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Vans Warped Tour 2013 Rolls-out for the 19th Year Featuring Sleeping With Sirens, Black Veil Brides, We Came As Romans, Motion City Soundtrack, The Wonder Years; Plus Leading-Edge Sponsor Activation, Youth Culture DIY Fashion, More

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Photos by Tom Wallace Widely known as America’s youth culture rite-of-passage to music entertainment, the Vans Warped Tour is rolling across the country for the 19th year in a row, attracting more than 500,000 young people during the 40-event tour. Kevin Lyman, the founder and producer, and his team, along with icon Steve Van Doren, […]

Vans Warped Tour to Feature Unique Sponsor Activations Attracting Core of American Youth Culture

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With the new theme for 2013 the “Best Day Ever,” the 19th Annual Vans Warped Tour will kick-off its insane 40-date tour on June 15 in Auburn, WA at White River Amphitheater and wrap up August 4 in Houston, TX at Reliant Park. Known as the unofficial rite-of-passage among American youth, Warped has been breaking […]

Vans Warped Tour 2013 Kick-Off Event Features Summer’s Eclectic Music Mix, New Sponsor Programs, Eco Initiatives, and “Best Day Ever” Theme

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The VANS WARPED TOUR, America’s premier music and lifestyle festival now in its 19th year, kicked-off highlights for what to expect this summer at their official press conference and kick-off bash at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles March 28, 2013. If the event was any indication, this tour will once again be the premiere […]

World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Tour Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest Announces Headliners Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch—What This Means for Metal Music and Summer Tour Season

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In a thunderous display of monster metal madness, the Rockstar Mayhem Fest announced their band line-up yesterday, March 18, 2013, at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go on Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, starting with a procession of motorcycles headed-up by the Hell’s Angels. Musicians, hot chicks on bikes, and hired Harleys rolled-up to the red carpet to greet a mad-packed […]

Warped Roadies Reality Show to Debut Showing Intricate Insides of What Makes the World’s Longest Running Music Tour a Success, Plus More

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As the Vans Warped Tour 2013 moves into entering its 19th year, making the tour the longest running music tour in history and definitely one to watch when it comes to youth culture trends, sponsorship, and up-and-coming artists, it’s undergone a variety of interesting themes, including Punks In Space, Lucky 13, Island of the Misfit […]

Vans Warped Tour 2012 Kicks-off Its 18th Year Featuring 80 Bands on 10 Stages, Including Rise Against, All Time Low, Taking Back Sunday, Anti-Flag, The Used, Yellowcard; Plus Leading-Edge Sponsor Activation, Youth Fashion, More

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Story and Photos by Tom Wallace The Vans Warped Tour is arguably known as America’s youth culture right-of-passage to music entertainment as the longest running festival tour in the United States, attracting more than 500,000 young people now going into its 18th tour with more than 40 dates across the U.S. and Canada. The kick-off […]

18th Vans Warped Tour Kick-off Announces Fresh Changes for the Upcoming Summer Tour, Headliners Rise Against, All Time Low, The Used, Anti-Flag, Taking Back Sunday, and More

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The Vans Warped Tour kick-off March 29, 2012 at the Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles marked the official call that summer music tour season is about to begin. Coming into its 18th year, it can easily claim the title of the longest running music tour in North America. Kevin Lyman, founder and director of […]

Vans Warped Tour Kick-off Reveals Summer Headliners, Paramore, 3OH!3, Devil Wears Prada, Plus Engaging Sponsorship Initiatives, Eco-Sustainability, and More

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The most renowned music tour in the world for youth culture, founder Kevin Lyman with Steve Van Doren announced great plans for the Vans Warped Tour this summer.