Vans Warped Tour Get Ready For 46-Date Summer Outing

It's not summer until the Vans Warped Tour Presented by AT&T begins. The annual punk rock extravaganza celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, and organizers are promising the most memorable jaunt yet for North America's longest-running touring festival. The 46-date tour commences June 26 in Pomona, CA, and finishes August 23 in Carson, CA. The tour's kick-off party is confirmed for Friday, April 2 at the Key Club in West Hollywood with performances from the Adolescents, TSOL, Sing It Loud, TV/TV and TAT.

The 2009 incarnation of the VANS Warped Tour -- affectionately known as "punk rock summer camp" -- will host a distinct and diverse lineup of the hottest artists on the scene, as well as a full concourse of lifestyle attractions and vendors. Even better, it all comes at a traditionally affordable ticket price. With a new website launching April 1st, WWW.WARPEDTOUR.COM will be more interactive than ever.

Also starting April 1st, fans can purchase their tickets early via the annual internet pre-sale on the website. Fan-friendly ticket prices remain a staple of the Vans Warped Tour. In order to keep the festival affordable for all concertgoers, presale prices are approximately $25. That exclusive pre-sale price gives fans a concert ticket, a copy of the Vans Warped Tour 2009 compilation CD (SideOneDummy), a 25-cent donation to the Camp Hollywood Heart* charity and all service fees. Fans who snag the limited number of pre-sale tickets in each market will also qualify for a chance to win exclusive prizes like tickets to a Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary special event in Los Angeles this September. Meanwhile, the regular on-sale for all of the dates will start on April 18th.

The much-lauded WARPED Old School Stage returns to some cities in 2009. There's another change to the tour's landscape this year -- the tour will feature one main stage instead of two. This tour evolution will allow artists to give fans a full 40-minute set as opposed to 30-minutes in past years. Ten bands will rock the main stage at each date, and set changes will run like clockwork at only 20 minutes, encouraging fans to check out side stages as well.

Tour founder and producer Kevin Lyman comments, "We went to one main stage for a couple reasons. Many of these bands have been around for a long time and have lots of songs to choose from, so this year, instead of limiting them to five or six songs, they will have 40 minutes to play all your favorite songs from the past and a couple of new ones. This year's lineup is a great mix of the old and the new and continues our attempt to keep the lineup as diverse as possible. Since times are tough, it was also important to me to figure out how to keep the ticket price low this year. This way we can accomplish that AND still put on an awesome show."

Plus, keeping our environment in mind, the WARPED ECO INITIATIVES (WEI) continue to be a big part of the tour in 2009. Facets of WEI range from biodiesel fuel for touring trucks and buses to environmentally friendly catering for bands and crew courtesy of Tada Catering. There's even a solar-powered sound system on the Kevin Says Stage. WARPED will again collaborate with Philippe Cousteau's environmental organization Earth Echo International to cultivate environmentally-friendly programs that encourage awareness through action, and to bring these initiatives to into the collective fan consciousness. Furthering WEI's online presence, the WARPED website showcases pages for each tour date, including public transportation options and carpool message boards as well as eco contests and initiatives. WARPED TOUR and EarthEcho International will again organize a volunteer watershed cleanup at NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Monterey, CA.

In addition, the VANS WARPED TOUR has partnered with the TJ Martell Foundation once more. For each tour date, the TJ Martell Foundation will auction pair of tickets and the opportunity for fans to watch their favorite band from the side of the stage. Plus, the second annual Vans Warped Tour/TJ Martell bowling event has been scheduled for June 29th in Phoenix, AZ. Bands will square off in a rock n' roll bowling competition of epic proportions. Working in conjunction with KEDJ (The Edge), WARPED will auction off a spot on every band bowling team, allowing lucky fans to roll alongside their favorite rockers.

• 3OH!3
• A Day to Remember
• A Rocket to the Moon
• A Skylit Drive
• Alexisonfire
• Anti-Flag
• Attack Attack!
• Bad Religion
• Bayside
• Big D and the Kids Table
• Black Tide
• Bouncing Souls
• Breathe Carolina
• Breathe Electric
• Brokencyde
• Cash Cash
• Channel 3
• Chiodos
• Dance Gavin Dance
• Dear and the Headlights
• DI
• Dirty Heads
• DOA
• Escape the Fate
• Every Avenue
• Fishbone
• Flipper
• Flogging Molly
• Forever the Sickest Kids
• Gallows
• Guttermouth
• Hit the Lights
• I Set My Friends on Fire
• In This Moment
• Innerpartysystem
• Ivy League
• Jeffree Star
• Kiros
• Less Than Jake
• Lights
• LoveHateHero
• Madina Lake
• Manic Hispanic
• Meg & Dia
• Millionaires
• NeverShoutNever
• NOFX
• Outernational
• P.O.S.
• Punk Rock Karaoke
• Runner Runner
• Saosin
• Scary Kids Scaring Kids
• Senses Fail
• Shad
• Shooter Jennings
• Silverstein
• Sing it Loud
• Streetlight Manifesto
• TAT
• The A.K.A.s
• The Adicts
• The Architects
• The Ataris
• The Devil Wears Prada
• The Dickies
• The Duane Peters Gunfight
• The Exploited
• The Goodnight Anthem
• The Main
• The White Tie Affair
• There For Tomorrow
• Therefore I Am
• Thrice
• Total Chaos
• TSOL
• TV/TV
• UK Subs
• Underoath
• Valencia
• Vanna
• Westbound Train

The full list of tour dates is below (subject to change):

• Fri 6/26 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
• Sat 6/27 San Francisco, CA Pier 30/32
• Sun 6/28 Ventura, CA Seaside Park
• Tue 6/30 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
• Wed 7/1 Las Cruces, NM NMSU Practice Field
• Thu 7/2 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
• Fri 7/3 Houston, TX The Showgrounds @ Sam Houston Race Park
• Sun 7/5 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
• Tue 7/7 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
• Wed 7/8 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
• Thu 7/9 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre
• Fri 7/10 Toronto, ON Arrow Hall
• Sat 7/11 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
• Sun 7/12 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
• Tue 7/14 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Wed 7/15 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
• Thu 7/16 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
• Fri 7/17 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
• Sat 7/18 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
• Sun 7/19 Oceanport, NJ Monmouth Park Racetrack
• Tue 7/21 Boston, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
• Wed 7/22 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
• Thu 7/23 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
• Fri 7/24 Orlando, FL Central Florida Fairgrounds
• Sat 7/25 Miami, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
• Sun 7/26 Tampa, FL Vinoy Park
• Tue 7/28 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
• Wed 7/29 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
• Thu 7/30 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
• Fri 7/31 Detroit, MI Comerica Park
• Sat 8/1 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
• Sun 8/2 Minneapolis, MN Canterbury Park
• Mon 8/3 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
• Tue 8/4 Kansas City, MO Sandstone Amphitheatre
• Fri 8/7 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre
• Sat 8/8 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds
• Sun 8/9 Denver, CO Invesco Field
• Wed 8/12 Calgary, AB Race City Speedway
• Fri 8/14 Vancouver, BC Thunderbird Stadium
• Sat 8/15 Seattle, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
• Sun 8/16 Portland, OR Washington County Fairgrounds
• Wed 8/19 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
• Thu 8/20 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
• Fri 8/21 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
• Sat 8/22 San Diego, CA Cricket Amphitheatre
• Sun 8/23 Los Angeles, CA Home Depot Center

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