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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Warped Tour Pulled Off the Impossible and Took Fans Back in Time
There is nothing quite like the music people discover when they're in high school. It's these songs that soundtrack first loves and heartbreaks, and all the moments that feel like they're the end of the world. It's these songs that act as a salve in teen bedrooms and hit even harder live, sung with a sea of people. This weekend, the Vans Warped Tour in Washington, D.C. transported about 40,000 festival attendees right back to those high school summer days filled with sticky pavements, sweaty mosh pits and, if you were lucky enough, crowd-surfing to the songs that mattered the most. In this brief moment of time traveling, everything else felt far away— even our increasingly alarmingly political times, marked by a paltry event disguised as a military parade that our eerily authoritarian president was hosting just a few miles from the festival. At Warped, the only thing that mattered was the music. More from Rolling Stone Warped Tour to Head to Washington, D.C., for Second Consecutive Year Cartel to Celebrate 'Chroma' 20th Anniversary With Re-Recording and Fall Tour Sublime Will Play DC Warped Tour 30 Years After Headlining First Edition Many bands across the Warped Tour lineup also shared they felt like they'd been sent back to their teen years for the weekend, from Warped Tour veterans and ska-punkers Less Than Jake or mid-2010s stalwarts like State Champs. 'We feel like we're going to yet another high school reunion where we know everybody, but we're not sure if we're going to be invited to the party or not,' Less Than Jake vocalist Chris DeMakes told Rolling Stone. 'I kinda feel like a senior in high school,' State Champs lead guitarist Tyler Szalkowski said. With their headlining set on Saturday, pop-punkers All Time Low fully brought Warped Tour back to high school, complete with a marching band and cheerleading squad to join them onstage. But this wasn't just any squad or band; the Maryland natives made sure to honor their hometown and celebrate marginalized voices by inviting the American University cheer squad and DC's Different Drummers marching band to join their set. DCDD is a nonprofit LGBTQ+ marching band dedicated to building pride and community through music. 'We also wanted to make sure that this is a celebration of absolutely fucking everybody out there,' lead singer Alex Gaskarth told the audience. 'You are safe here, you are welcome here,' he said before adding a pointed comment in reference to Trump's military parade: 'This is the place to be tonight in D.C., I'll tell you that.' Machine Gun Kelly closed out the first night of Warped Tour D.C., which some people didn't seem to understand. But up onstage with his larger-than-life persona, it was clear why. MGK embodies the core principles of Warped Tour: an eclectic spirit built from the ground up. The genre-blurring musician came up on the famous Kevin Says Stage at Warped Tour, a stage meant for platforming up and coming acts that founder Kevin Lyman took a chance on. MGK ripped through his wide-ranging catalog from pop-punk tracks like the Halsey-assisted 'Forget Me Too' and his rap-focused 'El Diablo.' He event performed his new pop-leaning single 'Cliche,' in its live debut, singing it to a little girl in the audience in a sweet moment. During her Warped Tour debut on Sunday night, even Avril Lavigne felt that same energy as she asked the audience if they wanted to go back to high school with her. The pop-punk princess knew just how to shuttle the Warped Tour audience back to bygone years: She surprised everyone with a cameo from Sum 41's Deryck Whibley, her friend and former partner, who played the band's Warped staple 'In Too Deep.' Whibley and Sum 41 were not on the lineup at all, making the surprise extra special. Throughout her dazzling set, Lavigne delivered a string of hits from 'Girlfriend' to 'Complicated,' and even included fan-favorite 'I'm With You,' which hit so much harder in the rain. One of the main elements of Warped Tour is the camaraderie between bands that roughed it out together amongst cramped vans and tents for years. This same energy was alive and well, both backstage as bands caught up with each other and during performances as multiple acts invited each other to perform fan favorites for their sets. From Machine Gun Kelly bringing out fellow Warped self-made artist Modsun up for 'Concert for Aliens' to smaller acts like The Wonder Years bringing out Knuckle Puck's Joe Taylor for the