In 1994, Kevin Lyman had a vision: after working on events that paired skateboarding competitions with live music, he decided to create a national (and later worldwide) tour, pairing extreme sports with live punk music. The shoe manufacturer Vans agreed to sponsor it and the tour was born.
In what has now become a regular summer event, the Warped Tour winds its way through the U.S. and Canada from June to August each year, before it hits a few stops outside of North America as well.
The bands were great, it was awesome fun. Shame that all the tiny baby scene kids were more interested in taking photos of the omg, so hawt band members than enjoying the gigs. I got shouted at for blurring a twitter pick by one girl when I was singing and dancing, and the only movement I saw from tr bring me crowd was when Oli got them to do gangnam style. Utterly infuriating. Maybe Im just getting old but it really spoilt it. Apart from that though, it would have been outstanding. I vote age r...
Thank you for bringing this great tour to the UK!
London, Alexandra Palace, 10/11/2012
Having been to the Vans Warped Tour in Toronto, I was really looking forward to seeing it on home turf. This first UK date was headlined by the mighty Lostprophets who are one of my favourite bands. They played a blinder of a set, closing a great day featuring the likes of bring me the horizon and 3HO!3. Looking forward to a European tour next year.
Very Disappointing
london, Alexander Palace, 10/11/2012
On arrival, getting into the venue was easy, if anything...Far too easy. Into the West Hall, we find a bar, directly opposite the vert ramp (very cramped area ) to the right is the stage. The sound in this hall never improved much throughout the day. Moving to the Great Hall we have the west & east stages - the sound was better here but the layout was awful. The food stalls & merchandise should have been put much further away from the stage areas in both halls. Moving down stairs to the Kevin Sa...
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