On October 4, 2020, Fronzak confirmed his intent to be involved in the return of Warped Tour however, "for legal reasons it (could not) come back for "three years or so." Overview In November 2019, rumors spread that Chris Fronzak planned to bring back the Warped Tour after Lyman's retirement. On December 18, 2018, Lyman revealed details for the tour's 25th anniversary, with only three events in 2019.
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Lyman said that the 2018 Vans Warped Tour would be the final, full cross-country run. Although it was primarily a punk rock festival, it covered diverse genres over the years. Warped Tour was conceived by Kevin Lyman as an electric alternative rock festival, but later began focusing on punk rock music. Although Vans continued as main sponsor and lent its name to the festival, other sponsors also participated, with stages or other aspects of the festival being named after them on occasion.
įollowing the first Warped Tour, the skateboard shoe manufacturer Vans became the tour’s main sponsor, when it then became known as the Vans Warped Tour. The festival visited Australia in 1998–2002 and again in 2013. It was the largest traveling music festival in the United States and the longest-running touring music festival to date in North America.
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The Warped Tour was a traveling rock tour that toured the United States plus three or four stops in Canada annually each summer from 1995 until 2019. VICE News attended Warped Tour’s final show to explore its legacy.Annual traveling rock music festival (1995-2019) Warped Tour “It's a strange contradiction to be anti-establishment in punk rock when it’s, like, sponsored by Target, and brought to you by Wal-Mart,” The Used’s Bert McCracken told VICE News.
Warped Tour died because punk culture sold out. The Warped Tour has always been a place for women to find their first foot into the business.”īut #MeToo didn’t kill Warped Tour. “I believe we have bad elements in every bit of society. His response that sexual harassment was “part of the culture” didn’t help. While the alleged sexual misconduct didn’t happen at Warped, Lyman still had to defend his decisions. Some of it was real, absolutely, and you learn from it. When asked about the criticism he was getting from the internet, Lyman told VICE News, “I am really not here to discuss criticism. He denied it, saying, “As for the allegations, they are just that – allegations, and not charges.” And Kevin Lyman, the tour’s founder, let him play. In one incident in 2015, an artist called Front Porch Step, was accused of sexual misconduct with minors. The tour underwent a re-examination of its legacy, and old controversies were picked at like a scab. Warped Tour also coincidentally ended at the height of #MeToo, when many institutions and companies, including VICE, were scrutinized for how they’d treated women. That same year, Coachella, by contrast, made a record-breaking $114.6 million, a sign fans wanted more pop and hip-hop than punk rock. At its peak in 2005, Vans Warped Tour made $25 million, but in 2017, attendance hit its lowest point since 1999, and only grossed about $9 million. The tour that prided itself on its DIY, anti-establishment spirit had seen its clout dwindle over the years.
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