one of a kind experience.

Rob Grabowski

61. Dillinger Escape Plan

Don't sleep on metal at Warped Tour. Bands like Dillinger Escape plan have brought their complex mathcore to Warped multiple times.

62. No Use For Name

As one of the most seasoned acts on Warped Tour during the 20th century, No Use For a Name transitioned from hardcore punk to a more melodic sound over the years.

As one of the essential punk rock acts of the 1990s, you knew Rancid would make this list. Tim Armstrong and his trademark guitar joined the tour just three times. But each run was memorable.

64. The Vandals

The Vandals are best known as one of the first rock bands to incorporate turntables into its sound. The band was a steady force on Warped Tour during its peak.

65. Bouncing Souls

Bouncing Souls doesn't get enough credit for its influence on various punk genres 1990s. But anyone who saw the band during at least one of its six Warped appearances knows just how good they were.

Roger Kisby

66. Coheed and Cambria

Coheed and Cambria played Warped three times. But each time the band stood out. Coheed's technical musicianship was unlike anything else at Warped but its bouncy collection of hits was enough to draw impressive crowds.

Astrid Stawiarz

67. Plain White T's

Plain White T’s only played Warped Tour twice. However, the band spiced up the loud, punky event with a softer side, with songs like “Hey There Delilah” and “Rhythm Of Love.”

Karl Walter

68. Underoath

Underoath was a huge part of Warped Tour during the mid-2000s. The band returns to say goodbye in 2018.

Matt Winkelmeyer

69. Saves the Day

Saves The Day formed while singer and guitarist Chris Conley was still in high school, but the band’s sound quickly matured in the form of two full-length albums in the late 1990s. The band’s unique hardcore sound propelled them onto Warped Tour three different times in the festival’s history.

Ethan Miller

70. Unwritten Law

Unwritten Law has toured a lot since the early 1990s and the band has managed to make Warped a part of that four times.

71. Glassjaw

Unfortunately, Glassjaw didn't play Warped Tour during its early years. But the band more than made up for it when it finally joined the tour for a raucous showcase, twice in the mid-2000s.

Katie Darby

72. Four Year Strong

Four Year Strong? More like 17 years strong at this point. The post-hardcore band puts out intense, aggressive music that gets mosh pits going at Warped Tour. Four Year Strong has played the festival six times, including this current summer.

73. Neck Deep

Neck Deep has played a huge role in the more recent pop-punk revival, creating popular albums since 2012’s “Rain In July.” It’s brought that refreshed sound to Warped Tour four different times with massive audiences full of fans.

74. Rise Against

No stranger to any kind of rock showcase, Rise Against's brand of melodic hardcore felt at home all four times the band hit the stage at Warped.

75. Bayside

Bayside has a knack for putting out the catchiest punk and emo songs, like “Sick, Sick, Sick” and “Devotion And Desire.” Those songs proved popular with the Warped Tour crowd—Bayside went on Warped Tour four different times, and frontman Anthony Raneri played the fest one additional time as a solo artist.

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How 23 Years of Warped Tour Changed America

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After almost a quarter of a century, and having showcased upwards of 1700 bands, Warped Tour as we know it will come to an end when summer 2018 does. For the most mainstream of Americans who never attended, the tour always looked like an outlier -- a noisy summertime day out for the same kids that shopped at Hot Topic, wore too much eyeliner, and learned HTML by editing their MySpace profiles. Truthfully though, Warped Tour's impact on mainstream pop culture was enormous.

Warped Tour started out scrappy. It was 1995, pop punk was just starting to explode out of the underground -- thanks to Green Day's major label debut, Dookie -- and founder Kevin Lyman , having spent three years working on the Lollapalooza tour, recognized a gap in the festival market. That first Warped was 25 dates -- a breeze for bands and crews who later got used to the jaunt going on for twice as long. No one could foresee back then just how big -- or long-running -- this juggernaut would become.

While Warped's biggest impact has been taking underground culture and smearing it across America in broad daylight every summer, what is so often forgotten is that this was also the venue used by the likes of Katy Perry and Eminem to launch their careers to wider audiences. It's where Sonny Moore started out (in a band named From First to Last ) before he metamorphosed into EDM megastar, Skrillex . It's where No Doubt spent their summer the year before they exploded on a global scale.

Dominic Davi , Oakland-based bassist of  Tsunami Bomb , has been attending Warped since 1995 and playing it since 2001. "It's so easy to forget now," he says, "but when it started, and for a long time into it, the bands Warped Tour was assembling did not get played on the radio. They were not featured on festival lineups. Kevin Lyman helped shine a light onto all these bands that were drawing various amounts on their own, but together could fill a festival. That took a lot of vision."

"In the end," Davi continues, "Warped launched all these careers and was directly responsible for the punk rock explosion that happened in the early 2000s. That's quite a feat."

Warped Tour, especially in its earliest years, acted this way, year upon year, launching artists out of obscurity and into the eyeline of the mainstream. Blink 182, a band that was long considered too crude and provocative for mainstream success, appeared on three out of the four Warpeds between 1996 and 1999. It's no coincidence that by 2000, they were one of the biggest bands in the country.

Not only did Warped change how punk rock was treated by mainstream music culture, it had an indelible impact on the lives of the thousands of people who lived and worked on the tour over the years, some of whom came back annually, without fail. Along the way, it also helped to further unify a nationwide community of punks, rebels, and renegades.

Dominic Davi compares spending a summer on the tour to "running away with the circus." Photographer Lisa Johnson , whose work documenting Warped Tour has been featured on the covers of several official compilations, as well as in the book, Misfit Summer Camp: 20 Years on the Road With Vans , elaborates: "Warped Tour is a place where seemingly anything is possible. Utopia. Hard work and happiness, plus some fun in the sun. There is just always something magic in the air."

The unique spirit of Warped is precisely why hundreds of people have stepped up, year after year, to work in unbearably high temperatures, notoriously dusty environs, facing parking lot after parking lot with few views of the outside world (unless you count the occasional midnight trip to Wal-Mart) for weeks on end.

It's difficult to fathom why anybody would want to spend an entire summer in those conditions -- until you actually do it. In 2006, I joined Warped Tour for five days to write a story for a British rock magazine. Somehow, five days turned into seven weeks. I skipped my flight home to sell merch for one of the bands I had met along the way, and had zero regrets about hitting 'pause' on the rest of my life to do so.

For thousands of us, Warped has always been that way -- once you get caught in its vortex, it's hard to extricate yourself from it. "It's this huge production," Davi says, "with so many moving parts. It's hard work. You are moving all day. I think you have to be a particular personality to love that life. I always did."

The video below that Lisa Johnson took at a backstage party in 2014, effectively sums up the hilarity, unified chaos, and good-natured anarchy of Warped Tour (and also why the nightly after-show barbecues have become the stuff of legend). Take into account that the people you see in this clip are the people working the tour -- crew members, band members, merch people, stage hands. Work days may be long and conditions may sometimes be hard, but on the best nights, this is what happens once the ticket-buying public leaves:

There's no doubting that in recent years Warped Tour has, to some degree at least, lost its niche, while also weathering some damaging storms. "In many ways," Davi notes, "I think when the bands on the tour became bands that the radio and MTV embraced, it became harder to preserve that core exclusivity and unique feeling that Warped Tour had. At first it made the tour bigger, but having to chase the trends and adapt to bands with more exposure, I think made it more difficult to make the tour a special experience. By trying to please everyone they had a harder time pleasing anyone."

The summer tour's time might be drawing to a close, but Warped promises to live on in other capacities: there will be some sort of 25th anniversary celebration, and the first Warped Rewind at Sea cruise just happened last month. More than that though, the tour leaves behind a legacy. It impacted a couple of generations of punk, emo and hardcore bands, as well as their fans. Warped brought a newfound acceptance of alternative culture to all corners of the country. It was a confidence builder for teens who felt alienated in their suburban high schools; it was a training camp for small bands, and a springboard for larger ones; and, for a long while there, it fundamentally changed the fabric of alternative music in America.

