The Warped Tour, the annual traveling festival that targets the Vans-wearing, emo-loving youth of America, has recently announced the lineup for their 2009 caravan. As usual (and because the event is celebrating its 15th anniversary), the lineup combines older acts like NOFX, Less Than Jake and Bad Religion with newer artists like 3OH!3 and Black Tide. Other notables on the bill include the hard-rocking Gallows, the Ataris, Thrice, Underoath, Bayside and a bunch of other bands that are currently blasting on Hot Topic stereos. At first glance, the bill lacks the big names of past fests, the Paramores and Gym Class Heroes of the scene, but “special guests” are promised as we move closer to the festival’s launch date of June 26th in Pomona, California.
The following bands have committed to next year’s Warped Tour:
- 3OH!3
- A Day to Remember
- A Skylit Drive
- Alexisonfire
- Anti-Flag
- Bad Religion
- Bayside
- Big D and the Kids Table
- Black Tide
- Bouncing Souls
- Breathe Carolina
- Brokencyde
- Cash Cash
- Chiodos
- Dance Gavin Dance
- Dear and the Headlights
- Dirty Heads
- Escape the Fate
- Every Avenue
- Flogging Molly
- Gallows
- Hit the Lights
- I Set My Friends on Fire
- Jeffree Star
- Less Than Jake
- Lights
- Meg & Dia
- Millionaires
- NOFX
- Outernational
- P.O.S.
- Saosin
- Scary Kids Scaring Kids
- Senses Fail
- Shad
- Silverstein
- Sing it Loud
- Streetlight Manifesto
- Tat
- The A.K.A.s
- The Architects
- The Ataris
- The Devil Wears Prada
- The Maine
- The White Tie Affair
- There For Tomorrow
- Therefore I Am
- Thrice
- TV/TV
- Underoath
- Valencia
- Westbound Train