As promised by Kevin Lyman late last year, The Vans Warped Tour is coming back as three festival weekends on the west coast, east coast, and midwest in 2019. Today the fest announced the details of their 25th Anniversary events. The Vans Warped Tour Presented By Journeys® will see a ticket pre-sale Tickets go live on Monday, Monday, February 25th.th with the full artist Line Ups To Be Announced On Friday, March 1st. A press release from Warped touts the “Vans Warped Tour (is) headed out for a final summer of music, philanthropy, and community.” Fans can expect the heart of the Warped Tour experience to be intact, but on a much larger scale over 2 full days. 50+ bands across multiple stages, extreme sports ranging from skateboarding to motocross, and an exhibit of art that has come out of the tour’s history.
Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman comments: “It was truly an honor to do a final cross-country run of Warped in 2018; to see fans from all eras of the tour come out for a day to celebrate an event that meant so much to them. I walked away from the final show with a true sense that the Vans Warped Tour became the community I had always hoped for.”
“With the [Vans Warped Tour] 25th Anniversary events, we want to bring the atmosphere of a classic Warped Tour show, but on a scale that our fans simply could not get with a national tour “ explains Lyman, “The bands, the special attractions, everything – we want to bring back elements that have made the Warped Tour, Warped Tour, over the past 25 years.”
Vans Warped Tour 25th Anniversary Events:
6.08 • Cleveland, Oh • Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
6.29 + 6.30 • Atlantic City, Nj • Atlantic City Beach
7.20 + 7.21 • Mountain View, Ca • Shoreline Amphitheatre
The individual band lineup and special attractions for each of the Vans Warped Tour presented by Journeys 25th Anniversary events, will be announced Friday, March 1st. Pre-sales will begin on Monday February 28th and tickets will be available to all on Friday, March 1st.
For many, this announcement comes as no surprise; the Vans Warped Tour 25th Anniversary was eluded to in Lyman’s original statement about the end of the Vans Warped Tour:
“The enduring spirit of the Vans Warped Tour remains as bright as ever, continuing to inspire creativity and ambition in new and exciting ways as we prepare for a 25th anniversary celebration in 2019.”
For more information, fans can visit – https://fanlink.to/VWT25