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Warped Tour 2002

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• 1.1 Brian Stage
• 1.2 Teal Stage
• 1.3 Maurice Stage
• 1.4 Volcom Stage
• 1.5 Drive-Thru Records Stage
• 1.6 Punkrocks.net Stage
• 1.7.1 Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands 6 Winners
• 1.8 StaticRadio Stage
• 1.9 Union Stage

Brian Stage [ ]

• AFI (Played 7/10)
• Bad Religion
• The Damned (Played 8/7-8/18)
• Flogging Molly
• Good Charlotte
• Guttermouth (Played 8/2-8/18)
• Hot Water Music (Played 6/21-8/5)
• Morgan Heritage (Played 6/21-8/1)
• N.E.R.D. (Played 8/16-8/18)
• New Found Glory
• Reel Big Fish

Teal Stage [ ]

• Alkaline Trio
• Andrew W.K. (Played 7/31-8/1 and 8/14)
• Anti-Flag (Played 6/21-8/1)
• Circle Jerks (Played 8/15-8/18)
• Goldfinger (Played 8/15-8/18)
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Played 6/21-8/15)
• No Use For A Name
• NOFX (Played 6/21-8/14)
• Ozma (Played 6/21-8/14)
• Something Corporate
• TRUSTcompany (Played 6/23-7/14 and 7/27-8/1)

Maurice Stage [ ]

• 28 Days (Played 8/1-8/18)
• Boysetsfire (Played 7/23-8/1)
• The Casualties
• Dynamite Boy (Played 6/21-6/30)
• Eskimo Joe (Playd 8/6-8/10 and 8/15-8/18)
• Five Iron Frenzy (Played 7/30-8/13)
• Gob (Played 7/6-7/19)
• Manic Hispanic (Played 6/28-7/3)
• MI6 (Played 7/30-8/10)
• Midtown (Played 7/2-7/22)
• Potluck (Played 7/5-7/7)
• Quarashi (Played 6/21-8/10)
• Reach the Sky (Played 8/9-8/18)
• Riddlin Kids (Played 7/17-7/31)
• Simple Plan (Played 7/17-7/19 and 8/10-8/18)
• Small Brown Bike (Played 8/11-8/18)
• The Start (Played 7/17-7/28)
• Student Rick (Played 6/21-6/30)
• Sugarcult (Playd 7/20-7/31)
• Sw1tched (Played 6/21-7/20)
• Thrice (Played 6/21-6/30)
• Tiger Army (Played 7/23-8/8)
• Total Chaos (Played 8/2-8/18)
• Tsunami Bomb (Played 6/21-7/5 and 7/11-7/14)
• The Unseen (Played 7/23-7/31)
• The Used (Played 6/21-8/10)
• Vendetta Red (Played 7/5-7/7 and 8/2-8/18)
• Yellowcard (Played 7/2-7/13)

Volcom Stage [ ]

• 1208 (Played 6/22-6/30 and 7/17-7/31)
• 3rd Strike (Played 6/21-7/2 and 8/9-8/18)
• Arkham (Played 6/21-6/30 and 7/17-8/18)
• Audiocrush (Played 7/5)
• Borialis (Played 7/23-8/18)
• Death By Stereo
• Deviates (Played 7/2-7/14 and 8/1-8/18)
• Divot (Played 7/17-7/22)
• Downway (Played 8/14-8/18)
• Fairview (Played 7/5-7/12)
• Handsome Devil (Played 6/21-7/14)
• Lonely Kings (played 7/17-7/22)
• Lucky 7 (Playd 7/30-8/6)
• Name Taken (Played 7/10)
• Pepper (Played 7/2-7/13 and 8/2-8/18)
• Pistol Grip (Played 6/21-7/3)
• Places to Park (Played 6/21-7/31 and 8/6)
• The Planet Smashers (Played 8/2-8/18)
• Recover (Played 8/8-8/13)
• Smackin Isiah (Played 7/11-7/22)
• Stavesacre (Played 6/21-6/28)
• Tragedy Andy (Played 7/6)
• Ultimate Fakebook (Played 7/23-7/28)
• Wanted Dead

Drive-Thru Records Stage [ ]

• 2nd Best (Played 6/25 and 7/28)
• 3 Piece Scandal (Played 7/3)
• 3 Weeks Yesterday (Played 6/21 and 7/14)
• 48 Mananas (Played 7/11)
• 504 Plan (Played 6/22)
• Acceptance (Played 7/20)
• American Hi-Fi (Played 6/22-7/12)
• Amorous Radio (Played 8/8 and 8/18)
• August Ends (Played 7/12)
• Autopilot Off
• Brodie (Played 7/20-7/23)
• Choke (Played 7/17)
• Classified (Played 6/28-6/30)
• Contingency Plan (Played 6/22-6/23)
• Cuter Than (Played 6/26)
• Duke 45 (Played 6/21-6/30)
• The Early November (Played 7/2-7/14 and 8/1-8/18)
• Fake ID (Played 8/13 and 8/15)
• Five Speed (Played 6/21-7/3 and 8/6-8/18)
• Flypside (Played 7/28)
• The Format (Played 7/2)
• The Getaway (Played 8/10)
• Gibler (Played 8/8 and 8/11)
• Glassjaw (Played 6/27-7/14)
• Graystar (Played 8/9 and 8/14)
• Heffer 85 (Played 7/5 and 7/10)
• Keno (Played 7/19)
• Knockout (Played 7/27)
• Last Place Champs (Played 6/21-6/23, 6/26 and 7/22-7/27)
• Mode # (Played 7/7)
• Motion City Soundtrack (Played 7/28-7/31)
• The Movielife (Played 7/2-8/18)
• Never Heard Of It (Played 6/27 and 6/29-6/30)
• Nicotine (Played 8/13-8/18)
• Nobody Wins (Played 7/20)
• Off By One (Played 6/21-6/26, 7/20-7/27, 7/30-8/18)
• Overlooked (Played 7/13)
• Pettet Project (Played 8/16)
• Plain White T's (Played 7/24 and 7/26)
• PVK (Played 6/28)
• Rimtrik (Played 8/17)
• Runaway Orange (Played 7/17-7/19)
• Shai Hulud (Played 8/1-8/7)
• Single Handed (Played 6/27)
• The Starting Line
• Steel Dragon (Played 7/17)
• Steel Train (Played 7/19, 7/22-7/21 and 8/6-8/7)
• Still Standing (Played 6/21 and 7/6)
• Unsung Zeros (Played 7/25-7/26 and 7/30-7/31)
• Vex Red (Played 7/5-8/5)
• Victory Seven (Played 8/1)
• Yellowcard (Played 6/21-6/30)
• Yesterday (Played 8/2-8/5)

Punkrocks.net Stage [ ]

• A Jealousy Issue (Played 8/5)
• The AEffect (Played 7/10-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Age of Ruin (Played 8/8)
• As Friends Rust (Played 7/11-7/14)
• Bayside (Played 7/20-8/1 and 8/10)
• Beloved (Played 8/6)
• Boys Night out (Played 8/10)
• Breathe In (Played 7/2-7/3)
• The Control (Played 8/14)
• Counterit (Played 7/2)
• Crash 81 (Played 6/28-6/30)
• Curl Up and Die (Played 7/5)
• District 7 (Played 6/21-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Don't Look Down (Played 8/9-8/11)
• Evergreen Terrace (Played 8/5)
• Every Time I Die (Played 7/24 and 7/28-7/31)
• The Fairlanes (Played 6/21-6/25)
• From Autumn to Ashes (Playd 8/13-8/18)
• Further Seems Forever (Played 7/20-7/28)
• The Gamits (Played 6/23-6/27)
• Glasseater (Played 8/2-8/4)
• Haste (Played 6/21-6/25 and 7/25-7/26)
• Hope (Played 6/21-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Hopesfall (PlaYed 8/5-8/7)
• Junction 18 (Played 6/26-6/27, 7/3 and 7/6-7/7)
• Keepsake (Played 7/30-8/1)
• Levity (Played 7/3)
• My Captain (Played 8/2)
• Narcissus (Played 6/26-6/30, 7/10-7/11 and 7/13-7/14)
• Nevermore (Played 7/20-7/23)
• No Cigar (Played 8/1)
• Nora (Played 8/9-8/11)
• Not Waving But Drowning (Played 6/26)
• Off the Mark (Played 8/16-8/17)
• Over It (Playd 6/28-7/2, 7/5, 7/10 and 8/8)
• Park (Played 7/10, 7/12 and 7/20-7/28)
• Prevent Falls (Played 8/10-8/11)
• Recover (Playd 6/28-6/30)
• Salt the Earth (Played 6/25 and 6/27)
• Saturday Supercade (Played 7/30)
• Scallywagon (Played 7/31)
• Scars of Tomorrow (Played 7/13-7/14)
• Sick Shift (Played 7/12)
• Skycamefalling (Played 6/21-6/22, 8/13 and 8/18)
• Staring Back (Played 6/21-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Stretch Arm Strong (Played 8/2-8/7)
• SweaterGirl (Played 6/21- 8/18)
• Tantor (Played 6/21-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Throwdown (Played 7/5-7/14)
• Trial By Fire (Played 8/8-8/9)
• Underoath (Played 8/13 and 8/18)
• Unearth (Played 8/13-8/18)
• Until the End (Played 8/3-8/4)
• West Beverly (Played 8/15)
• Yakuza (Played 7/2-7/7)

