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Warped Tour Bands, Dates Confirmed

Rancid, Weezer, 311, Kool Keith, Pennywise, Rollins Band, and the Misfits are some of the bigger artists confirmed to play the annual Vans Warped Tour, set to kick off June 22 in Phoenix. An official…

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Rancid, Weezer, 311, Kool Keith, Pennywise, Rollins Band, and the Misfits are some of the bigger artists confirmed to play the annual Vans Warped Tour, set to kick off June 22 in Phoenix. An official announcement of participating venues and additional acts for the nearly two-month tour is expected within two weeks. Making its Warped Tour debut this year will be Incredibly Strange Wrestling, a hybrid of punk rock and hardcore wrestling. ISW appeared on the San Francisco scene in the mid-’90s, and features such wrestlers as El Pollo Diablo, Macho Sasquatcho, Chupa Suave, and El Homo Loco. Young punks making the trek out to the Warped Tour will be encouraged to throw tortillas at the wrestlers. Here is the complete list of confirmed artists playing the 2001 Warped Tour: 311, Afi, Alien Ant Farm, the Ataris, Big Wig, Distillers, Dub Pistols, Esham, Fear, Fenix TX, Good Charlotte, Grant Theft Auto, Guttermouth, H20, Jepetto, the Juliana Theory, Kill Your Idols, Kool Keith, Less Than Jake, Madcap, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, Midtown, the Misfits, Morgan Heritage, New Found Glory, No Motiv, Pennywise, Rancid, River City Rebels, Rollins Band, Saves The Day, Sugarcult, the Vandals, Userfriendly, and Weezer. Launch Media purchased the punk-centered music and sports festival last year from Creative Artists Agency, tour founder Kevin Lyman , and law firm Codikow, Carroll, Guido and Groffman. Here are the Vans Warped Tour dates: June 22: Phoenix June 23: Las Vegas June 24: Fresno, Calif. June 27: Chula Vista, Calif. June 28: Irvine, Calif. June 29: Los Angeles June 30: San Francisco July 1: Soda Springs, Calif. July 2: Nampa, Idaho July 3: Quincy, Wash. July 5: Calgary, Alberta July 6: Bozeman, Mont. July 7: Salt Lake City July 8: Brighton, Colo. July 10: Kansas City, Mo. July 11: St. Louis, Mo. July 12: Indianapolis July 13: Milwaukee July 14: Minneapolis July 15: East Troy, Wis. July 17: Sparta, Ky. July 18: Nashville July 19: Little Rock, Ark. July 20: Dallas July 21: San Antonio, Texas July 22: Houston July 25: Atlanta July 26: Panama City Beach, Fla. July 27: Orlando, Fla. July 28: Miami July 29: Tampa, Fla. July 31: Virginia Beach, Va. Aug. 1: Bristow, Va. Aug. 2: Pittsburgh Aug. 3: Camden, N.J. Aug. 4: New York Aug. 5: Asbury Park, N.J. Aug. 7: Cleveland Aug. 8: Buffalo, N.Y. Aug. 9: Boston Aug. 10: Montreal Aug. 11: Barrie, Ontario Aug. 12: Pontiac, Mich.

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After 24 years, warped tour's final run lands in minnesota july 22.

A rite-of-passage for a generation's worth of teenage rock fans, the Vans Warped Tour is bidding farewell to the Twin Cities this summer in same-as-it-ever-was fashion: On a Sunday outside Canterbury Park in Shakopee with a few dozen punk, metal and indie-rap acts not often seen at other summer festivals.

Less Than Jake, Every Time I Die, Reel Big Fish, State Champs, Waterparks, 3OH3!, Simple Plan, Asking Alexandria, Twiztid and Mayday Parade are among the bigger names for the touring festival's final Minnesota date, July 22. See the full list of confirmed performers below. "Special guests" are also being teased in each city on the trek.

The lineup was announced Thursday afternoon, following Warped founder Kevin Lyman's proclamation in November that 2018 would be the final year for the tour.

Warped has been a summer concert tradition since 1995. Along the way, it became a haven for such punk bands as Bad Religion, NOFX and Rancid and provided an early boost to the likes of No Doubt, Paramore, Kid Rock, Blink-182 and Minnesota favorites such as Atmosphere and Motion City Soundtrack. Oh, and somehow Katy Perry, too.

"Traveling around the country with a tour this size in the landscape that we're in is… to be honest, I'm just tired," Lyman said in a Billboard interview , where he cited a decrease in young first-timers to the festival last year. "That casual fan that's learning how to go to a music festival -- they were not there last summer... It was a really great show, sponsors were happy, but our attendance was down."

