With the Vans Warped Tour 2015 coming to a close just over a week ago, announcements about the 2016 tour are already underway.
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After 8 years, John L. Reese, the co-founder of Mayhem Fest announced on his Facebook page that the festival was calling it quits. Originally established as an alternative to Ozzfest, the festival co-founded by Reese and Kevin Lyman, has been a staple of the summer touring market for nearly a decade.
Kevin Lyman, founder of Warped Tour, Taste of Chaos and Mayhem Fest, will host a CreativeLive Music & Audio course next month called "In The New Music Biz: Bands, Brands, Managers & Tours. Stream it live on September 27th from 9 am-4 pm PDT. View more info below after the jump
Kevin Lyman is creator of touring music and extreme sports festivals called the Warped Tour, the Taste of Chaos and the Mayhem tours. He also is a partner at SideOneDummy Records. Past episodes can be found here. If you like the podcast, write a 5-star review for it and subscribe on iTunes. This episode is sponsored by Amazon.com. Before clicking and purchasing anything, make sure to delete your cookies. After that’s done, click through banner on this page and it will take you to Amazon’s site with a tracking link that will give us revenue any time you make a purchase. This won’t cost anything extra for you, Amazon pays us for the referrals and it is a great way to help financially support the show doing something you would have done anyway. Follow me on Twitter if you have suggestions for other guests!
The dates for Warped Tour 2014 have been announced! View the dates below; band announcements coming Dec. 4th.
June 14 Salt Lake City, UT
June 15 Denver, CO
June 17 Albuquerque, NM
June 18 Mesa, AZ
June 20 Pomona, CA
June 21 San Francisco, CA
June 22 Ventura, CA
June 25 San Diego, CA
June 26 Las Vegas, NV
June 28 Seattle, WA
June 29 Portland, OR
July 2 St. Louis, MO
July 3 Indianapolis, IN
July 4 Toronto, ON
July 5 Montreal, QC
July 6 Holmdel, NJ
July 8 Darien Center, NY
July 9 Scranton, PA
July 10 Boston, MA
July 11 Camden, NJ
July 12 New York, NY
July 13 Hartford, CT
July 15 Pittsburgh, PA
July 16 Cincinnati, OH
July 17 Cuyahoga Falls, OH
July 18 Detroit, MI
July 19 Chicago, IL
July 20 Minneapolis, MN
July 22 Columbia, MD
July 23 Virginia Beach, VA
July 24 Atlanta, GA
July 25 St. Petersburg, FL
July 26 West Palm Beach, FL
July 27 Orlando, FL
July 28 Charlotte, NC
July 30 Milwaukee, WI
July 31 Kansas City, KS
August 1 Dallas, TX
August 2 San Antonio, TX
August 3 Houston, TX
This past Sunday at the Portland, OR stop, the tour announced that all Dad’s could get in free in honor of Father’s Day. The program, which allows one parent a complimentary ticket into the festival if they are accompanying a paid ticket was an immediate hit and tour founder, Kevin Lyman, a Dad himself, has decided it will continue for the rest of the 2013 run so all Warped fans under 18 can attend without hassle. *Patrons can pick up the ticket at the Vans tent out front.
”We’ve been noticing on our boards lots of fans without transportation,” explains tour founder Kevin Lyman. “We decided everyday for 2013 should be Mother’s and Father’s day, so we will celebrate by giving any parent who is bringing someone to the Warped Tour a ticket to enjoy the fun.”
The program is also an extension of the Reverse Daycare tent. Located inside the vendor village on the Warped festival grounds, theReverse Daycare is a special enclosed oasis—with air-conditioning and movies and cold-beverages—where festival goers can drop-off their parents. This year, organizers have expanded the Reverse Daycare tent which continues to grow every year.
Additionally, those looking for a green way to attend Warped can check out Rock & Bus which provides round trip shuttles to venues. Some venues have shuttles that are dedicated to Warped shows. Check the venue website for more information on easy public transportation routes and venue shuttles for specific Warped shows.