Ernie Ball Stage [ ]

• 504 Plan (Played 7/27)
• Antifreeze (Played 8/11-8/16)
• ATM (Played 7/2)
• Audio Karate (Played 7/7-7/10)
• Avenged Sevenfold (Played 6/21-6/27)
• Avoid One Thing (Played 8/15)
• Ben Kweller (Played 8/14-8/15)
• The Berlin Project (Played 7/26-7/28 and 7/31)
• Bigwig (Played 8/9-8/13)
• Blush (Played 7/26-7/27 and 7/30)
• Bumruckus (Played 8/1-8/7)
• China White (Played 7/7-7/10)
• Columbyne (Played 6/25 and 7/2-7/7)
• Days Away (Played 8/8-8/10)
• Disfunctionalray (Played 7/26-8/1, 8/14 and 8/18)
• Eleventeen (Played 7/3, 7/6-7/7 and 7/12-7/14)
• Enormous (Played 7/24-7/27)
• The Etiquette (Played 7/23-7/25)
• The Eyeliners
• Fetish (Played 7/6-7/10 and 7/12-7/14)
• Flashing Light (Played 8/1-8/11)
• F.O.N. (Played 7/17-7/31)
• Graves (Played 6/28-6/30)
• Gunmoll (Played 8/2-8/5)
• Humboldt County Freestyle Kings (Played 7/6)
• I Decline (Played 7/2-7/5 and 7/11)
• The Imports (Played 8/4-8/7, 8/14 and 8/17)
• Jedi (Played 7/13-7/14)
• Jersey (Played 8/15-8/18)
• Jet Cinema (Played 7/3)
• The Know How (Played 8/1-8/7)
• Last Edition (Played 7/24-7/27)
• Limitpoint (Played 6/28-7/2)
• Love Light Shine (Played 7/5)
• Madcap (Played 7/22-7/30)
• MT Minds (Played 8/2-8/4)
• Never Heard of It (Played 7/10-7/12)
• One Way Street (Played 8/18)
• Outplay (Played 8/4-8/5)
• Preston (Played 8/10-8/11)
• Riot Farm (Played 7/11-7/14)
• Roller (Played 6/28-6/30)
• Same Day Service (Played 6/27-6/28)
• Seedlock (Played 8/8-8/9)
• Slick Shoes (Played 7/3 and 7/11)
• Sloppy Meateaters (Played 7/12 and 7/20)
• Social Standard (Played 8/10)
• Sparechange 00 (Played 7/31)
• Stunt Monkey (Played 7/3-7/6)
• Tadpole (Played 7/5-7/7 and 7/11-7/12)
• Ten Times A Day (Played 6/28-7/2)
• Too Rude (Played 6/21-6/23 and 7/3-7/10)
• The Undecided (Played 7/23-7/25)
• Useless ID (Played 6/29-8/18)
• Vangard (Played 8/2-8/5)
• The Volume Men (Played 7/22)
• The Waking Hours (Played 7/2 and 7/10)

Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands 6 Winners [ ]

• 12cent (Played 8/15)
• 3 Prong Outlet (Played 8/8)
• 33 West (Played 8/8)
• 40 Watt Hype (Played 7/7)
• 5 Star Degenerate (Played 7/2)
• 7-10 Split (Played 8/5)
• A Week in July (Played 8/13)
• A-OK (Played 8/3)
• Agent Zero (Played 7/27)
• All Access (Played 7/31)
• All Else Fails (Played 7/27)
• Already Proud (Played 6/28)
• Anarchaos (Played 8/13)
• AnchondO (Played 6/25)
• Arizing (Played 8/18)
• The Arnies (Played 7/23)
• As Advertised (Played 6/25)
• Barbee Killed Kenn (Played 7/13)
• Bi-Level (Played 6/26)
• Big D and the Kids Table (Played 8/15)
• Blame it on Rio (Played 7/25)
• Blatant Finger (Played 7/30)
• BomberMan Awesome (Played 7/22)
• Boogotta Fix (Played 7/27)
• The Brodys (Played 7/14)
• Brookdale (Played 7/23)
• Bumrukus (Played 8/4)
• Bumpin Uglies (Played 7/3)
• The Burning Reason (Played 7/28)
• C24C (Played 7/12)
• Calcutta (Played 7/12)
• Carb (Played 6/28)
• The Cinderleaf (Played 6/30)
• Close Behind (Played 8/14)
• ColdSnap-9 (Played 7/22)
• Conspiracy of Thought (Played 7/10)
• Conspire (Played 6/25)
• Corporate Circus (Played 7/25)
• CounterACT (Played 6/22)
• Cutaway (Played 8/2)
• The Delegates (Played 8/16)
• Dexter Wins Again (Playd 6/29)
• The Dissenters (Played 8/11)
• Drist (Played 7/14)
• Driveway (Played 7/26)
• Eightfourseven (Played 7/6)
• The Evoka Project (Played 8/6)
• F.O. the Smack Magnet (Played 8/11)
• Flippin Jiggers (Played 7/19)
• The Fonzarellies (Played 6/25)
• Force 4-D (Played 7/12)
• Fourbanger (Played 7/2)
• The Fratellis (Played 7/7)
• Full Affect (Played 7/6)
• Habitat (Played 7/24)
• Holiday Rd (Played 8/6)
• The HollowPoints (Played 7/20)
• HowAboutNo (Played 7/26)
• Hurry Up Offense (Played 8/9)
• Huxter (Played 7/22)
• Hypocrite Like Me (Played 7/22)
• Idiot Savant (Played 7/11)
• Illusion 33 (Played 6/21)
• INTAK (Played 7/31)
• Interstate 808 (Played 6/30)
• The Irritating Stick (Played 8/13)
• Jade Raven (Played 6/27)
• Jank1000 (Played 7/5)
• JerkWaterJive (Played 7/30)
• The Johnsons (Played 7/17)
• Junior (Played 6/28)
• Kingpin (Played 6/27)
• Klesk (Played 8/17)
• Klik (Played 8/4)
• Koniption Fit (Played 7/12)
• Kremlin (Played 8/7)
• Last in Line (Played 7/28)
• Latham (Played 6/29)
• Left Behind (Played 8/9)
• The Lemmings (Played 8/14)
• Les Dirty Frenchmen (Played 7/23)
• Liam & Me (Played 8/9)
• Life As Usual (Played 8/17)
• Lifesize (Played 6/30)
• Liquid Youth (Played 6/29)
• Living Kittens (Played 8/3)
• Livitz Livitz (Played 7/6)
• Lollygag (Played 8/5)
• Luck Be A Lady (Played 8/7)
• Madison (Played 7/20)
• Makeshift3 (Played 7/3)
• Marlinspike (Plaed 7/19)
• Midpoint (Played 7/17)
• Mind Driver (Played 7/10)
• Moneyshot (Played 7/19)
• The Monjees (Played 8/3)
• Moodfrye (Played 7/13)
• Mr. Bigglesworth (Played 7/17)
• Mr. Meano and the Clodhoppers (Played 8/18)
• Mr. Varsity (Played 8/3)
• MT Minds (Played 6/28)
• Myopia (Played 7/27)
• Natural Afrodisiac (Played 7/10)
• The New Sound Theory (Played 7/11)
• New Tomorrow (Played 7/13)
• Nitch (Played 8/10)
• No Alternative (Played 8/18)
• No Reason (Played 7/11)
• Not Long After (Played 7/20)
• Nuclear Saturday (Played 8/1)
• Off By One (Played 7/3)
• One More Weekend (Played 7/5)
• One Pump Chump (Played 8/5)
• P-Nuckle (Played 6/23)
• Perfect Salesman (Played 8/10)
• Phrenik (Played 7/6)
• Pig Pen (Played 8/4)
• Poppies 3 (Played 6/26)
• Poptart Monkeys (Played 8/5)
• Post Up (Played 6/22)
• Project Bottlecap (Played 7/25)
• The Prototype (Played 8/17)
• Prototype-A (Played 8/16)
• Punchline (Played 8/13)
• Radio Holiday (Played 8/18)
• Raised Under Reagan (Played 6/23)
• Ripshaw (Played 7/11)
• Rockets Red Glare (Played 8/14)
• Room Without A view (Played 8/17)
• RST Video (Played 8/7)
• Rudiger (Played 7/10)
• [Sage] (Played 8/4)
• Salt the Earth (Played 6/26)
• Saving Boy Wonder (Played 6/26)
• Second Class (Played 6/29)
• Seven Day Delusion (Played 6/27)
• Seven Mile Drive (Played 6/27)
• Sexhead (Played 8/16)
• Short of a Dollar (Played 7/25)
• Sick (Played 6/23)
• Silent Film Stars (Played 7/7)
• Silent Horizon (Played 7/14)
• The Silent Treatment (Played 8/2)
• Skinny Like Riley (Played 6/21)
• Skint (Played 6/22)
• Skipjack (Played 7/3)
• Skitch (Played 8/15)
• Slowpoke (Played 7/2)
• Soma (Played 7/30)
• Somerset (Played 8/9)
• Southcott (Played 8/10)
• Spenser (Played 7/26)
• Spilt Milk (Played 7/5)
• Split Fifty (Played 8/11)
• Stick Figure Suicide (Played 8/11)
• StoneKracker (Played 6/30)
• Stumblerun (Played 7/24)
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The Untold Truth Of Vans Warped Tour

