NASHVILLE |DATE: MARCH 15, 2005
FROM: KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/LIBBY HENRY/AMANDA HALE
VANS WARPED TOUR 2005
TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED;
INTERNET PRESALE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT WWW.WARPEDTOUR.COM
The Internet presale for the VANS WARPED TOUR®, presented by Samsung and Cingular Wireless, is now underway. As of Tuesday, March 15 at 10:00 AM in each market, tickets are available at www.warpedtour.com for only $19.99 plus 25 cents for the Hollywood Heart* charity and a convenience charge. Fans who participate in the presale will receive one copy of the Vans Warped Tour compilation CD in the mail for every ticket purchased. After the limited presale tickets sell out or when tickets officially go on sale in a market, the early-bird special will expire and tickets will return to their regular price of approximately $25.00, plus applicable Ticketmaster charges.
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.
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, Thrice, Transplants, Tsunami Bomb and Underoath, among others. Go to www.warpedtour.com for the full band line-up. Prominent athletes joining the tour from the action sports world will be announced soon.
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 and Space Station Stage.
The tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
Sat 6/18 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre
Sun 6/19 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
Tue 6/21 St. Louis, MO UMB Bank Pavilion
Wed 6/22 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 6/24 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Centre
Sat 6/25 Houston, TX Reliant Arena
Sun 6/26 Selma, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue 6/28 Las Cruces, NM N.M.S.U. Practice Field
Wed 6/29 Peoria, AZ Peoria Sports Complex
Thu 6/30 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
Fri 7/1 Long Beach, CA Cal State Long Beach
Sat 7/2 San Francisco, CA Pier 30/32
Sun 7/3 Ventura, CA Seaside Park
Mon 7/4 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Wed 7/6 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
Thu 7/7 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Fri 7/8 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Sat 7/9 George, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Sun 7/10 Deer Island, OR Columbia Meadows
Tue 7/12 Vancouver, BC Thunderbird Stadium
Thu 7/14 Calgary, ALB Race City Speedway
Fri 7/15 Bozeman, MT Valley Ice Garden
Sat 7/16 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fair
Sun 7/17 Denver, CO Invesco Field at Mile High
Wed 7/20 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Thu 7/21 Cleveland, OH Tower City Amphitheatre
Fri 7/22 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center Lot
Sat 7/23 Chicago, IL Tweeter Center
Sun 7/24 Minneapolis, MN Metrodome
Tue 7/26 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes PAC
Thu 7/28 Quebec, QC Colisee Pepsi Parking Lot
Sat 7/30 Toronto, ON Molson Park
Sun 7/31 Pontiac, MI Pontiac Silverdome
Mon 8/1 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Wed 8/3 Atlanta, GA HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
Thu 8/4 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Fairgrounds
Fri 8/5 St. Petersburg, FL Vinoy Park
Sat 8/6 Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
Sun 8/7 Orlando, FL Tinker Field
Mon 8/8 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue 8/9 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 8/10 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
Thu 8/11 Scranton, PA Montage Mountain Amphitheatre
Fri 8/12 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Sat 8/13 New York, NY Randall’s Island
Sun 8/14 Englishtown, NJ Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
Mon 8/15 Northampton, MA Three County Fairgrounds
* Hollywood Heart (www.camppacificheartland.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing recreational opportunities through a summer camping program for children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
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, Lost Beverage, Dodge, 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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