Rancid, Weezer, 311, Kool Keith, Pennywise, Rollins Band, and the Misfits are some of the bigger artists confirmed to play the annual Vans Warped Tour, set to kick off June 22 in Phoenix. An official announcement of participating venues and additional acts for the nearly two-month tour is expected within two weeks.
Making its Warped Tour debut this year will be Incredibly Strange Wrestling, a hybrid of punk rock and hardcore wrestling. ISW appeared on the San Francisco scene in the mid-’90s, and features such wrestlers as El Pollo Diablo, Macho Sasquatcho, Chupa Suave, and El Homo Loco. Young punks making the trek out to the Warped Tour will be encouraged to throw tortillas at the wrestlers.
Here is the complete list of confirmed artists playing the 2001 Warped Tour: 311, Afi, Alien Ant Farm, the Ataris, Big Wig, Distillers, Dub Pistols, Esham, Fear, Fenix TX, Good Charlotte, Grant Theft Auto, Guttermouth, H20, Jepetto, the Juliana Theory, Kill Your Idols, Kool Keith, Less Than Jake, Madcap, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, Midtown, the Misfits, Morgan Heritage, New Found Glory, No Motiv, Pennywise, Rancid, River City Rebels, Rollins Band, Saves The Day, Sugarcult, the Vandals, Userfriendly, and Weezer.
Launch Media purchased the punk-centered music and sports festival last year from Creative Artists Agency, tour founder Kevin Lyman, and law firm Codikow, Carrol, Guido and Groffman.
Here Are The Vans Warped Tour Dates:
- June 22 – Phoenix
- June 23 – Las Vegas
- June 24 – Fresno, Calif.
- June 27 – Chula Vista, Calif.
- June 28 – Irvine, Calif.
- June 29 – Los Angeles
- June 30 – San Francisco
- July 1 – Soda Springs, Calif.
- July 2 – Nampa, Idaho
- July 3 – Quincy, Wash.
- July 5 – Calgary, Alberta
- July 6 – Bozeman, Mont.
- July 7 – Salt Lake City
- July 8 – Brighton, Colo.
- July 10 – Kansas City, Mo.
- July 11 – St. Louis, Mo.
- July 12 – Indianapolis
- July 13 – Milwaukee
- July 14 – Minneapolis
- July 15 – East Troy, Wis.
- July 17 – Sparta, Ky.
- July 18 – Nashville
- July 19 – Little Rock, Ark.
- July 20 – Dallas
- July 21 – San Antonio, Texas
- July 22 – Houston
- July 25 – Atlanta
- July 26 – Panama City Beach, Fla.
- July 27 – Orlando, Fla.
- July 28 – Miami
- July 29 – Tampa, Fla.
- July 31 – Virginia Beach, Va.
- Aug. 1 – Bristow, Va.
- Aug. 2 – Pittsburgh
- Aug. 3 – Camden, N.J.
- Aug. 4 – New York
- Aug. 5 – Asbury Park, N.J.
- Aug. 7 – Cleveland
- Aug. 8 – Buffalo, N.Y.
- Aug. 9 – Boston
- Aug. 10 – Montreal
- Aug. 11 – Barrie, Ontario
- Aug. 12 – Pontiac, Mich.
