For those of you already thinking ahead toward warmer weather and the June 20^th Vegas date of the Vans Warped Tour, the first 5 bands were announced today. Expect to see Bayside, Chelsea Grin, Memphis May Fire, Sleeping With Sirens and The Silver Comet on the tour this coming summer and keep an eye on vanswarpedtour.com for more news. And while a venue has yet to be set, tickets can already be purchased through the Warped Tour's website for $45.00. Since the full lineup is likely a ways away we ask you, who are you hoping is added to Warped this year? ...

Vegas heat isn’t exactly forgiving, so the announcement that this year’s installment of the Warped Tour would take place June 30th on the sweltering blacktop parking lot of the Plaza Hotel was a bittersweet moment for fans of this year’s lineup, which includes Less Than Jake, Lucero, and Against Me!. Adding insult to injury, the price of water at the traveling festival is notoriously high. Many have been critical of the tour’s exorbitant water prices, which are often out of the price range for the tour’s primarily younger audience. This criticism has been ramped up after the death of an attendee at the Bonner Springs, Kansas date was rumored to be caused by dehydration. The Warped Tour and its founder Kevin Lyman offered their condolences after the incident, and have responded to the overall ...