Paramore… it got very frustrating.POMONA, CA (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) - The Vans Warped Tour is hoping that 13 won't be an unlucky number for them as they announce line-up for the thirteenth anniversary of the popular summer tour. And it’s like, dude, Warped-esque bands - you mean Bad Religion. We don’t wanna be a Warped-esque bands,'" sighs Lyman. "Every year, I’d send offers, and just - ‘We don’t want to tour with those bands. I’ve never seen them do a bad thing to someone." ![]() But they’re good musicians and they’re not bad people. Do I personally run around screaming ‘Suck my fuck?’ No. The fans will judge each other’s music.’ Atilla brings people. "Have you met the guys in Attila? We’re not here to judge each other’s music. "People would come up to me on Warped Tour, and say, ‘Well, I don’t want to be on Warped Tour because Attila are on Warped Tour,’" he continues. Then I started watching this community tear itself apart from within, with this band - not even meeting these people, just disagreeing with them or with how they look - bashing that band online. You’d meet these people, and they were musicians too. You’d be in line at catering because of this community setting with no dressing rooms. "Because in 1997, ‘98, Pennywise couldn’t judge a band until you met ‘em in the parking lot. "This is what kind of pissed me off," says Kevin. Not only did Kevin find that the unity that built Warped Tour was no longer present, but preconceived notions about bands resulted in great musicians turning down the gig, lest they come off as a "Warped" act. Some of that was self-inflicted… I thought you addressed the fans that complain on Twitter! I was addressing everyone and tried to keep that conversation going, but you realize that you can’t really negotiate, debate, or educate on social media!" "It took a community to make Warped Tour go. "Ultimately, when I started to think about winding this down after 25 years, it was, ‘I think we’ve lost the sense of community,'" says Kevin. In the latest episode of Inside Track - our podcast in which the true stories behind rock's most important moments are told by the people who lived them - Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman explains what led to him winding down the traveling festival after 25 years. But now, the man behind Warped Tour has stated that it was something much more human behind the festival's downfall - the loss of punk rock community. ![]() When the fest ended, rumors circulated about what ended the festival - most notably financial losses. ![]() Sadly, 2018 was the year's last as a touring festival, with this year's three fests across the country acting as its memorial. It's always sad when a big yearly festival or event comes to an end, and such was certainly the case with Vans Warped Tour, the massive traveling punk rock event that took the world by storm for 25 years.
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