Philly emo classic 'Came Out Swinging.' For those who were in high school in the mid-2000s, the highlight was when Derek Sanders from Mayday Parade joined All Time Low for the scene-defying track 'Dear Maria, Count Me In.' The best of these occurrences were when goliaths of the scene welcomed newbies: Boys Like Girls invited viral sensation Brendan Abernathy to sing the band's hit 'The Great Escape' and All Time Low pulled up new pop-punk outfit the Paradox's lead singer Eric Dangerfield for a rendition of 'Hate This Song.' One of the most unique facets of Warped Tour has always been how the festival showcases non-profit organizations. From To Write Love on Her Arms to Fuck Cancer to Music Saves Lives and Headcount and Peta, various organizations that became synonymous with Warped Tour brought their tents back out at Warped 30. In between sets, festival-goers could sign up to vote with Headcount or write down how music had life-altering impact on them with Music Saves Lives. At the heart of Warped Tour has always been its incredible ability to launch new acts and introduce attendees to their new favorite band. For its 30th year, the festival made sure to bring back the Warped Unplugged stage for acoustic performances from emerging artists. There was always a crowd under the Unplugged tent, and it wasn't always to take cover from the heat. It was clear attendees were genuinely curious to learn about new musicians they might not have heard of yet. Early in the day as people flooded into the venue, smaller bands like nu-metal rockers Silly Goose were self-promoting in the same ways from Warped's past, handing out CDs and holding up posters with their band's set time. In the age of Spotify, live music discovery is a rare occasion and that makes warped tour that much more special. Something Kevin Lyman has always understood is that people are hungry for these experiences. As long as music fans exist, they will constantly want to discover new music in person. But few places are able to provide a space like that because of the challenges that exist, from ensuring attendees safety to bearing the cost of the event. It's clear with the support of a mega live event production corporation behind them like Insomniac, Warped Tour could give it not just another go, but a successful one. There were a lot of differences: the sponsors, the locations, the DIY nature has changed with the time, but none of that made the festival feel like a corporatized shell of itself, like some competitors that have cropped up in Warped Tour's absence. Lyman is just as involved as ever before. If you watch the founder for five seconds, festival goers and artists alike are instantly coming up to meet the mythical man that started this all. On Sunday morning, as Lyman stood around the famed half pipe, multiple festival goers came up to speak to him. One father brought his two sons to their first Warped Tour and informed Lyman it was his 20th year going to the festival. For their 30th anniversary, Vans Warped Tour managed to do what it envisioned: to somehow conjure up the best pieces of its past self and bring it into the future in a way that didn't feel outdated or misplaced. And though Warped Tour 2025 was a time machine, no one's perspective was the same. It's a swath of different people and distinct voices. Everyone comes for a different band a different goal. Lyman acknowledged this very fact when he spoke to Rolling Stone back in October: 'Everyone has their own experience when they go to Warped Tour, but they're part of a greater community.' The D.C. edition proved he was right. Launch Gallery: The Best Photos From Warped Tour 2025 Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Vans Warped tour 2025: Where they're touring and how to get tickets
Get out your checkered slip-ons because the Vans Warped Tour rides again! The high-energy music festival is hitting the road for its 30th anniversary this year and will head to three cities for a full weekend of music and festivities. This year's tour will feature a who's who of musical acts representing several genres and eras of music, from ska-pop-funk pioneers like Fishbone to pop punk acts like Avril Lavigne, Pennywise and 311. The tour begins this weekend in Washington, DC (June 14-15) before heading to Long Beach, CA on July 26-27, and Orlando, FL on Nov. 15-16. While dozens of acts have been confirmed at every venue, more are being added every day, you can stay up to date by checking out the official Warped Tour website. Here's everything you need to know about how to get tickets to the 2025 Vans Warped Tour. There are three dates