Let’s Get Warped
Vans Warped Tour Returns to Montage Mountain
Like any good spice rack, the artist line-up of Vans Warped Tour 2013 has a dash of everything. The world famous music and lifestyle festival tour of the summer hits The 570 with a visit to the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Tuesday, July 16. The all-day music marathon on the mountain kicks off at noon.
This year’s performers include August Burns Red, Hawthorne Heights, Black Veil Brides, blessthefall, Bowling for Soup, Bring Me the Horizon, Chiodos, Memphis May Fire, Motion City Soundtrack, Never Shout Never, Tonight Alive, MC Lars, Reel Big Fish, Sleeping With Sirens, The Used, The Wonder Years, We Came As Romans and more. (See full line-up on the570.com).
The tour is best known for introducing up-and-coming artists to wider audiences as well as showcasing major established acts. The festival features a diverse selection of artists based in multiple genres including punk, metal, indie, rock, hip-hop, rap, electronic dance music (EDM), reggae and pop music. Warped is also known for its traditionally low ticket prices (since the start, tickets for the all-day event do not exceed $40).
It all began in 1995 when concert production veteran Kevin Lyman founded the tour. Soon after, Warped was introducing music fans to then featured acts such as No Doubt, Eminem, Katy Perry, Blink 182, Black Eyed Peas, Sublime and My Chemical Romance among hundreds of others. The tour brought punk rock/skate/action sports culture into the national spotlight, with unique attractions including Vans skating competitions featuring professional and amateur skaters competing for prizes, Reverse Daycare (where kids can check in with their parents while they relax in an air-conditioned lounge) and the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands, a stage featuring both local contest winners and national acts.
Vans Warped Tour also champions many different charitable causes during their summer trek and is the first tour to use groundbreaking environmental concepts every year on the road. The tour continues to implement these concepts known as Warped Eco Initiatives (WEI) which include the use of Biodiesel fuel for touring trucks, buses and generators and the implementation of environmentally-friendly catering for the artists and crew. A solar-powered sound system is used on the “Kevin Says Stage” and www.vanswarpedtour.com provides public transportation and carpool social media app options for fans to connect before every show.
Since its inception, the tour has traveled throughout the world giving many diverse acts their first large international exposure to Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The tour annually reaches more than 600,000 kids in more than 40 cities in North America each summer.
— tom graham
If you go:
What: Vans Warped Tour 2013
Where: Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
When: Tuesday, July 16. Doors: 11:30 a.m., Show: 12 p.m.
Tickets: $35, www.ticketmaster.com, Toyota Pavilion at Montage Box Office, 1-800-745-3000.
Warped Tour Line-up
(subject to change)
3OH!3
Acres Of Lions
Action Item
Alcoa (Derek of Defeater)
Allison Weiss
Allstar Weekend
Alvarez Kings
Anarbor
Architects (UK)
Art of Shock
Attila
August Burns Red
Austin Lucas
Bangups
Beebs And Her Money Makers
Beware Of Darkness
Big Chocolate
Big D And The Kids Table
Billy Talent
Billy The Kid
Black Veil Brides
blessthefall
Bowling For Soup
Brian Marquis
Bring Me The Horizon
Charlie Simpson
Chiodos
Citizen
Courage My Love
Craig Owens (Chiodos)
Crizzly
Crossfaith
Crown The Empire
Defeater
Die Mannequin
Diemonds
Dose Of Adolescence
Driver Friendly
Echosmith
Emily’s Army
Five Knives
For The Foxes
Forever Came Calling
Forever The Sickest Kids
Frank Bang & The Secret Stash
Gabe Kubanda
Gin Wigmore
Go Radio
Goldfinger
GOLDHOUSE
Handguns
Hands Like Houses
Hawthorne Heights
Heritage
Hunter Valentine
I Can Make A Mess (Ace Enders of The Early November)
I See Stars
Ice Nine Kills
Issues
Itch
July
Kairo Kingdom
Kaleido
Kevin Seconds
letlive
Like Moths To Flames
Lionz Of Zion
Lost In Atlantis
Mac Lethal
Madchild
Man Overboard
Matt Embree (RX Bandits)
MC Lars
Memphis May Fire
Middle Finger Salute
Mighty Mongo
Mixtapes
Monte Pittman
Motion City Soundtrack
Never Shout Never
New Beat Fund
New Empire
New Years Day
No Bragging Rights
Obey The Brave
Oh, Sleeper
Outasight
Owen Plant
Pacific Dub
RDGLDGRN
Real Friends
Reel Big Fish
Relient K
Robert Jon & The Wreck
Run DMT
Secrets
Set It Off
Shy KidX
Silverstein
Sleeping With Sirens
Stephan Jacobs
Stick To Your Guns
Story of the Year
Strawberry Blondes
Sumo Cyco
Super Water Sympathy
Texas In July
The American Scene
The Amity Affliction
The Aquabats
The Black Dahlia Murder
The Chariot
The Cleopatra Complex
The Early November
The Exposed
The Indecent
The Saint Alvia
The Sheds
The Snips
The Story So Far
The Summer Set
The Swellers
The Tower and The Fool
The Used
The Wonder Years
TheCityShakeUp
Tonight Alive
Upon A Burning Body
VersaEmerge
Vinnie Caruana
Volumes
Wallpaper
We Came As Romans
While She Sleeps
William Beckett
Woe Is Me
Young London