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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Metal fans flocked to San Bernardino, CA for the kick-off of America’s hardest rock tour of the summer, plus Metal Mulisha performances and commentator Full Metal Jackie.
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.
Label Networks announces the launch of their 11th Spring Youth Culture Study 2011–North America.