From 1995 to 2019, Vans Warped Tour became the mecca of alternative music. Fans would flock to the traveling festival to see their favorite artists and to discover the next big thing, while musicians would know a spot on this coveted tour could elevate their career. After all, there's no disputing the impact it had in the ascension of the careers of groundbreaking acts like Paramore, My Chemical Romance , and Fall Out Boy .

Founded by Kevin Lyman, Vans Warped Tour is widely associated with the punk rock movement and a strong ethos of the do-it-yourself attitude, being seen as the everyday person's music event. However, in the later years, controversy engulfed the tour. From scene politics to giving a platform to disgraced musicians, there were accusations that it was no longer the same place it was in the beginning. For some, it simply didn't feel like home anymore. As a result, there were mixed feelings when Lyman announced the tour would officially call it a day after its 25-year celebration.

Regardless of the sentiment toward the Vans Warped Tour, no one can deny the importance it played in the music scene throughout its run. It outlasted many of its peers and inspired others to start their own events, too. With that said, let's take a look back at the untold truth of Vans Warped Tour and if it is due to make a comeback.

The founder cut his teeth on Lollapalooza

Anyone who has worked on the live side of the music industry understands it is a demanding and grueling job. Not only is there the physical aspect of setting up the equipment and ensuring everything is in working order before the doors open, but there is also the marketing element and understanding of how to deal with unexpected issues that may arise on the day. Think of it like organizing a big birthday bash, but times the difficulty level by 100.

Kevin Lyman was no rookie when he decided to start his own tour, since he had already spent time working as a stage manager at another famous music festival. "Before Warped I was on three years of Lollapalooza, so [it's been] 26 straight summers out on the road," he told Billboard .

Having experience, Lyman also understood that he needed significant sponsorship to make this dream tour a reality. As revealed by Vans Vice President Steve Van Doren, Lyman approached the sneaker manufacturer for finance, and Vans saw it as a mutually beneficial opportunity to expand its reach throughout North America.

Vans Warped Tour gave a lot of people second chances

When applying for jobs, background checks have become the norm. However, that hasn't stopped people from being prejudiced against for having a criminal or substance abuse history, as research has shown, per Criminology . There's a stigma that sticks with people long afterward and makes it exponentially more difficult for them to find work and rebuild their lives.

Speaking to Loudwire , Kevin Lyman discussed the importance of affording people second chances, explaining how it is something deeply personal to him and his value system. "The majority of my early Warped Tour crew guys all had to spend a little time in jail for stupid decisions," Lyman said. "A lot of them were selling meth or whatever and did their time, and I gave them their second chance. And that built a loyalty, giving a second chance to people."

It is also one of the main reasons Lyman became involved in other organizations and philanthropy projects, such as MusiCares and FEND, which address addiction. He believes a large portion of society is still reluctant to allow others back into the community after they have shown remorse and tried to make amends, so he wanted to do his part in inspiring change.

If you or anyone you know needs help with addiction issues, help is available. Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

Why the schedule for the Vans Warped Tour changed daily

Vans Warped Tour would take the acts across the country, performing sweaty day-long sets in numerous cities and states. There were even groups of fans who would follow the tour and try to attend as many shows as possible. To keep the shows fresh and unpredictable, the tour's organizer switched up the order of the lineup on a daily basis.

In an interview with Forbes , Kevin Lyman brought up his past as a stage manager for Lollapalooza and how this influenced his decision with Warped Tour's schedule. He explained how he would notice the same acts performed at the same time every day, and the predictability reflected in the audience attendance, as a majority of the people would only show up when it was time for the headliner to go on stage.

"So I said, if I ever get to do this, I'm going to mix it up," Lyman said. "It just spurred in my mind what I thought I'd do. I'll write the schedule each day. It keeps people engaged — you never knew who you were playing before or after, or what time you were playing. It keeps everyone on their toes." The unpredictability encouraged the audience to hang out for the whole day since they never knew who would be playing and when, while it excited the bands too. As Every Time I Die's ex-vocalist Keith Buckley explained, no one knew when they would be hitting the stage, which provided an element of surprise.

How the BBQ Band concept came to be

With all those bands on the road for Vans Warped Tour, there were bound to be a lot of hungry stomachs after a show. However, the tour figured out a way of solving this problem while also giving a group a unique opportunity every year. In return for working the grill after every show, a musical act would be given a spot on the tour's lineup. Hence the birth of what became known as the "BBQ band."

Kevin Lyman revealed to Vice where the initial idea stemmed from. He explained how punk rockers Lagwagon had their own barbeque after a show, but only bands with laminate passes sourced from Lagwagon themselves could get any. Lyman thought that every group deserved access to this and that it shouldn't be limited to the friends of the band, so he came up with a plan where a single act would be responsible for the barbeque at every stop for everyone.

Explaining what the group would get in return, Lyman said, "Yeah, they get a full set, they sell merchandise, they sell albums, and I pay 'em some money on top."

The time when Deftones set a Porta-Potty on fire

If there isn't an element of danger involved, can it really be considered rock 'n' roll? While no one decided to put their head inside a tiger's mouth or challenge a bear to an exploding barbed wire death match, other outlandish shenanigans took place throughout Vans Warped Tour's history.

Alternative Press interviewed numerous people who participated in the tour, and the stories ranged from a golf cart being wrecked to Sublime's trusty dog biting people. However, it was Kevin Lyman who recollected one of the wildest tour tales.

