I would just hate for them to all miss out on that."Ĭontact Jay Cridlin at or (727) 893-8336. "It's so, so satisfying to hit drums and strum guitars and yell. "Really, I just hope young people still pick up real instruments and learn to bash on them rather than pat softly on keyboard keys through software," she said. Even if it looks nothing like it has for the past 23 years. Whatever happens to the Warped diaspora - of fans, of bands, of sponsors and merch makers and stringy-haired guitar techs - Ogden hopes they find their way back to some sort of Warped-like community. "Maybe this brings it back to a homespun (feel), making things locally driven, local scene pride." "It's frankly a more personal thing," he said. Other bands, such as Underoath, have decided they'll start taking more Warped-style bands on tour, "linking back together where it used to be when the scene started," Chamberlain said.Ĭarrabba said taking punk back underground, away from Warped's amphitheaters and fairgrounds, can only help it grow into something new. Some other tour will likely spring up in Warped's place, snatching up its sponsors and co-opting its dates on the calendar. One thing artists agree on is that the death of the Warped Tour doesn't mean punk and metal will soon join it. "It's so much harder for that to happen, for 10,000 kids suddenly tomorrow morning to wake up, and there's the new greatest rock 'n' roll record ever made, and it makes 10,000 kids want to go play guitar. "You're not turning on MTV and seeing Headbangers Ball and seeing Zakk Wylde still shredding after all these years, inspiring kids to pick up a guitar," said Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. In general, rock's place in music culture has diminished considerably from Warped's early and peak years, when bands like No Doubt, Fall Out Boy and Paramore - to say nothing of non-rock acts like Katy Perry and Eminem - could springboard from those summer boot-camp stages to mainstream stardom. He said ticket sales experienced "a pretty big dip last year," especially among younger fans, and the effort to sustain those dwindling crowds simply "hasn't been fun the last few years." In announcing the decision to pull the plug on Warped, founder Kevin Lyman told Billboard its time had simply come. "It was this weird thing where it seemed possible, like maybe I could pick up a guitar and I could make music and maybe I could be on a tour one day." So it's a good demographic for us to reach because they're thinking a bit more critically about issues that really matter," Guinn said."I remember going to the Warped Tour, and the people on stage were just a couple of years older than me," said Dashboard Confessional singer Chris Carrabba. "We find that generally, the crowd at Warped Tour is think a bit more independently, questioning things, and just thinking a bit more outside the box. Christopher Guinn is based in Atlanta and travels with Warped Tour and hopes to get the word out about animal cruelty and veganism. Even activists say it's the perfect place to raise awareness for their cause. The tour does draw a diverse crowd and the attendance is not just limited to music fans. that night, dozens of bands took to the stages showcasing a variety of musical styles and genre. I mean, so close and will all these bands here? Perfect, you know?" Forlenza said "I mean, it's only two hours away from Savannah. News4Jax spoke to Nicole Forlenza, a concert attendee that made the drive from Georgia to see some of her favorite musical artists perform in the River City. Things that they might not ever see again," tour sponsor Dirk Gage said. Opening people's minds to music that might not have originally, you know, they might not have had a chance to hear. It was the largest traveling music festival in the United States 1 and the longest-running touring music festival to date in North America. I like opening people's minds to things and I think that kind of speaks to Warped Tour, you know. The Warped Tour was a traveling rock tour that toured the United States plus three or four stops in Canada annually each summer from 1995 until 2019. Organizers said the best part of Warped Tour is how diverse the artists and the fans are showcasing so many different varieties of music and giving a lot of performers some much-needed exposure to big audiences. There was a lot of excitement among fans who had the chance to see musical artists who don't typically perform in the Jacksonville area.įans said it is a music festival like no other, many of them driving to Jacksonville from near and far. Stages were set up along Beaver Street near the Matthews Bridge with artists performing Monday night. The Vans Warped Tour is showcasing dozens of bands, with everything from rock and alternative to indie and pop punk. – It's back in Jacksonville for the first time in seven years, drawing music fans to the downtown area.
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