on the schedule for the 2025 Vans Warped Tour. It will head to Washington, DC's Festival Grounds at RFK Campus this weekend on June 14 and 15, Long Beach, CA at the Shoreline Waterfront on July 26-27, and Orlando, FL at the Camping World Stadium Campus on Nov. 15-16. Tickets for the Washington D.C. and Long Beach dates are sold out, though you can find some for resale on Ticketmaster's TicketExchange site. You can still get passes for the Orlando festival at Ticketmaster. Find tickets General admission ticket prices for the 2025 Vans Warped Tour start at $260 for two-day admission to the Washington, DC and Long Beach, CA locations Two-day tickets to the Orlando festival start at $230. VIP tickets, which include VIP viewing areas, temperature controlled restrooms, and expedited festival entry begin at $450. Tickets are also available via reliable third-party sites like TicketExchange and StubHub starting around $299 for two-day passes. View on StubHub The lineup of performers varies at each venue and location at this year's Vans Warped Tour. Each lineup will consist of 70 to 100 bands across several genres including punk, alternative, ska, emo and more. Concert promoters have confirmed that acts continue to be added to the lineups and more will be announced in the future, but as of now, the confirmed performers at the Vans Warped Tour include: Washington, DC (June 14-15) 30H!3, 408, Atmosphere, Avril Lavigne, Beauty School Dropout, Big Ass Truck, Blessthefall, Bowling For Soup, Carpool, Cartel, Chandler Leighton, Chiodos, CLIFFDIVER, Dance Hall Crashers, Drain, Escape The Fate, Fever 333, Fishbone, From Ashes To New, Games We Play, Girlfriends, Hidden In Plain View, Honey Revenge, Ice Nine Kills, Jakobs Castle, Koyo, letlive., Memphis May Fire, Millionaire$, Miss May I, MOD SUN, Motion City Music, nothing,nowhere., Of Mice & Men, Origami Angel, Oxymorrons, Pennywise, People R Ugly, Point North, Royal & The Serpent, Ringppop!, Sace6, Saosin, Saturdays At Your Place, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Silly Goose, Silverstein, Simple Plan, Sophie Powers, Spray Allen, State Champs, Stratejacket, Sweet Pill, The Dark, The Maine, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Urethane, We Came As Romans, We The Kings, World's First Cinema Long Beach, CA (July 26-27) 311, 30H!3, 408, 6arelyhuman, Atmosphere, Ava Maybee, Better Lovers, Black Veil Brides, Blessthefall, Bowling For Soup, Bryce Vine, Cartel, Chandler Leighton, Chiodos, CKY, CLIFFDIVER, Cobra Starship, Common Sage, Dance Hall Crashers, DE'WAYNE, Destroy Boys, Drain, Dye, EKOH, El Centro, Enter Shikari, Fever 333, Fishbone, From Ashes To New, Garzi, Games We Play, Girlfriends, Gravas, Grave Secrets, Honey Revenge, Hot Milk, Iann Dior, Jack Kays, Johnnie Guilbert, Jutes, Kami Kehoe, LØLØ, MEGG, Memphis May Fire, Millionarie$, Miss May I, MOD SUN, New Years Day, Noelle Sucks, nothing,nowhere., Of Mice & Men, Pennywise, Point North, Ringppop!, Royal & The Serpent, Sace6, Saosin, Selfish Sons, Silly Goose, Silverstein, Sophie Powers, State Champs, Sweet Pill, Terror Reid, The Barbarians Of California, The Dark, The Funeral Portrait, The Home Team, The Interrupters, The Paradox, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Trxvis, TX2, Vended, We The Kings, Wiplash, World's First Cinema Orlando, FL (Nov. 15-16) 30H!3, 408, A Loss For Words, Arrows In Action, As It Is, Attila, Beauty School Dropout, Better Lovers, Black Veil Brides, Carolesdaughter, Chained Saint, Chandler Leighton, Crown The Empire,, Deathbyromy, Drain, Escape The Fate, Fame On Fire, Fever 333, Games We Play, Girlfriends, Gravas, Head Automatica, Holding Absence, Honey Revenge, Huddy, I See Stars, Jeremy Romance &, The Zero Friends Club, Johnnie Guilbert, Jutes, Koyo, Lacey Sturm, Left To Suffer, letlive., LØLØ,, Maryjo, Microwave, Millionaire$, Miss May I, MOD SUN, New Years Day, Noelle Sucks, nothing,nowhere., Of Mice & Men, Oxymorrons, Pennywise, People R Ugly, Plain White T's, Point North, Royal & The Serpent, Sace6, Senses Fail, Sophie Powers, State Champs, Story Of The Year, Stratejacket, Surfer Girl, Taylor Acorn, ten56., The Dark, The Home Team, The Interrupters, The Maine, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Starting Line, Traitors, Vended, Waves, World's First Cinema
Axios
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Twin Cities Father's Day guide: "Star Wars" screening, Stone Arch Bridge Fest, St. Paul cat tour
