The Vans Warped Tour now has their first competition headliner for the thirtieth anniversary comeback version of the favored long-running competition. That may be the veteran funk rock outfit 311.
This would be the band’s fifth time showing on the Vans Warped Tour, first hopping on board for the 1996 run of the touring competition. They’ve additionally performed the 1998, 2001 and the newest 2019 version, which was the tour’s supposed farewell.
On this case, the band will head up the lineup in Lengthy Seashore, California on July 26 and 27. This can be their lone Warped look as they aren’t booked for the opposite two stops in Orlando and Washington, D.C.
The looks comes at a good time for 311, as they’re presently supporting their fourteenth studio album, Full Bloom, which arrived final October. The album has already yielded the songs “You are Gonna Get It,” “Want Anyone” and the title observe.
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It must also be famous that in revealing that 311 will play the 2025 version of Vans Warped Tour, organizers have shared that an unique restricted version Vans Warped Tour poster can be out there for pre-order on 3/11 with all web proceeds going to MusiCares. Get a better look beneath.
Who Else Has Been Introduced for the 2025 Version of Vans Warped Tour?
The preliminary day of bulletins included the reveals of Easy Plan, Bowling for Soup, Dance Corridor Crashers, Miss Might I, Pennywise and Chandler Leighton.
The second day introduced 5 extra “reveals” with The Maine, Drain and Saturdays at Your Place being introduced through the day and 311 and Honey Revenge (try the announcement video beneath) being added within the night, bringing the full of Vans Warped Tour bands to 11 to this point. You possibly can see which bands are taking part in which of the three exhibits by means of the Vans Warped Tour web site.
In regards to the 2025 Vans Warped Tour
The Vans Warped Tour is ready for 3 areas with two dates every throughout every cease. Washington, D.C. will get the primary prime, happening June 14 and 15 on the Competition Grounds at RFK Campus.
The Warped Tour then heads west, taking on the Shoreline Waterfront in Lengthy Seashore, Calif., on July 26 and 27. The ultimate cease comes on the East Coast on Nov. 15 and 16 on the Tenting World Stadium Campus in Orlando, Fla.
Tickets for the 2025 thirtieth anniversary version of the Vans Warped Tour are presently on sale. Two-day Normal Admission and VIP packages are presently out there. Go to the Vans Warped Tour web site for ticketing costs and choices.
In a current Rolling Stone interview, Warped founder Kevin Lyman admitted there was a way of longing now that the competition has been out of the summer season circuit lately.
“Since 1997, I mentioned I hoped that there was some child in a storage that was going to come back out and kick Kevin Lyman’s ass sometime, and placed on a greater competition,” he said. “Folks begin remembering as soon as one thing’s gone that it was necessary, it was enjoyable — and I’m hoping to recapture lots of that once more.”
Every of the cities on the 2025 tour have two dates as an alternative of 1. Inside that parameter, Lyman reveals, “We’re getting very, very selective in looking for some distinctive twists to the lineup.” He confirms there can be 70 to 100 bands becoming a member of at every cease.
Although not new, Lyman additionally provides that giving new artists a platform can be a part of the competition’s continued historical past that he needs to hold over. “I’ve at all times felt we have to pay homage to the previous, however we’re seeking to the way forward for the artists and the neighborhood,” Lyman says.
What’s not new is the inexpensive worth. One of many massive components that made Vans Warped Tour so profitable through the years was a fan-friendly worth. That continued for 2025 with two-day tickets going for $149.98 (after charges).
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Pasquale Rotella of Insomniac occasion promotion instructed Rolling Stone, ““[Lyman’s] been actually dedicated to creating this in regards to the individuals, and ensuring that individuals can afford to come back. It actually begins with Kevin making that step, and holding his floor, and having that confidence locally.
Lyman credited the bands for getting in as effectively. “A few of them needed to name their groups and say, ‘No, I need to do that,’” he explains. He additionally reveals that sure bands additionally referred to as different bands to get them on board for taking part in as effectively. “Making a neighborhood sturdy can’t be simply a person factor,” Lyman says, “It takes everybody on the market.”
30 Photographs From 30 Years of the Vans Warped Tour
Wanting again at images of the Vans Warped Tour in celebration of its thirtieth anniversary!
The tour plans to rejoice its thirtieth anniversary with exhibits in Washington, D.C.; Lengthy Seashore, California and Orlando in 2025.
Gallery Credit score: Rob Carroll
