The Vans Warped Tour has officially announced the lineup and itinerary for the 11th annual edition of the punk/skating tour. As previously reported by MTV News, the bill for the oldest touring festival in the U.S. will be topped by the Offspring and My Chemical Romance, along with the Transplants, MxPx, All-American Rejects, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Atreyu and Senses Fail.
The 48-date tour, which kicks off on June 17 at the Germain Amphitheatre in Columbus, Ohio, will snake its way across the country through mid-August, wrapping up on August 14 at the Englishtown Raceway in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Discount tickets will be available on the Warped Web site beginning March 15.
New attractions for 2005 include the Amateur Skate Jam (a daily contest judged by pro skaters for local amateur skaters, who will compete for prize money) and, for the first time, fans can also vote daily on the tour’s Web site on which band they would like to see play for an extra 10 minutes.
Making their return are such popular attractions as Reverse Day Care (an air-conditioned area where kids can drop off their parents), the Codes of the Cutz hip-hop tent and the Girlz Garage stage. Organizers are also encouraging attendees to donate items for local homeless shelters through Punk Junk, an on-site donation center.
Other bands confirmed to perform so far: A Thorn for Every Heart, Academy Is, Amber Pacific, Armor for Sleep, Avenged Sevenfold, Bedouin Sound Clash, Billy Talent, the Bled, Bleeding Through, Boys Night Out, the Briefs, a Change of Pace, Dead 60’s, Emery, the Explosion, the Fight, From First to Last, Funeral for a Friend, Gatsby’s American Dream, Go Betty Go, Gratitude, Greeley Estates, Gym Class Heroes, Halifax, Hidden in Plain View, Hopesfall, HorrorPops, Hot Rod Circuit, Juliette and the Licks Kinison, Left Alone, Lost City Angels, Mae, Matchbook Romance, the Matches, Midtown, Millencolin, Motion City Soundtrack, Near Miss, Plain White T’s, Reggie & the Full Effect, Relient K, Rufio, Saosin, Silverstein, Skindred, Something Corporate, the Starting Line, Street Dogs, Strike Anywhere, Stutterfly, Throw Rag, Tsunami Bomb, the Twenty Twos, Yesterday’s Rising and ZAO.
Warped Tour dates, according to tour organizers:
- 6/17 – Columbus, OH – Germain Amphitheatre
- 6/18 – Columbus, OH – Germain Amphitheatre
- 6/19 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheatre
- 6/21 – St. Louis, MO – UMB Bank Pavilion
- 6/22 – Kansas City, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
- 6/24 – Dallas, TX – Smirnoff Music Center Lot
- 6/25 – Houston, TX – Reliant Center
- 6/26 – San Antonio, TX – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
- 6/28 – Las Cruces, NM – N.M.S.U. Practice Field
- 6/29 – Peoria, AZ – Peoria Sports Complex
- 6/30 – San Diego, CA – Coors Amphitheatre/ UCSD Field
- 7/1 – Long Beach, CA – Cal State Long Beach
- 7/2 – San Francisco – Pier 30/32
- 7/3 – Ventura, CA – Seaside Park
- 7/4 – Fresno, CA – Selland Arena Lot
- 7/6 – Long Beach, CA – Cal State Long Beach
- 7/7 – Marysville, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre Lot
- 7/8 – Boise, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheatre Lot
- 7/9 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre Lot
- 7/10 – Saint Helens, OR – Columbia Meadows
- 7/12 – Vancouver, BC – Thunderbird Stadium
- 7/14 – Calgary, AB – Race City Speedway
- 7/15 – Bozeman, MT – Gallatin County Fairgrounds
- 7/16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah State Fairgrounds
- 7/17 – Denver, CO – Invesco Field at Mile High
- 7/20 – Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
- 7/21 – Cleveland, OH – Tower City Amphitheatre
- 7/22 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center Lot
- 7/23 – Chicago, IL – Tweeter Center
- 7/24 – Minneapolis, MN – Metrodome
- 7/26 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Six Flags P.A.C.
- 7/28 – Quebec, QC – Colisee Pepsi Parking Lot
- 7/29 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeu
- 7/30 – Barrie, ON – Molson Park
- 7/31 – Pontiac, MI – Pontiac Silverdome
- 8/1 – Burgettstown, PA – Post-Gazette Pavilion
- 8/3 – Atlanta, GA – HiFi Buys Amphitheater Lot
- 8/4 – Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Fairgrounds
- 8/5 – St. Petersburg, FL – Vinoy Waterfront Park
- 8/6 – Orlando, FL – Tinker Field
- 8/7 – Pompano Beach, FL – Pompano Beach
- 8/8 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
- 8/9 – Virginia Beach, VA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
- 8/10 – Bristow, VA – Nissan Pavilion Lot/ Meriweather Post
- 8/11 – Foxboro, MA – Foxboro Stadium
- 8/12 – Philadelphia, PA – Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
- 8/13 – New York, NY – Randall’s Island
- 8/14 – Asbury Park, NJ – Englishtown Raceway
