NASHVILLE |DATE: MARCH 2, 2005
FROM: KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/LIBBY HENRY/AMANDA HALE
LINE-UP ANNOUNCED FOR
VANS WARPED TOUR 2005:
THE OFFSPRING, TRANSPLANTS, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE,
ALL AMERICAN REJECTS, THE STARTING LINE, SENSES FAIL,
THE BLED, THE EXPLOSION, DROPKICK MURPHYS, THRICE,
MXPX, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, SOMETHING CORPORATE, STRUNG OUT, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, ATREYU, FALL OUT BOY, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, TSUNAMI BOMB, THE MATCHES, HORRORPOPS, UNDEROATH AND MORE CONFIRMED FOR 11th ANNUAL SUMMER TREK;
INTERNET PRESALE SET FOR MARCH 15
“The Warped Tour is a bargain…[it] has become a summer ritual for teenagers across the United States, whether they want to plunge into a mosh pit or sing about frustration with authority and messed-up romance. The Warped Tour also connects fans with the do-it-yourself entrepreneurship that has been as lasting a punk contribution as any musical formula."
–Jon Pareles, New York Times, August 9, 2004
Coming off its most successful year, the VANS WARPED TOUR® presented by Samsung and Cingular Wireless–the all-day punk rock summer camp featuring the best in underground, independent and free-minded music and action sports–is set to enter its second decade. A discount Internet ticket pre-sale is set for Tuesday, March 15. Go to www.warpedtour.com for details.
Bands confirmed for this year’s tour include: Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Dropkick Murphys, Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, Motion City Soundtrack, MxPx, My Chemical Romance, Senses Fail, Strung Out, The Bled, The Explosion, The Matches, The Offspring, The Starting Line, Transplants, Thrice, Tsunami Bomb and Underoath. The full current band line-up follows below. Prominent athletes joining the tour from the action sports world will be announced soon.
In an effort to keep America’s longest-running touring festival new and fresh, while continuing to keep ticket prices low by partnering with lifestyle sponsors, fans will enjoy a variety of new attractions on this year’s tour. 2005 marks the first Amateur Skate Jam, presented by Vans and Lost Energy Drink. This is a daily contest where pro-skaters will judge 20 local amateur skaters in each market who will compete for various levels of prize money. Skaters must register in advance at their local Vans store. For more information, go to: www.warpedtour.com.
Tour-goers will be encouraged to help those less fortunate via Punk Junk, an onsite donation center for local homeless shelters. Items needed for donation will be listed on the VANS WARPED TOUR website. Each person making a donation will receive a gift from a tour sponsor.
Another addition to the tour is an Energizer® e2™ Titanium promotion where, at each tour stop, one band will be chosen to play 10 minutes longer that day. The band will be selected in advance through voting held on the tour’s website. MySpace.com also joins on as the tour’s official online media sponsor.
Returning fan favorite attractions include: Reverse Day Care (air-conditioned area where kids can drop off their parents), Fanzine Region, Locker Box, Monster VIP truck and the Button Booth. In addition to the two main stages (appropriately named the “Teal” Stage and “Brian” Stage after their longtime stage managers) and the second or Hurley Stage, side stages include: Volcom Stage, the Ernie Ball Stage (now in its ninth year), Take Action Stage and charity/awareness area, Girlz Garage (sponsored by ELLEgirl), Kevin Says Stage (sponsored by Hot Topic), Code Of The Cutz (hip hop tent), Smartpunks Stage, Space Station Stage and Punk Network Stage (just outside the venue).
Fanscape continues to handle grassroots marketing for the tour year-round, proliferating the Warped lifestyle and message to millions of people around the world. Fanscape also syndicates the Warped news, music, artist features and contests to dozens of music, punk rock and lifestyle destinations on the web.
Bands confirmed so far for the 11th annual VANS WARPED TOUR 2005 presented by Samsung and Cingular Wireless include:
Academy Is
All American Rejects
Amber Pacific
Atreyu
Avenged Sevenfold
Bedouin Sound Clash
Billy Talent
Bleeding Through
Dead 60's
Dropkick Murphys
Fall Out Boy
From First to Last
Funeral For A Friend
Go Betty Go
Gratitude
Gym Class Heroes
Halifax
Hawthorne Heights
Hidden in Plain View
Horrorpops
Hot Rod Circuit
Juliette and the Licks
Kinison
Lost City Angels
Mae
Matchbook Romance
My Chemical Romance
Mest
Millencolin
Motion City Soundtrack
MxPx
Near Miss
No Use For A Name
Plain White T's
Reggie & the Full Effect
Relient K
Rufio
Saosin
Senses Fail
Silverstein
Skindred
Something Corporate
Street Dogs
Strike Anywhere
Strung Out
Stutterfly
The Bled
The Briefs
The Explosion
The Fight
The Matches
The Offspring
The Starting Line
The Twenty Twos
The Unseen
Thrice
Throw Rag
Transplants
Tsunami Bomb
Underoath
Stay tuned to www.warpedtour.com for tour dates and other tour information.
The Vans Warped Tour is made possible through the support of Vans, title sponsors Samsung Telecommunications America and Cingular Wireless, Fuse, Wrigley’s Winterfresh, AOL, Hot Topic, truth, Monster Energy and Hansen’s Sodas, MySpace.com, Hurley, ELLEgirl, Circuit City, Energizer® e2™ Titanium, MasterCard, The Army, Alternative Press and SPIN magazine.
MSO Contacts:
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson at kashton@msopr.com or 818.380.0400 ext. 233
Libby Henry at lhenry@msopr.com or 818 380 0400 ext. 224
Amanda Hale at ahale@msopr.com or 818 380 0400 ext. 238
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