NASHVILLE |DATE: JULY 13, 2006
FROM: KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/LIBBY HENRY
VANS WARPED TOUR®
PARTNERS WITH ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM
FOR EXHIBIT AND TIME CAPSULE
The VANS WARPED TOUR–America’s longest-running touring festival–has partnered with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland to create an exhibit and time capsule to document the history of the tour from its inception in 1995 through the present.
Items are now being gathered for the exhibit–on display for six months from January through June 2007–from a wide variety of musicians and athletes who have appeared on the VANS WARPED TOUR over the past twelve years. Once the initial six-month exhibit ends, these items will be put into a “time capsule” to be stored at the museum for 25 years, opened at a special event in 2031 and again displayed for an additional six months.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will recognize the cultural relevance of the VANS WARPED TOUR and its significance to the punk rock/skate community with the 2007 exhibit and the time capsule.
“The VANS WARPED TOUR truly helped bring the punk rock skate culture into the view of mainstream society,” said Jim Henke, Chief Curator at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. “Few tours have had the impact and staying power of the Vans Warped Tour.”
The media will get a sneak peak at some of the items that will be included in the exhibit at the August 11 VANS WARPED TOUR date at Tower City in Cleveland, OH, home of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. At that point, the items will be taken by the museum and prepared for the January exhibit launch.
For more information, go to www.warpedtour.com and www.rockhall.com.
About Vans Warped Tour®
“America’s most successful festival” (Rolling Stone, June 30, 2005)
Fusing cutting-edge musical artists, top athletes in the action sports world and a wide range of attractions for fans, the VANS WARPED TOUR® has played a major role in bringing punk-rock/skate/action sports culture from the underground to the forefront of American youth culture. Bands appearing on this summer’s VANS WARPED TOUR® 2006 Presented by Cingular Wireless and Samsung Mobile include: AFI, Against Me!, Bouncing Souls, From First To Last, Helmet, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Less Than Jake, Motion City Soundtrack, NOFX, Plain White T’s, Rise Against, Saves The Day, Senses Fail, The Academy Is…, The Bled, The Living End, Thursday, Underoath, Valient Thorr and many more.
About Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission both through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as its educational programs.
The museum is open seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Wednesdays, the museum is open until 9:00 p.m. Museum admission is $20.00 for adults, $14.00 for seniors (60+), $11.00 for children under 8 and museum members are free.
The Vans Warped Tour® is made possible through the support of Vans®, title sponsors Cingular Wireless and Samsung Mobile, Fuse, PlayStation®, Wrigley’s Winterfresh, Hot Topic, truth, Monster Energy and Hansen’s Sodas, Lost Beverage, Gold Bond, Wells Fargo, MySpace.com, Hurley, Smartpunk.com, Circuit City, Energizer® e2™, Major League Baseball, Ernie Ball, Trojan, Eastpak®, Sandisk, Music Edge, Alternative Press, SPIN Magazine, Guitar Center, Hasbro, Sirius Radio, and NAMM/the Music Edge.
Publicity Contacts:
VANS WARPED TOUR: MSO: (818) 380-0400
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson kashton@msopr.com ext. 233
Libby Henry lhenry@msopr.com ext. 224
Brandis DeZon (tour press) bdezon@msopr.com ext. 241
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME:
Todd Mesek tmesek@rockhall.com 216-515-1286
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