Elder emos, local rock fans and those who know what shoegaze is, listen up — Thursday night kicks off a prime weekend for live music in the Cities. The big picture: If you're reading this on Thursday, you can likely still make it to Kingfield PorchFest — the free music festival in the south Minneapolis neighborhood that exclusively takes place on front porches from 6-9pm, rain or shine. St. Paul's free concert series Lowertown Sounds also kicks off Thursday night with the Flamin' Oh's at Mears Park, and will continue every Thursday starting at 6pm through August 14. Plus: Wort Tour, a play on the long-running alt/rock music festival Warped Tour, returns to Insight Brewing this Saturday with an all-day lineup of local rockers, including headliner Gully Boys. Activities include a pop-up skate park and local skate vendors, a barrel-jumping skate competition with cash prizes, ticket giveaways to other concerts and a new brew release. Tickets are $5, with a portion of proceeds benefiting youth skating, per the listing. In other entertainment news ... 🛥️ Take your dad to test drive boats Thursday-Saturday at Wake the Lake, the Lake Minnetonka festival run by River Valley Marine that, among other activities like wake surfing demos and boat shows, lets visitors test out 15 of the watercraft dealer's top models. RSVP required. Free 🎬 Is your dad a "Star Wars" fan? The Trylon Cinema in south Minneapolis is showing Episode IV (AKA "Star Wars: A New Hope") all weekend, with tickets still available for Friday, Saturday and Sunday late-night screenings. $8 🐈 St. Paul cat fans, your inaugural cat tour is this Saturday! The Hamline Midway Cat Tour kicks off at 10am and will meander for 2.5 miles through the neighborhoods to check out local kitties in windows. Free, RSVP requested 🇲🇽 Check out Mexican folk art this Saturday at a family-friendly community celebration for "ALEBRIJES: Keepers of the Island," the series of 16 creative and colorful sculptures recently installed on Raspberry Island in St. Paul. Expect Mexican folk dance, live mariachi, crafts like puppet-making, soap sculpting and linocut printmaking, food and more. Free 🍜 Eat your way through the Asian Street Food Night Market this Saturday and Sunday in St. Paul, which will feature over 30 vendors selling eggrolls, noodle bowls, sushi rolls, papaya salad, boba tea and much more alongside other activities like a talent show and lion dance. Free entry
Fashion Network
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Hurley launches first brand ambassador campaign with Travis Barker
Global apparel and lifestyle brand Hurley launched on Wednesday its first brand ambassador campaign and capsule collection with Travis Barker. Barker brings his distinct influence to every element of the limited-edition drop and innovative campaign. Camo prints, skull motifs, checker patterns, and old English graphics, define the collection, while staples like chinos, shorts, and overalls nod to Barker's signature wardrobe. The line also features surf and swimwear, alongside accessories including footwear, sunglasses, and headwear. The collection launches with a campaign shot at Barker's recording studio and throughout the streets of California, capturing his raw, rebellious spirit. Personal touches, from the instruments that built his career to his collectible cars and motorcycles, add authenticity to the visuals. "This collaboration is special for us as it showcases the synergy between the spirit and excitement of Hurley in its early days with who we are now as an internationally established brand with the power to do something really loud and exciting," said Joey Gabbay, CEO at Bluestar Alliance, Hurley's parent company. "Hurley has always believed that music and art are the common threads that bring us all together and having a legendary artist like Travis create custom designs and fits based on his own personal style sealed the deal for us. We strive for authenticity in everything we do, and this collaboration is a perfect symbol of that dedication.' Barker's connection with the Hurley brand spans decades. In the early 2000s, during Blink-182's explosive rise on the Warped Tour, he was already sporting Hurley tees and embodying the laid-back rebellion of Southern California. Now, over two decades later, he's officially channeling that legacy into a capsule collection. "This collection represents everything I love about the lifestyle I've carved out for myself," added Barker. "It's tattooed and poetic, chaotic and precise—a beautiful contradiction that just works. It's made for people like me, the punk kids, the surf community and the people who can't help but create. I love the freedom I was given with this process and believe that really comes through in the product and designs."
