First names confirmed for line-up for return of Vans Warped Tour

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Simple Plan and Bowling For Soup among them – buy tickets here.The iconic punk and rock festival is back this year for its 30th anniversary, six years after the previous edition, and will be coming to three cities over three weekends.

Alongside Simple Plan and Bowling For Soup, who have played 13 and nine years at the festival respectively, in being announced today (January 27), are Pennywise, Miss May I, Dance Hall Crashers and Chandler Leighton.Pennywise and Miss May I have both played the Warped Tour a number of times before, while Dance Hall Crashers, who previously played in 1996, are reuniting after 20 years.

Leighton, meanwhile, is making her Warped Tour debut.There are many more names still to be announced, however, with the complete lineup being revealed over the next 30 days.

The lineup posters this year will use alphabetical billing, so no artist will appear larger than any other, regardless of their popularity or longevity.Each announcement will come with unique, artist-created on the tour’s social media channels, with content from Simple Plan, Dance Hall Crashers, Pennywise and Bowling For Soup now live – check it all out here.A post shared by Vans Warped Tour (@vanswarpedtour)A post shared by Vans Warped Tour (@vanswarpedtour)A post shared by Vans Warped Tour (@vanswarpedtour)A post shared by Vans Warped Tour (@vanswarpedtour)Not only that, but Bowling For Soup have also celebrated the tour’s return with a cover of Blink-182‘s ‘The Rock Show’.The first weekend of the festival will take place at the RFK Campus in Washington DC on June 14 and 15, before it comes to the Shoreline Waterfront in Long Beach, California, on July 26 and 27.