The Vans Warped Tour, the summer traveling punk rock summer camp that helped launch the careers of some of the biggest names in music, called it quits for good after 25 years in 2019.If the Warped Tour was to come back next summer, what would it possibly look like?
Punkrockandufos fantasy books what a new Warped Tour lineup would be based on past booking trends, current bands that would fit the bill, and acts we’d like to see. We’ve broken it up into three sections of new veterans, new school and new blood.
New veterans represents acts that played it before, and bigger acts that never have. New school represents bands that would really fit in with spirit of tour, and new blood are newer bands that deserve some shine.
New veterans (the headliners):
The Wonder Years, Turnstile, Eve 6, Goldfinger, Touche Amore, Nothing.Nowhere, Bowling For Soup
New School:
Magnolia Park, Counterparts, Bartees Strange, Hot Mulligan, Sincere Engineer, Heart Attack Man, Movements, Against The Current, SWMRS, Spanish Love Songs, Kenny Hoopla, Destroy Boys, War On Women, Best Ex, The Bombpops, Free Throw, White Reaper, L.S. Dunes
New Blood:
JER, We Are The Union, Origami Angel, Pool Kids, Nascar Aloe, Teenage Wrist, The Linda Lindas, Driveways, Action Adventure, Hot Milk, Alex Melton,Drain, The Aquadolls
-By MIKE DAMANTE
If you are a fan of Warped Tour, Mike Damante’s latest book “Hey Suburbia: A guide to the emo/pop-punk rise” is out now, and features interviews with blink-182, Alkaline Trio, Good Charlotte, Taking Back Sunday, Descendents, New Found Glory and others.