Hey CelebSecrets4U readers,
The VANS WARPED TOUR® 2013 will be bringing the “Best Day Ever” to fans across the U.S and Canada. This summer’s diverse tour line-up will feature Sleeping With Sirens, We Came As Romans, Motion City Soundtrack, The Wonder Years, Bring Me The Horizon, Reel Big Fish, Crown The Empire, The Story So Far and many more. In addition, festival go-ers will experience an expanded Acoustic Basement, which features established and up-and-coming acoustic artists, such as William Beckett, Allison Weiss and The American Scene. In keeping with this year’s tour theme, “Best Day Ever,” the VANS WARPED TOUR will be a music lover’s playground with artists from all genres: rock, punk, pop, hip-hop, folk-punk and reggae. New to the tour this summer is the Spotify Stage, which will showcase such EDM and hip-hop artists asCrizzly, Outasight, Wallpaper. and Stephan Jacobs, to name a few. For the full list of confirmed artists and dates they are playing, visit www.vanswarpedtour.com/bands.
Thursday night we had the pleasure of scoping out some of the artists playing this summer’s Vans Warped Tour at the festival’s Kick-Off Party held at LA Live’s Club Nokia. The concert featured performances by Chiodos, MC Lars, “The Voice” and Warped alum Juilet Simms, and many, many more acts, some of whom are just embarking on their first major tour. We were able to attend the pre-show press conference, where Warped Tour founder and producer, Kevin Lyman, discussed his belief in the diversity of this year’s tour lineup, especially with getting more female (and female-fronted) acts on the road. We had the chance to talk to some of the tour’s young and up-and-coming bands, so check them out below and tell us who you are most excited to see on Warped Tour this summer!
The 40-date VANS WARPED TOUR 2013 will begin on June 15 in Auburn, WA and finish on August 4 in Houston, TX. All dates/venues in between can be found on the itinerary included below.
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| DATE | CITY | VENUE | |
| SAT | 6/15 | Auburn, WA (Seattle) | White River Amphitheatre |
| SUN | 6/16 | Portland, OR | Portland Expo Center Parking Lot |
| WED | 6/19 | Chula Vista, CA (San Diego) | Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre |
| THU | 6/20 | Pomona, CA | Pomona Fairplex |
| FRI | 6/21 | Pomona, CA | Pomona Fairplex |
| SAT | 6/22 | San Francisco, CA | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| SUN | 6/23 | Ventura, CA | Seaside Park |
| WED | 6/26 | Las Cruces, NM | N.M.S.U. Practice Field |
| THU | 6/27 | Phoenix, AZ | Salt River Fields |
| FRI | 6/28 | Las Vegas, NV | Silverton Casino Parking Lot |
| SAT | 6/29 | Salt Lake City, UT | Utah State Fairplex |
| SUN | 6/30 | Denver, CO | Sports Authority Field at Mile High |
| WED | 7/3 | Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis) | Klipsch Music Center |
| FRI | 7/5 | Toronto, ON | Molson Canadian Amphitheatre |
| SAT | 7/6 | Darien Center, NY (Buffalo) | Darien Center PNC |
| SUN | 7/7 | Holmdel, NJ | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| TUE | 7/9 | Virginia Beach, VA | Farm Bureau Live |
| WED | 7/10 | Columbia, MD (Washington, D.C.) | Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| THU | 7/11 | Mansfield, MA (Boston) | Comcast Center |
| FRI | 7/12 | Camden, NJ (Philadelphia, PA) | Susquehanna Bank Center |
| SAT | 7/13 | Uniondale/ Wantagh, NY | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| SUN | 7/14 | Hartford, CT | The Comcast Theatre |
| TUE | 7/16 | Scranton, PA | Toyota Pavilion |
| WED | 7/17 | Burgettstown, PA (Pittsburgh) | First Niagara Pavilion |
| THU | 7/18 | Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Cleveland) | Blossom Music Center |
| FRI | 7/19 | Auburn Hills, MI (Detroit) | The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| SAT | 7/20 | Tinley Park, IL (Chicago) | First Midwest Bank Amphitheater |
| SUN | 7/21 | Shakopee, MN (Minneapolis) | Canterbury Park |
| TUE | 7/23 | Bonner Springs, KS (Kansas City) | Sandstone Amphitheater |
| WED | 7/24 | Maryland Heights, MO (St. Louis) | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater |
| THU | 7/25 | Atlanta, GA | Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood |
| FRI | 7/26 | St. Petersburg, FL (Tampa) | Vinoy Park |
| SAT | 7/27 | West Palm Beach, FL (Miami) | Cruzan Amphitheatre |
| SUN | 7/28 | Orlando, FL | Central Florida Fairgrounds |
| MON | 7/29 | Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| TUE | 7/30 | Cincinnati, OH | Riverbend Music Center |
| WED | 7/31 | Milwaukee, WI | Marcus Amphitheatre |
| FRI | 8/2 | Dallas, TX | Gexa Energy Pavilion |
| SAT | 8/3 | San Antonio, TX | AT&T Center |
| SUN | 8/4 | Houston, TX | Reliant Park – Main St. Lot |
Credit: Jordan Passaretti for CelebSecrets4U
