After announcing the return of the Vans Warped Tour last week in Las Vegas, NV, ahead of When We Were Young Fest, tickets for the 2025 events are now on sale!
The tour will be kicking off on June 14 and 15 in Washington D.C. at the RFK Campus festival grounds before heading to Long Beach, CA, at Shoreline Waterfront on July 26 and 27 and Orlando, FL, at Camping World Stadium Campus on November 15 and 16. 2-day passes will start at $149.98 with fees included. Tickets are now available here.
In an idobi exclusive, Kevin Lyman made his first public statement about the return of Warped Tour during his annual Charity Bowling Tournament and Concert on Friday, October 18. The event, held in support of Charity Bomb and the Unite The United Foundation, served as the perfect backdrop for Lyman to reflect on the tour’s enduring legacy and its comeback.
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“About two months ago, being a teacher now, I had a little tour I helped on this summer called Summer School—I don’t know if any of you got to go to that,” he starts. “I’d see the fans kind of gathering and the bands supporting each other—we had great bands: Magnolia Park, Scene Queen, Honey Revenge—and I saw that kind of same spirit in 1995 when I thought about starting a tour.”
He continues, “I’ve been working in business for a long time, and I really believe that that community was so important. I saw that spark this summer… I was sitting there and talking about this, and I was approached by someone who built their own community from Insomniac, who does all of the EDM stuff. He said, “Maybe are you interested?” …And I kind of got it back in my heart that maybe I could put something together. So all of those rumors that you’re hearing today—I can’t go out on a 40-city tour, my body won’t let me do it anymore—but we’re coming out with that same thing, and we’re gonna see where it goes.”
He concludes, “So yes, we’re coming back with the Vans Warped Tour this summer! And we’re gonna try to recapture the spirit of the nonprofits, the tents, the bands, all of those things… My motto for this whole festival is, ‘You pay homage to the past, but you look forward to the future of the artists and the community that we all need, especially at a time like this.’”