Lyman explained how he intended to take a few days off in 1997 after the birth of his child, but when he stepped off the plane, he was alerted to the chaos taking place in his absence. "It turned into the 'Lord of the Flies' out there," he said. "Deftones got fireworks and set a portable toilet on fire. My production manager's quick decision was to take the Porta-Potty on a forklift and push it into the river. The city's mayor had been running on this 'clean up the river' platform, and that was on the front page of the newspaper the next morning."

The presence of the controversial anti-abortion clinic

The spirit of punk rock is built on progressive values and fighting against oppressive systems. As a result, many non-profit organizations set up tents to promote their causes at Vans Warped Tour throughout its 25-year run; however, there was one that raised more than a few eyebrows. In 2016, the anti-abortion organization known as Rock for Life became a part of the tour, and it drew ire from many attendees and online commentators. The next year, Rock for Life returned to Warped Tour, again reigniting the debate about the presence of a pro-life organization there.

Speaking to Spin , Kevin Lyman explained how Rock for Life's values didn't necessarily align with his pro-choice stance, but that he included various other NPOs on Warped Tour with differing ideologies so that debate and conversation could take place between people.

He said: "I go to the booth, and I see people talk to them. They're really promoting adoption, and other things besides abortion. I'm adopted. I'm not supporting them, but they can have the spot. They're not hassling people."

13,000 people signed a petition to stop a musician from playing, but he did

In late 2014, disturbing accusations surfaced regarding Jake McElfresh, aka Front Porch Step. According to the allegations, McElfresh had sent inappropriate messages and images to minors. Considering Front Porch Step had performed at the 2014 Vans Warped Tour and was relatively well known within the music scene, the news spread fast and wide among the community.

Over 13,000 individuals signed a change.org petition to not allow Front Porch Step to play at Vans Warped Tour again. However, in 2015, McElfresh was confirmed to appear on the tour. This resulted in backlash from fans and other musicians, who couldn't believe Front Porch Step had been allowed this platform — especially considering how many young fans attended Warped Tour and the harrowing nature of the allegations.

Speaking to Alternative Press , Kevin Lyman stated that McElfresh had not been formally charged with any crime and his appearance was part of a rehabilitation program, based upon discussions with his counselor. In a later 2018 interview , Lyman expressed regret at allowing Front Porch Step to have performed at the 2015 Vans Warped Tour.

If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available. Visit the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network website or contact RAINN's National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).

The accusation of being a boys' club for the most part

The Vans Warped Tour faced accusations of being a boys' club from certain sections, with  The New York Times citing how only seven percent of the bands listed for the 2018 edition featured female members. Although the tour had shown improvement in its numbers and given more opportunity to women over the years, especially as headliners, there was no disputing that the acts on display were predominantly male throughout the years. Coupled with this was the prevalence of a bro culture that boasted bad behavior. 

The publication spoke to several women and nonbinary artists to get their perspectives of the tour. Each person had their own unique experience, with some stating they hadn't seen misogynistic behavior, while others expressed opposite views.

Five Iron Frenzy's Leanor Ortega Till, for example, explained how there was a need to be cautious with tour buses as an example. "One of the bands we went out with had a little inflatable pool," Till said. "They'd get in their underwear and go out there and hang out. And I knew what they were up to, which was get girls into their underwear to hang out, too."

Kevin Lyman said 2017's Vans Warped Tour was a bad one financially

When Kevin Lyman announced the end of Vans Warped Tour, there was a lot of debate about the real reasons for doing so among fans. One of them was that the tour had stopped making money. However, Lyman dispelled this notion in an interview with "All Punked Up" podcast, revealing that Warped Tour made money — except for one year.

"I had one bad year: 2017," Lyman said. "It was one of those years where everything goes wrong that could possibly go wrong, went wrong in 2017."

While Lyman didn't delve into exactly what his challenges were, the initial announcement of the lineup for the Vans Warped Tour 2017 wasn't warmly received by the fans. There were notable acts such as Anti-Flag, Andy Black, Gwar, and Hawthorne Heights on the bill, but the audience felt it didn't have the star power of the previous year's edition, which had featured the likes of Good Charlotte and New Found Glory. Undoubtedly, the lack of excitement for the artists might have factored into the decision for many fans to give it a skip that year.

The one thing that the Warped Tour never managed to do

From Katy Perry to My Chemical Romance and Blink-182, there was no shortage of world-renowned musicians who performed at Vans Warped Tour. Considering the traveling festival ran for a quarter of a century, there can't be much that it failed to achieve in this time. However, for Kevin Lyman, there is something he wanted to do that he never managed to. When asked by Outburn what that is, he replied: "Have a Ramones reunion."

The seminal New York punk band called it a day in 1996 — a year after the formation of Vans Warped Tour. At that early stage, it might have been difficult for Lyman to attract a band of that caliber to the tour — plus, it would have been mighty costly, since the Ramones were bona fide legends and wouldn't come at a discount price.

Unfortunately, by the time Warped Tour had become a force to be reckoned with in the early 2000s and could probably afford the Blitzkrieg Boppers, most of the members of the Ramones had already died . 

Scene politics contributed to its demise

Music brings people together, but the community also has the potential to divide like no other. Much like with any other fandom on Planet Earth — just ask "Star Wars" fans — there is a lot of politics, elitism, and people disliking each other for random reasons. Heck, even the bands themselves partake in this peculiar behavior, with social media feuds becoming equally the most hilarious and sad things to witness online.

Appearing on Kerrang's "Inside Track" podcast, Kevin Lyman opened up about how scene politics contributed to the demise of Vans Warped Tour. The promoter explained how he would reach out to various groups that he found talented and would offer them a slot on the tour; however, they would spurn his advances, citing how they didn't want to perform alongside X band or be seen as a "Warped-esque" band. They either had preconceived negative notions about other acts on the tour or didn't want to be bracketed with the type of genre artists the tour attracted.

Lyman didn't understand the logic, as most bands wouldn't even know the others and acted based on impressions rather than facts. Plus, he considered this a self-limiting behavior that impacted a band's ability to grow their fanbase and reach different audiences. Consequently, Lyman started to feel a disconnect from the community and the very reason he started the tour in the first place.

Fronzilla wants to bring back the tour

Since Vans Warped Tour hit the stop button in 2019, a massive gap has been left open in the music festival scene. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic did no favors to live music, and many have pondered if the return of Warped Tour could help bring back the crowds in droves. Appearing on "No Jumper" in 2020, Attila frontman Chris Fronzak explained what Warped Tour meant to bands. "It's not glamorous, but it's an opportunity for bands to play in front of a huge audience that they wouldn't normally have," he said.

Fronzak added that Kevin Lyman offered to sell him Warped Tour in the past, but Fronzak didn't have the funds at the time to strike a deal. When that changed, the musician reached out to Lyman again in 2020.

"He explained to me that for legal reasons, which I can't go into depth, Warped Tour can't come back for at least another three years or so," Fronzak said, "but after that I'm happy to re-open conversation, and hopefully I'm the one that brings it back because I have a really good plan for how to make it sustainable and make Warped Tour even bigger than it's ever been."

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Over 50 Tampa Bay concerts to see during summer 2024

• Gabrielle Calise Times staff

The weather isn’t the only thing heating up around Tampa Bay.

Not only is Megan Thee Stallion bringing her “Hot Girl Summer Tour” to town — there’s a sizzling slate of concerts for fans of just about every music genre.

Expect to see some fun pairings, from longtime peers (Missy Elliott with Busta Rhymes) to some wild mashups (Red Hot Chili Peppers and...Ice Cube?). Sting, who just swung through Tampa with Billy Joel , will even return two more times to rock out with the Florida Orchestra.

Here are over 50 local shows we’re excited about.

Living legends

Diana Ross: The legendary Motown singer will bring solo hits and favorite songs from the Supremes to the BayCare Sound in Clearwater on Thursday, May 9.

Janet Jackson: The “Together Again” tour comes to MidFlorida Credit Union Ampitheatre in Tampa on Tuesday, July 16.

Sting and the Florida Orchestra : The “Englishman in New York” join conductor Michael Francis and the Florida Orchestra for two intimate benefit concerts. Thursday, May 9 and Friday, May 10 at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg.