Axios
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Music festivals worth traveling to in 2025
The music festival season keeps stretching further across the year. The latest: The WorldPride Music Festival in D.C. and The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia both announced their summer lineups this week. The LGBTQ+ festival will feature Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan and ZEDD, and the hip-hop festival will include D'Angelo with The Roots, Lenny Kravitz and GloRilla. September's Oceans Calling in Ocean City, Maryland, announced its lineup last week, with Green Day, Noah Kahan and Fall Out Boy on the docket. Warped Tour is making its return for the first time since 2019 in three cities, with two already sold out. Tickets are still available for the final weekend in Orlando, Florida, in November. By the numbers: In 2024, North America accounted for over 40% of global music festival revenue, with a market size of $863.28 million. The market is expected to grow at 22.2% annually through 2031, according to market research. Here are 34 more music festivals in the U.S. worth traveling to this year: 🎙️ Hip-hop and R&B Rolling Loud California: March 15–16, Inglewood, California Dreamville Festival: April 5–6, Raleigh, North Carolina Essence Music Festival: July 3–6, New Orleans, Louisiana Broccoli City Festival: July 12-13, Washington, D.C. 🎸 Rock and metal Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival: May 8–11, Columbus, Ohio Cruel World: May 17, Pasadena, California Maha Festival: Aug. 2, Omaha, Nebraska Louder Than Life: Sept. 18–21, Louisville, Kentucky Shaky Knees Festival: Sept. 19-21, Atlanta, Georgia Riot Fest: Sept. 19-21, Chicago, Illinois 🎛️ EDM and electronic Big Ears Festival: March 27–30, Knoxville, Tennessee Ultra Music Festival: March 28–30, Miami, Florida Beyond Wonderland: March 28–29, San Bernardino, California Electric Daisy Carnival: May 16–18, Las Vegas, Nevada Electric Forest: June 19–22, Rothbury, Michigan III Points Festival: Oct. 17–18, Miami 🪕 Country and folk Two Step Inn Festival: April 5–6, Georgetown, Texas Stagecoach Festival: April 25–27, Indio, California Outlaw Music Festival: May–September, multiple stops nationwide Newport Folk Festival: July 25–27, Newport, Rhode Island 🎶 Multigenre Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival: March 8–9, Miami Gardens, Florida Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival: April 11–13 and 18–20, Indio, California RiverBeat Music Festival: May 2–4, Memphis, Tennessee Just Like Heaven: May 10, Pasadena, California Kilby Block Party: May 15-18, Salt Lake City, Utah Boston Calling Music Festival: May 23–25, Boston, Massachusetts Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival: June 12–15, Manchester, Tennessee Mountain Jam: June 20–22, Highmount, New York Governors Ball Music Festival: June 6–8, New York City Lollapalooza: dates are not yet confirmed, but usually fall on the last weekend of July or first weekend in August, Chicago Hinterland: Aug. 1-3, Saint Charles, Iowa Bourbon & Beyond Festival: Sept. 11–14, Louisville, Kentucky Austin City Limits Music Festival: Oct. 3–5 and 10–12, Austin, Texas When We Were Young: Oct. 18, Las Vegas Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note the dates for Lollapalooza are not confirmed.
