Warped Tour Twitter Account Gets Heated with Fans and Bands Regarding Lineup Booking

On February 16th, a virtual stage invasion took place on the official Vans Warped Tour twitter account. While the time to reveal the lineup for their final touring festival is fast approaching, the Warped Tour twitter account has been bombarded by a command of both band members and fans, aggravated by the constant uncertainty in regards to which bands are going to take the stage.

Fans are asking specifically if some of the bands the are craving to see reunited, are going to join forces for the occasion. One particular fan cried out his dissatisfaction by shouting out how badly he would like the festival to be about giving “US ORIGINAL MILLENNIALS SOMETHING” (the all-caps couldn’t be stressed enough here). His complaint relied on the argument that the festival should be about the comeback of notorious pop-punk bands such as Blink-182, Paramore, My Chemical Romance and Say Anything. None of which are officially schedule to appear, thus far.

The festival, however, tried to give a response to alleviate the fan’s outburst. Their explanation as to why none of those bands would appear among the performers could be summarized by underlining the fact that despite endeavors to reach out to them, some of the bands mentioned either won’t reunite or didn’t agree to take part of the show. Simple, yet blunt.

Such response triggered the reaction of some of the band members, such as All-American Rejects' Tyson Ritter, who cared to clarify the fact that the band actually agreed to play selected dates, but the festival ultimately refused to book them.

Moreover, many tweets were actually deleted and, according to theprp, Kelen Capener, from The Story So Far, took issue with the fact that the festival did in fact hint at hypothetical appearances and participations of bands and acts that were later on left high and dry. The Tour’s response, however, was certainly not a light one. After pointing out the fact that the lineup was countless times leaked by insider information, they went on to resurface how the band “posted weed during an IG takeover on our account when we specifically asked not to”.