Latin stars

Bad Bunny: The Puerto Rican singer and rapper, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, will bring his irresistible blend of Latin trap and reggaeton to six Florida stops next year. Catch his “Most Wanted Tour” on Tuesday, May 21, at Amalie Arena in Tampa.

Peso Pluma: The 24-year-old Mexican superstar who beat both Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny’s YouTube streaming record last year announced a performance at Amalie Arena on June 21.

Pepe Aguilar : The “Jaripeo Hasta Los Huesos Tour” pays tribute to the Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead. Sunday, June 30, at Amalie Arena.

Hip-hop and R&B

Megan Thee Stallion: Hotties, assemble. Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hot Girl Summer Tour” is coming to Amalie Arena in Tampa on Saturday, June 8. GloRilla will open.

The Kid LAROI: Charlton Howard won’t even be 21 yet when he comes to Tampa this summer. Find the rising rap star at the Yuengling Center with glaive and Chase Shaker on Sunday, June 9.

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21 Savage: The “redrum” rapper returns with his “American Dream Tour” on Friday, June 14 at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre.

Bryson Tiller : Tiller will share his blend of R&B and trap on Sunday, June 16 at the Yuengling Center.

Kid Cudi: Those on the “Pursuit of Happiness” can find Kid Cudi at Amalie Arena on Saturday, July 6 for the “Insano World Tour.” Pusha T and EARTHGANG will open.

Missy Elliott: The rap pioneer’s first ever headlining tour features some famous friends: Timbaland, Ciara and Busta Rhymes. Wednesday, July 24 at Amalie Arena.

$uicideboy$: The New Orleans rap duo, whose collab partners range from Travis Barker to the guitarist from Korn, will head to Amalie Arena on Sunday, Aug. 11.

Pop singers and songwriters

Hozier : The Irish singer-songwriter, whose songs bounce somewhere between blues, soul gospel, R&B and folk, has become something of a mystical character. He’ll take Tampa to church on Saturday, May 11, at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre.

Chappell Roan : The self-proclaimed “Midwest Princess” is coming to Jannus Live in St. Petersburg on Sunday, May 19, hot off of opening for Olivia Rodrigo (Both singers work closely with producer Dan Nigro). Expect campy synth pop, technicolor costumes both onstage and in the audience and perhaps an appearance from local drag queens.

Madison Beer : Hear TikTok-famous hits like “Make You Mine” at Jannus Live during the “Spinnin Tour” on Wednesday, May 22, at Jannus Live. Upsahl will open.

Niall Horan: One Direction’s Irish heartthrob brings the “The Show” Live on Tour to MidFlorida Credit Union Ampitheatre on Friday, May 31.

Justin Timberlake: The pop star, now touring to support his sixth solo studio album, is bringing sexy back to Amalie Arena in Tampa on Friday, June 14.

Melanie Martinez: Beach Bunny and Sofia Isella open “The Trilogy Tour” on Tuesday, June 18, at Amalie Arena.

Alternative and rock

Sleep Token: The masked alt-metal band from England comes to Tampa’s Yuengling Center on Monday, May 6 with Empire State Bastard.

Toto: The band will bless the rains down in Africa at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater during the “Dogs of Oz Tour” on Wednesday, May 8.

Amon Amarth : “Heed our warning: We are gearing up for our biggest and most epic raid in North American history,” the Viking metal band posted to announce their upcoming tour. Cannibal Corpse, Obituary and Frozen Soul open the “Metal Crushes All Tour” on Saturday, May 18, at the Yuengling Center.

Santana and Counting Crows: Now celebrating a 50-year career, Santana will team up with Counting Crows on Sunday, June 16 at Amalie Arena in Tampa for the “Oneness Tour.”

Alanis Morissette: The Canadian-American singer is bringing a dose of ‘90s alt-rock nostalgia to MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa on Wednesday, June 19. “You Oughta Know” that Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will be opening, along with Morgan Wade.

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Catch Flea and friends on the “Unlimited Love Tour,” featuring special guests Ice Cube and indie rockers IRONTOM, on Friday, June 21, at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre.

Sammy Hagar : The Red Rocker — and special guest Loverboy — will perform during the “Best of All Worlds Tour” on Sunday, July 14, at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa.

Styx and Foreigner: Foreigner already embarked on a farewell run in 2023, but a tour with Styx seems like a good reason to return to Tampa. Catch the “Renegades & Juke Box Heroes Tour” on Saturday, July 20, at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre.

Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire: The “Heart & Soul 2024 Tour” features two bands that have been going since the late 1960s — and two MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre shows. Thursday, Aug. 15 and Friday, Aug. 16.

Dirty Heads and Slightly Stoopid: Rock, hip hop, reggae and soul come together for this double-headliner at The BayCare Sound in Clearwater on Saturday, Aug. 3. Common Kings and the Elovators will open.

Beach Fossils: The Brooklyn indie rockers, whose sound ranges from lo-fi to surf rock, head to the Orpheum in Tampa on Friday, April 19.

ALVVAYS: The Canadian indie rockers will bring their dreamy indie rock hits to the Ritz Ybor in Tampa on Wednesday, May 1.

Waxahatchee : Punk rocker-turned-singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield is coming to Jannus Live in St. Petersburg on Friday, May 3. Get there early to catch Australian indie rock duo Good Morning.

Kurt Vile : The former lead guitarist for The War On Drugs is bringing his solo music to Jannus Live on Wednesday, May 8.

Still Woozy : It’s hard to describe the funky fusion of indie pop that comes out of Sven Eric Gamsky, also known as Still Woozy. Check out the “Loveseat Tour,” featuring MICHELLE, on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at Jannus Live.

Chris Stapleton: The country singer’s “All-American Road Show” comes to MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa on Friday, May 10. Nikki Lane and Grace Potter open.

Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown Band: The “Sun Goes Down Tour” comes to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Saturday, April 20.

Brooks & Dunn : Get ready to “Boot Scoot Boogie” on Saturday, May 4 at MidFlorida Credit Union Ampitheatre.

Kane Brown: The vocalist has been called “the future of country music” by Billboard. See him with Tyler Hubbard and Parmalee on Friday, May 31, or Saturday, June 1, at Amalie Arena in Tampa.

Tyler Childers : Check out Childers’ blend of country, folk and bluegrass at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater during the “Mule Pull ‘24 Tour” on Wednesday, June 5.

Morgan Wallen: One of country’s highest-streamed crooners is bringing his “One Night at a Time World Tour” to Raymond James Stadium for, well, two nights: Thursday, July 11, and Friday, July 12.

Zach Bryan: Jason Isbell opens “The Quittin Time Tour” on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Raymond James Stadium.

Tampa Bay Blues Festival: See Grace Potter, Blood Brothers, Bywater Call, Beth Hart, Tab Benoit and more from Friday, April 12, through Sunday, April 14, at Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg. See the full lineup at tampabaybluesfest.com .

Breakaway Music Festival: After years of Sunset Music Festival dominance, a new EDM event is coming to town. Breakaway Music Festival debuts at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27. Zedd, Sofi Tukker, Illenium and Kascade will headline.

WMNF Tropical Heatwave : The “eclectic music extravaganza” takes place at the Cuban Club in Ybor City on Saturday, May 4. Bands include The Record Company, Ruthie Foster, Say She She, The Dollyrots, Selwyn Birchwood and more.

Sad Summer Fest: The Vans Warped Tour may not be happening anymore, but this day-to-night festival comes close. See Mayday Parade, The Maine, The Wonder Years, We the Kings at the BayCare Sound in Clearwater on Saturday, July 27. Real Friends, Knuckle Punk, Hot Milk, Daisy Grenade and Diva Bleach round out the lineup.

Slash’s S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival: The Guns N’ Roses guitarist, soon releasing his blues album Orgy of the Damned, is coming to the BayCare Sound with ZZ Ward, Robert Randolph and more. A portion of the proceeds from this blues-themed celebration will go towards organizations focused on equity and justice.

Clearwater Smooth Jazz Jam: This two-day jazz and artist celebration takes over Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15. The lineup includes Jeffrey Osborne, Brian Culbertson, Sheila E. and the E-Train, Rick Braun, Richard Elliot, Gerald Albright, and Peter White.