Check out the WARPED 101 section which contains more information:
Upstart label At Your Command Records is excited to announce their first official signing in Virginia’s Pyro, Ohio. At Your Command Records owner Chelsea Steele had this is say on the signing, “Ever since I heard their first EP I knew these guys were going somewhere with their music, and as soon as I had the chance to meet them I had no doubt in my mind that they love what they are doing. This will definitely be a great beginning for At Your Command Records that will kick off 2013 in the best way possible. I expect big things from Pyro, Ohio” With Pyro, Ohio’s guitarist Stephen saying, “We are extremely excited to start a partnership with At Your Command Records. Their professionalism and passion for our music really sold us on signing with the upstart label.
We look forward to working with At Your Command Records to extend the reach of Pyro, Ohio so that we are able to make more music for our fans into the future.” With drummer George adding, “It seems like all of the right pieces are falling into place for us. I can’t express how excited I am to be signed to At Your Command Records. This is a golden opportunity for us and for myself, a dream come true.”
Pyro, Ohio will head to Amped Recording Studios in Baltimore starting Sunday to record their label debut and the follow up to their self-released January EP entitled Welcome to Pyro, Ohio which is a name your price Bandcamp release. With Luke commenting on the forthcoming release, “I am very excited to get these songs recorded because I am proud of every single one of them and cannot wait to share them with the masses. I think that these are some of the best songs we have written together. Also, I think we are all excited to record because our last release was recorded a couple months after forming the band, so we were still getting used to playing together. We have now been a band for a little over a year and have had time to mature as a band. “
Pyro, Ohio combines a variety of musical influences creating a sound that is both refreshing and modern. The band is most often compared to Chiodos, Circa Survive, A Day To Remember, and Glassjaw. The band was founded August 14, 2011 in rural Christiansburg, Virginia. In July 2012, the band was chosen to play on the Vans Warped Tour as part of the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands competition. They were a part of an online voting competition and received over 13,000 votes which placed them at second place for the venue. In addition to number of votes, the winning bands were also chosen based on their creativity, musicianship, and song writing abilities. They were chosen by a panel of record label representatives such as Warner Bros & Maverick Records as well as the founder of the music festival, Kevin Lyman.
Dates for the 2012 of the Vans Warped Tour are below.
Sat Jun 16 Salt Lake City, UT
Sun Jun 17 Denver, CO
Wed Jun 20 Las Vegas, NV
Thu Jun 21 Irvine, CA
Fri Jun 22 Pomona, CA
Sat Jun 23 San Francisco, CA
Sun Jun 24 Ventura, CA
Wed Jun 27 San Diego, CA
Thu Jun 28 Phoenix, AZ
Fri Jun 29 Las Cruces, NM
Sat Jun 30 San Antonio, TX
Sun Jul 01 Houston, TX
Tue Jul 03 Dallas, TX
Thu Jul 05 St. Louis, MO
Fri Jul 06 Detroit, MI
Sat Jul 07 Chicago, IL
Sun Jul 08 Minneapolis, MN
Mon Jul 09 Kansas City, KS
Tue Jul 10 Indianapolis, IN
Wed Jul 11 Cleveland, OH
Thu Jul 12 Pittsburgh, PA
Fri Jul 13 Toronto, ON
Sat Jul 14 Montreal, QC
Sun Jul 15 Hartford, CT
Tue Jul 17 Buffalo, NY
Wed Jul 18 Scranton, PA
Thu Jul 19 Boston, MA
Fri Jul 20 Philadelphia, PA
Sat Jul 21 New York, NY
Sun Jul 22 Oceanport, NJ
Tue Jul 24 Washington, DC
Wed Jul 25 Virginia Beach, VA
Thu Jul 26 Atlanta, GA
Fri Jul 27 Orlando, FL
Sat Jul 28 Miami, FL
Sun Jul 29 Tampa, FL
Mon Jul 30 Charlotte, NC
Tue Jul 31 Cincinnati, OH
Wed Aug 01 Milwaukee, WI
Sat Aug 04 Seattle, WA
Sun Aug 05 Portland, OR