Welcome Back Warped!
Vans Warped Tour returns to Toyota Pavilion, July 18
Once again, the sounds of metal, indie rock, rap, ska, reggae and punk will permeate through the open air of Montage Mountain. National acts and local favorites alike will take the stage at Toyota Pavilion with the return of the Vans Warped Tour Wednesday, July 18. The festival gates open at 11 a.m.
The Vans Warped Tour is long running music and lifestyle festival that tours the nation every summer, showcasing new up-and-coming artists, as well as established acts. Kevin Lyman founded the tour in 1995 and can be credited as giving initial exposure to artists such as No Doubt, Eminem, Katy Perry, Blink 182, The Black Eyed Peas, Sublime and My Chemical Romance and many more.
With a very large line-up and hectic schedule, the tour relies on camaraderie and organization to make things run smoothly. “It’s really awesome how all these people can set up this village of Warped Tour every day and it’s cool because everyone works as a team,” said Levi Benton, singer from Miss May I. “There are 300 to 400 people on the tour and everyone gets along. It’s like a big family. You meet friends for a lifetime on this tour.”
With so many genres on the tour, bands are looking forward to reaching out to new fans.
“I always look forward to playing in front of so many fans that I would I never get to meet,” Benton said. “There are so many different kinds of genres and different kind of people that come to Warped and I look forward to all the new fans. My suggestion is when your favorite bands aren’t playing, go discover a new band.”
Warped is the longest-running traveling music and extreme sports festival in the world and has traveled throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The tour annually reaches more than 600,000 fans in over 40 cities in North America each summer and appeals to music fans and teens with a blend of punk, alternative rock, pop, metal, hip hop, hardcore, electronic, reggae, ska, and extreme sports.
Not only does the festival feature a large list of musical performers all for a low admission fee (tickets under $40), it has a virtual village which includes skating competitions, a reverse daycare center where kids can check in on their parents in an air-conditioned lounge, the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands stage (featuring both local artist contest winners and emerging national talent) and numerous charity and environmental booths which travel on the entire tour.
Now entering its 18th year and making 41 appearances in 2012, the Vans Warped Tour will conclude its run August 5 in Portland, OR.
— tom graham
Vans Warped Tour at Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Wednesday, July 18. Gates open at 11 a.m. Tickets are $33 and can be purchased by calling 1-800-745-3000, 961-9000 or by visiting www.livenation.com. Visit www.vanswarpedtour.com for more information.
On the tour
The daily schedule of the times bands are playing will be available after doors open and can be found at the giant inflatable next to the main Vans tent. Set to Appear in Scranton:
A Loss For Words
After The Burial
All Time Low
Anthony Raneri
Ballyhoo!
Bangups
Bayside
blessthefall
Blood On The Dance Floor
Born Of Osiris
Breathe Carolina
Brian Marquis
Captain Capa
Champagne Champagne
Chelsea Grin
Cherri Bomb
Chunk! No Captain Chunk!
Cold Forty Three
Danielle Barbe
Dead Sara
Dustin Jones And The Rising Tide
Echo Movement
Every Time I Die
Falling In Reverse
Fireworks
For Today
Four Year Strong
Funeral Party
G-Eazy
Greek Fire
I Fight Dragons
iwrestledabearonce
Justina
Koji
Lost In Society
Lostprophets
Make Do And Mend
Man Overboard
Matt Toka
Mayday Parade
Memphis May Fire
Miss May I
Mod Sun
Motionless In White
New Found Glory
Of Mice And Men
Owen Plant
Pierce The Veil
Polar Bear Club
Rise To Remain
Senses Fail
Skinny Lister
Skip The Foreplay
Sleeping With Sirens
Stepdad
Streetlight Manifesto
Super Water Sympathy
T. Mills
Taking Back Sunday
The Constellations
The Ghost Inside
The Green
The Silver Comet
Title Fight
Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds
Tonight Alive
Tony D’Angelo
Transit
Twin Atlantic
Vampires Everywhere!
Vanna
We Are The In Crowd
We Are The Ocean
We The Kings
Wick-It The Instigator
Yellowcard
You Me At Six
Young London
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