Tampa Bay International Carnival: Celebrate Caribbean culture at this two-day festival featuring Inner Circle, also known as The Bad Boys of Reggae, Kes the Band and more. Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14 at Albert Whitted Park in St. Petersburg.

Nostalgic acts and covers

Emo Orchestra: Grown-up scene queens can hear their favorite MySpace-era hits performed by a live orchestra at the Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater. Escape the Fate leads the festivities on Friday, May 3.

Tom Sandoval and the Most Extras: Bravo’s scandalous Tom Sandoval, of “Vanderpump Rules” fame, is heading to the Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre on Saturday, May 18 with his cover band, the Most Extras.

Hauser : The Internet-famous Croatian cellist will return to Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on Saturday, June 1. Expect to hear a wide range of covers across genres, from Celine Dion to Lady Gaga.

Motion City Soundtrack : The pop-punk band celebrates the 20th anniversary of their album “I am the Movie” with Prince Daddy & the Hyena and the Iron Roses at the Ritz Ybor in Ybor City on Sunday, June 2.

New Kids on the Block: The “Magic Summer 2024 Tour” will be a reimagining of the band’s 1990 tour of the same name. Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff open the show on Wednesday, July 19, at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa.

Barbie the Movie: In Concert : You may have seen Margot Robbie at the movie theater. But have you watched the film with an all-women, majority women-of-color orchestra playing the soundtrack live? The hybrid movie-concert experience hits the MidFlorida Credit Union Ampitheatre on Tuesday, July 2.

Amalie Arena: 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa. Box Office: 813-301-2500. amaliearena.com .

The BayCare Sound: 255 Drew St, Clearwater. (727) 791-7400 and (800) 875-8682. rutheckerdhall.com/baycare-sound .

The Cuban Club: 2010 Avenida Republica de Cuba, Tampa. (813) 248-2954. cubanclubybor.com/events .

Jannus Live: 200 1st Ave. N, St. Petersburg. (727) 565-0550. jannuslive.com .

MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre: 4802 US-301, Tampa. midflorida.com/about-us/amphitheatre .

Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre: 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater. (727) 791-7400 and (800) 875-8682. rutheckerdhall.com/plan-your-visit/the-nancy-and-david-bilheimer-capitol-theatre .

The Orpheum: 14802 North Nebraska Avenue, Tampa. Call 813-248-9500. theorpheum.com .

Raymond James Stadium: 4201 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa. Stadium main line: (813) 350-6500. Ticket office: (813) 350-6502. raymondjamesstadium.com .

The Ritz Ybor: 1503 E 7th Ave., Tampa. (813) 87-EVENT (38368). theritzybor.com .

Ruth Eckerd Hall: 1111 McMullen Booth Rd., Clearwater. (727) 791-7400 and (800) 875-8682. rutheckerdhall.com .

Yuengling Center: 12499 USF Bull Run Drive, Tampa. Call the box office at 813-301-2500. yuenglingcenter.com

Gabrielle Calise is a culture reporter who covers music, nostalgia and offbeat Florida trends. Reach her at [email protected].

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Thursday Ends a 13-Year Break From New Music With a Pointed Song

“Application for Release From the Dream,” which the band released Friday, marks the beginning of a fresh era for a group that helped bring emo to the mainstream.

By Ian Cohen

Thursday, the band once described as the “great screamo hope” for helping break the shouty punk subgenre into the mainstream with its 2001 album “Full Collapse,” has returned with its first new song in 13 years on Friday, “Application for Release From the Dream.” The title alone underscores just how drastically things have changed for Thursday and its peers over the past two decades: Emo has evolved from a niche concern to a form of classic rock, and the artists who put it on the map are now in their late 40s, navigating a very different kind of life.

Geoff Rickly, the band’s gregarious, garrulous frontman, spent the past decade as a multitasker in Brooklyn’s art scenes before documenting his path to sobriety with his 2023 literary debut, “Someone Who Isn’t Me . ” In the past, the band’s songwriting process might start with “a Times Square hotel and a bag of coke,” he said, and would likely end with the lifelong friends barely on speaking terms.

“When we write, we fight,” Rickly, 45, explained in a video interview last week. But the band has enjoyed a détente since a 2016 reunion spurred by Atlanta’s Wrecking Ball Festival, a short-lived celebration of hardcore music. “I’ve been getting along so well with my brothers, I don’t want to fight any more.”

Thursday — Rickly, the guitarist Steven Pedulla, 49, and the drummer Tucker Rule, 45 — got its start in the New Jersey hardcore D.I.Y. scene, playing basements and VFW halls, and rose to become one of the leaders of a movement where melodies were often secondary to raw poetics. Though the genre quickly devolved into often-unintentional self-parody, over the past 15 years, emo has been undergoing both a re-examination and a resurgence. A new generation has been drawn into its emotional eruptions while purposefully pushing back on its Warped Tour stereotype of white men writing vengefully about exes — reflecting the post-#MeToo climate by holding even the biggest bands accountable for their past offenses and elevating more diverse viewpoints.

When Thursday posted a goodbye note on its website on Nov. 22, 2011, the band didn’t rule out live performances. “At the height of our thing where things are tense and there’s all this pressure, you go, ‘What would it be like to have a normal life?’” Pedulla explained. “And now all these years later, man, I’m really miserable when I’m not doing the band.”

“Application for Release From the Dream” has been a work in progress over the past year, with Rickly shuttling back and forth between New York and the band’s New Jersey studio. The track builds from moody to explosive, striking a happy medium between Thursday’s strident early work and its final full-length, “No Devolución , ” which presaged a pivot of former hardcore artists to shoegaze and dream-pop. But Thursday has no plans to make a true follow-up to “No Devolución,” describing its new model as recording and releasing singles as it writes them.

For the duration of Thursday’s first run, the band seemed magnetized toward volatility and interpersonal conflict. “Now we know how to cry in front of each other,” Rule joked. Its second album, “Full Collapse,” became a surprise hit in 2001 as the genre finally began to make inroads on alt-rock radio. The gangly, gaptoothed Rickly cut a charismatic figure during Thursday’s chaotic live sets, performing with a coiled intensity that earned comparisons to Ian Curtis and Kurt Cobain.

Island/Def Jam eventually won a bidding war, buying Thursday out of an indie contract. Ultimately, however, the group’s major label albums underperformed, alienating hardcore fans who shunned radio (and, increasingly, paying for music) and failing to draw in new listeners who saw “emo” as the realm of MTV-friendly bands like Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance, whose debut was produced by Rickly.

Toward the end of Thursday’s first run, touring had become a chore. Rule recalled pantomiming a clock-punching motion before taking the stage, laying bare the worst possible scenario for the band since its members dropped out of Rutgers University as teenagers: Thursday had curdled into a deadening day job that most people would still dream of occupying, leaving them feeling “both underpaid and greedy,” Rickly said.

After the band’s split, Rule kept busy as a session drummer, including a long stint with the British boy band the Wanted. Pedulla returned to a steady gig doing film work, while Rickly’s curiosity and conviviality resulted in a series of fiascoes. His puckish, conceptual hardcore supergroup United Nations was hit with a cease-and-desist from the actual United Nations. In 2013, Rickly was mugged at gunpoint, an event that plays an integral role in “Someone Who Isn’t Me ,” a surrealist, autofictional account of kicking heroin through an experimental treatment with the drug ibogaine . He worked with No Devotion, a band featuring former members of Lostprophets, whose ex-frontman was convicted of child sex abuse, and kept busy at Collect Records, an indie label that dissolved in 2015 after outrage over its benefactor Martin Shkreli.

By the time Thursday re-emerged from its hiatus in 2016, it had endured the recession of emo’s third wave and stood on high moral ground. “They went through the major label machine, but always kept their values intact,” Jeremy Bolm of the hardcore band Touché Amoré said.

“Full Collapse” had served as a sonic touchstone not just for the thriving emo revival, but for metal bands like Deafheaven. And for all of his troubles, Rickly — a spirited social media user who forged friendships with writers, musicians, artists, poets and chefs — had managed to ingratiate himself as a fixture in New York’s arts and food scenes.

