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The iconic punk rock touring festival is returning to the US next year with two-day events in three different cities
By Lisa Henderson on 18 Oct 2024
Iconic punk rock festival Warped Tour will return to the US in 2025 after six years away.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the festival will hold two-day events in three different cities.
Warped Tour 2025 will visit RFK Campus in Washington DC (14–15 June), the Shoreline Waterfront in Long Beach, California (26–27 July) and Camping World Stadium Campus in Orlando, Florida (15–16 November). Two-day tickets will begin at $149.98 (€138), including fees.
Founder Kevin Lyman revealed that 70 to 100 bands will perform in each city next year, though lineups haven’t yet been revealed.
Warped Tour spent 24 years travelling around North America with acts like The Damned, Green Day, Incubus, AFI, Against Me!, Paramore, M.I.A., The Misfits and hundreds more before retiring the touring model in 2018.
There will reportedly be 70 to 100 bands on the bill in each city next year
At the time, Lyman said a range of factors – including an increasingly competitive summer festival market, a shrinking pool of available talent and declining ticket sales among the festival’s teenage demographic – had all contributed to his decision to cancel.
In 2019, Warped Tour returned with three 25th-anniversary editions in Ohio, New Jersey and California with a who’s-who of festival alumni including Blink-182, 311, Bad Religion, The All-American Rejects, Andrew W.K., Anti-Flag, Gym Class Heroes, The Offspring, Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup, Taking Back Sunday, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake and Good Charlotte.
Europe, Japan, Canada and Australia also got their own editions of Warped Tour throughout the decades. The event, sponsored by Vans since 1996, brought 1,700 bands to more than 11 million people.
Following the end of Warped Tour’s run, Lyman rebranded his 4Fini, which put on the annual Warped Tour events, to KLG (Kevin Lyman Group). The production and strategic branding group, KLG, continues to work on festivals and events throughout the industry.
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