Warped Tour will be heading to Mexico on May 27th. The first batch of bands include Good Charlotte, Suicide Silence, Mayday Parade, and Echosmith. The others announced so far can be found below.
Warped Tour to Allow a Free Parent Ticket Afterall
Warped Tour has flipped their “no free ticket for a parent” stance and will allow one parent to get in free with someone under 16.
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No Free Parents at Warped This Year
Warped Tour will not be offering their “free parent ticket” promotion this year:
In 2015 and 2016, we tested implementing a “Parent Get’s In For Free” program that allowed (1) parent to be admitted to the show for Free if they were bringing a child that had a paid ticket. Unfortunately in 2017 and moving forward, the tour is “going back to our roots” and with the booking of a more balanced lineup including many legacy acts, we are no longer offering the FREE Parent Ticket.
Wish instead I could dictate that zero of my dollars go to Attila. But, who am I kidding? I don’t wanna go stand in the sun all day to watch four bands anyway.
Warped Tour 2017 Lineup
Warped Tour have announced the lineup for this year. You can find the full list of bands below, you’ll have to check your date to see who is playing when.
Warped Tour Lineup Coming March 22nd
Warped Tour will announce this year’s lineup on March 22nd.
American Hi-Fi Added to Warped Rewind
American Hi-Fi have been added to the Warped Rewind cruise.
More Bands Added to Warped Rewind at Sea
Mayday Parade, Story of the Year, Face To Face, The Julianna Theory, and Aaron Gillespie have all been added to Warped Tour’s “Rewind at Sea” event.
Warped Tour Announces 2017 Dates
Warped Tour has announced the 2017 dates and cities they’ll be visiting. You can find that below.
Warped Tour Announce Cruise
Warped Tour have announced a cruise. Next October the “Warped Rewind at Sea” will travel from New Orleans to Mexico with a lineup that includes Good Charlotte, The Starting Line, Less Than Jake, and 3Oh!3 if they don’t get tossed overboard before the trek begins. The announcement video with the full list of bands is below.
A Mini Throwback Thursday: Warped Tour 2016
What can I say? Warped Tour is Warped Tour. My older brother took me to my first in ’98 and every year I tell myself this is going to be my last. As a photographer I have become pretty complacent when shooting Warped, since everyone seems to get the same images as everyone else. This year I tried to focus on getting more isolated portraits, while still capturing Warped in its typical form. I am pretty proud of how a lot of these came out as my goal was to get some images that you couldn’t necessarily identify with the traditional Warped Tour photos. Hope you enjoy.
Warped Tour’s Pro-Life/All Lives Matter Tent Drawing Criticism
Zac Gelfand, writing for Stereogum, on the controversy over a pro-life/all lives matter tent appearing on Warped Tour this year:
Over the weekend, I noticed my Twitter feed begin to light up with photos of a tent in the middle of the Warped Tour dedicated solely to pro-life/All Lives Matter organization Rock For Life. Many tweeters were appalled that Warped Tour, whose target demographic consists mostly of individuals still in their teens, would allow this tent — which, it has been noted is being run by mostly men — to ask young, impressionable festival-goers when they think rights should begin for a fetus.
And from Caitlin White, over at Brooklyn Mag:
[I]t does raise the question why a festival that puts so little effort into booking women to play their stages feels comfortable bringing along an organization that will eagerly tell their young teen audience members what to do with their bodies.
I’ve seen quite a few bands posting about this on Twitter, and I gotta say, at the very least, selling “all lives matter” shirts is flat out disgusting. And for those that keep wondering why I have an issue with this phrase, this article from the New York Times does a good job explaining why:
When some people rejoin with “All Lives Matter” they misunderstand the problem, but not because their message is untrue. It is true that all lives matter, but it is equally true that not all lives are understood to matter which is precisely why it is most important to name the lives that have not mattered, and are struggling to matter in the way they deserve.
Claiming that “all lives matter” does not immediately mark or enable black lives only because they have not been fully recognized as having lives that matter.
Update: It looks like the organization is not actually selling their “all lives matter” shirt at Warped Tour stops, just at the other festivals they attend.
A Voice for the Innocent and Warped Tour Launch “Save Our Scene”
A Voice for the Innocent, a non-profit dedicated to giving a voice to victims of rape and sexual abuse, is teaming up Warped Tour to launch Save Our Scene, a campaign aimed at reducing sex crimes in the music industry through education. The full press release is below.
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Warped Tour Announce Lineup
Warped Tour has announced their lineup for this year’s tour. The full list of bands can be found below by hitting read more.