Dan Ozzi, the author of the 2021 book “Sellout,” which charts how major labels chased punky bands with loyal followings, acknowledged that Rickly’s social skills have played a major role in Thursday’s sustained relevance, but said the band’s songs also simply hold up. “A lot of Thursday’s peers have aged like milk,” he said in an interview. “You go see them at these emo nostalgia festivals and realize you’re watching a 45-year-old dude sing murder fantasies about his high school girlfriend.” Thursday, by contrast, “were always on a higher, more intellectual level.”

But like so many bands of its era with bills to pay and a reputation to uphold, Thursday isn’t above indulging in emo nostalgia. “I used to get really bummed on being like, ‘We’re doing “Full Collapse” tonight,’” Rule admitted.

This wore on Rickly as well, until a conversation with Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance around the time the two bands teamed up for an anniversary tour helped put things into perspective. “We were talking about how much better things are now, not because we’re standing on the stage in an arena,” he said. “This is life after death for the band, there’s nothing to prove,” he added. “Stop worrying about like, ‘Do I even like these old songs?’ Of course you do, they’re great songs.”

Even with the obvious benefits of a traditional album release — more press, more touring opportunities — self-releasing singles makes sense in light of Thursday’s struggles with corporations. It’s also a better fit for a more fluid iteration of Thursday: Original members such as the guitarist Tom Keeley and the bassist Tim Payne are still intermittently involved, but the band is now a core trio surrounded by friends and collaborators who can come and go at will, including the bassist Stuart Richardson, of No Devotion, and the guitarist Norman Brannon, formerly of the short-lived emo icons Texas Is the Reason.

“Norman said that being in a band is like being married to five guys, and being in Thursday’s like being in an open marriage with five guys,” Rickly joked.

The band will support the new song with a run of small shows in the Northeast that it sees as part of a spiritual journey to the past when it would release 7” records and play basements with no expectations. “We’re doing it because it’s hard,” Rickly said. “We need nobody to blame but ourselves.”

Rickly had many reasons to be wary of a true reboot; his own crippling perfectionism, the expectations of Thursday fans still clinging to their copies of “Full Collapse,” even his own peers. “A lot of our friends and bands that we love have gotten back together and made reunion records that are just the worst,” he said.

But ultimately, he had to weigh his personal misgivings against the one thing the trio could unequivocally agree upon — being in Thursday is difficult, but not being Thursday is worse. “You know, we got into it all over again,” Rickly said and shrugged. “And it was painful. And it turns out it was totally worth it. Thank God.”

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Skindred is a Welsh nu metal band formed in Newport, South Wales in 1998. Skindred's musical style mixes heavy metal , alternative rock and reggae. The band also integrate elements of hardcore punk, dancehall, jungle, ska, hip hop, drum and bass, dubstep and various other influences into their music. Skindred are well known for their energetic and involving live performances.

• 1.1 Television
• 1.2 Music festivals
• 2 Band members
• 3 Studio Albuns

Appearances [ ]

Television [ ].

• Fuse TV 'Daily Download' (4 November 2004)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (14 December 2004)

Skindred's bassist Daniel Pugsley filled in on bass duties for the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello for their appearance on Later... with Jools Holland on 16 June 2006.

Music festivals [ ]

Skindred has appeared at a multitude of international music festivals. Notable appearances include the band's 2011 appearance at Download Festival, where the 'Newport Helicopter' was born. Skindred also made headlines at the same festival in 2006 when Benji Webbe took part performing Korn 's track A.D.I.D.A.S. onstage at Download Festival with the band, after vocalist Jonathan Davis was unexpectedly rushed to hospital.

Skindred's festival appearances have included:

• Reading and Leeds Festival, England (2013)
• Download Festival – Donington Park, England (2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014)
• Sonisphere Festival – Knebworth House, England (2009, 2010)
• Summer Sonic Festival – Osaka & Tokyo, Japan (2008)
• Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium (2008)
• Hammerfest – Prestatyn, Wales (2009, 2010, 2012)
• Ozzfest UK – The O2 Arena, London, England (2010)
• Freeze Festival, London, England (2010)
• Hurricane Festival, Bremen, Germany (2010, 2014)
• Rock for People Festival, Czech Republic (2010)
• Nova Rock Festival, Nickelsdorf, Austria (2010)
• Gurten Festival, Bern, Switzerland (2010)
• Lowlands Festival, Netherlands, (2010)
• Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary (2010)
• Highfield Festival, Leipzig, Germany (2005, 2011, 2013)
• Woodstock Festival Poland, Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland (2011)
• With Full Force Festival, Germany (2010, 2011)
• Bingley Music Live, England (2011)
• Wacken Open Air Festival, Wacken, Germany (2011)
• Reload Festival, Sulingen, Germany (2011, 2013)
• Merthyr Rock Festival, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (2011, 2012)
• South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival, Austin, Texas, USA (2012)
• Rock al Parque Festival – Bogotá, Colombia (2012)
• No Blur Circuit Festival Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan (2012)
• Hard Rock Calling Festival, Hyde Park, London, England (2012)
• Exit Festival, Vojvodina, Serbia (2012)
• Getaway Festival, Sweden (2012, 2014)
• Sonisphere Festival Madrid, Spain (2012)
• Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium (2010, 2012)
• Hegyalja Festival, Hungary (2012, 2013)
• NH7 Weekender, Pune, India (2013)
• Serengeti Festival, Germany (2013)
• Kubana Festival, Krasnodar, Russia (2013)
• Mighty Sounds Festival, Czech Republic (2013)
• Hellfest, Clisson, France (2013)
• Rock'n Coke Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (2013)
• Redfest Festival Redhill, Surrey, England (2014)
• Rock on the Range, Columbus, Ohio, USA (2014)
• Soundwave, Australia (2014)
• Woodstock Festival Poland, Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland (2014)
• Bråvalla Festival, Sweden (2015)
• Resurrection Fest, Spain (2015)
• European tour with Voodoo Glow Skulls (2003)
• US tour with Nonpoint (2004)
• US tours with Sevendust (2004, 2005)
• US tour with Breaking Benjamin (2004)
• US arena tour with Korn , Chevelle , Breaking Benjamin and Instruction (2004)
• US headlining tour with Fivespeed supporting (2005)
• Warped Tour, USA & Canada (2005)
• UK tour with Reel Big Fish & The Matches (2005)
• US tour with HIM and Finch (2005)
• US Tour with Papa Roach (2005)
• UK headlining tour with Dub Trio (2006)
• US tour 'The Great American Rampage Tour' with Nonpoint , Ankla & Karnivool (2007)
• US, UK & Euro tours with Gogol Bordello (2008)
• Eastpak Antidote Tour with Flogging Molly (2008)
• US, UK & Euro 'Shark Bites and Dog Fights' headline tour (2009)
• US & Canadian tours with Disturbed (2009)
• UK tour with Rob Zombie (2011)
• UK 'Union Black' headline tour with Chiodos & Me Vs Hero (2011)
• Soundwave 'Counter Revolution' tour with Hollywood Undead , Australia (2011)
• Jägermeister Music Tour (UK) with Therapy? & Black Spiders (2012)
• Redline Tour in Japan, with SiM (2013)
• UK & European Kill The Power headline tour with SOil (2014)
• UK & European Tour with Steel Panther 2015

Band members [ ]

• Benji Webbe – lead vocals (1998–present)
• Michael Fry (a.k.a. Mikey Demus) guitar, backing vocals (2002–present)
• Dan Pugsley – bass, programming, backing vocals (1998–present)
• Arya Goggin – drums (2002–present)
• Dan Sturgess (a.k.a. Brixton / Sanchez) – DJ, programming, backing vocals (2011–present)
• Jeff Rose – guitar (2001–2002)
• Martyn "Ginge" Ford – drums (2001–2002)

Studio Albuns [ ]

• Babylon (2002)
• Roots Rock Riot (2007)
• Shark Bites and Dog Fights (2009)
• Union Black (2011)
• Kill the Power (2014)
• Volume (2015)
• 1 Pelle "Dead" Ohlin
• 3 Jomal Linao