On Monday (January 27), the Vans Warped Tour announced the first batch of artists that will be appearing at the 2025 traveling festival. The initial lineup features Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup, Pennywise, Miss May I, Dance Hall Crashers, and Chandler Leighton. After a five year hiatus, Vans Warped Tour returns in 2025 in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the original punk rock and ska-fueled festival. The full lineup will be disclosed over the course of the next 30 days as part of a reveal series called “30 Days of Warped.” The festival will ultimately feature between 70 to 100 acts, playing across three cities: Washington D.C. on June 14-15; Long Beach on July 26-27; and Orlando on November 15-16. Festival founder Kevin Lyman says of the return of the Warped Tour, “People start remembering once something’s gone that it was important, it was fun — and I’m hoping to recapture a lot of that again.” (Rolling Stone)