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3OH!3 / As It Is / Asking Alexandria / Assuming We Survive / Broadside / Capstan / Chase Atlantic / Chelsea Grin / Crown the Empire / Dayseeker / Deez Nuts / Doll Skin / Don Broco / Every Time I Die / Farewell Winters / Four Year Strong / Grayscale / Harm's Way / Ice Nine Kills / In Hearts Wake / Issues / Knuckle Puck / Kublai Kahn / Less Than Jake / Lighterburns / Makeout / Mayday Parade / Motionless in White / Movements / My Children MyBride / Nekrogoblikon / Palaye Royale / Real Friends / Reel Big Fish / Sharptooth / Simple Plan / Sleep On It / State Champs / Story Untold / The Amity Affliction / The Interrupters / The Maine / This Wild Life / Tonight Alive / Trash Boat / Twiztid / Unearth / Wage War Waterparks / We the Kings / With Confidence

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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When We Were Young Festival Gives Warped Tour a Run for Its Money With Bonkers Lineup

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UPDATE (1/24):  On Monday, LiveNation announced When We Were Young Festival has added a third date, following its first two dates selling out. The third date takes place on Saturday, Oct. 29 and includes the same lineup, with the exception of Alex G replacing Wolf Alice and La Dispute will not be performing on Day Three. Tickets go on sale Monday, Jan. 31.

UPDATE (1/21): On Friday, LiveNation announced that the When We Were Young Festival will now feature a second date with the exact same stacked lineup on Sunday, Oct. 23.

Featuring multiple stages across festival grounds, earlier acts will perform 20- to 30-minute sets while top-billed acts will perform sets that are 45 minutes or longer.

“We have seen a lot of excitement around this festival and we look forward to putting on an incredible event for all of the fans this October,” festival organizers said in a statement, adding that the event is “thoroughly planned.”

Paramore might not be interested in rehashing the past for their upcoming album , but when the three-piece group gets back on stage, it’ll be part of the most mid-2000s meets early-2010s lineups since Warped Tour wrapped in 2019.

The band is slated to headline the emo and rock event When We Were Young Festival on Oct. 22 at Las Vegas Festival Grounds. General sales for When We Were Young Festival begin on Jan. 21 via the official festival website.

Paramore share the headlining bill with My Chemical Romance and are joined front and center on the Hot Topic-core lineup poster by Bring Me the Horizon, A Day to Remember, Avril Lavigne , Bright Eyes, and Jimmy Eat World.

Scattered throughout the rest of the lineup are some of the genre’s long-dormant, once-hit-making acts, including Pierce The Veil, All American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, the Ready Set, 3OH!3, and We the Kings.

Veteran bands are also joined by a number of acts currently setting the pace for the future of pop-punk, including Fueled By Ramen signees Meet Me @ the Altar and TikTokers turned punk-rockers Jxdn, Lil Huddy, and Nessa Barrett.

Earlier this month, Hayley Williams told Rolling Stone that Paramore’s forthcoming album — their first since 2017’s After Laughter  — isn’t a “comeback ‘emo’ record,” but it will have a particular emphasis on guitars. By the time they step on stage in Vegas, their ever-evolving sound will set them apart once more.

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Warped Tour Dates 2022 / 2023: it’s more than a festival

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Warped tour is an annual summer traveling music festival hosted by Kevin Lyman. It has been held since 1995 and typically features punk rock, alternative rock, hip hop, and electronic dance music bands on a diverse range of stages across North America. The event was founded as an underground punk rock show in 1994 with only a few hundred attendees but grew to over 100,000 people in the 2000s decade. This year’s edition will be held from July 18th-21st at Fairplex Pomona CA.

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warped tour dates and schedule 2022 / 2023

This blog post is an informational guide for those who are interested in the upcoming year’s warped tour dates and schedules. The event is a major music festival that features many well-known bands from genres like rock, punk, metalcore, hardcore, garage rock, hip hop, or electronica. It takes place across North America with stops in cities such as Philadelphia or Chicago to name a few.  There will be multiple events throughout the summer on various days so check back often to find out when your city will host its next act.

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The upcoming Warped Tour is being announced as a continuation of the original tour, which was founded in 1995. The tour will start on June 17th and go through October 12th, with more than 50 concerts across North America.  Tickets are available now for those who want to be involved in this event! Be sure to grab them before they sell out.

There is a little glimpse of the upcoming concert, price upon the range.

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We’re looking at the lineup for Warped Tour 2022 and 2023. The lineup this year is diverse, with artists from all over the world and spanning many genres of music. This list includes newcomers to the tour as well as some old favorites that have been touring for years.

The lineup for next year’s Warped Tour has not been announced yet, but we can speculate on what it will look like based on previous lineups. Previous lineups have included a wide variety of bands in various musical genres including

• alternative rock
• hardcore punk
• post-hardcore punk rock
• emo rock/punk rock revivalist
• and pop-punk among others

There are usually several prominent bands who return each year.

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If you’re looking for a warped tour shirt, but don’t know how to buy one, this is the post for you! Concerts are so much fun and it’s always nice to have a souvenir. If you want an authentic tour t-shirt then there are two ways that I can show you where to find them.

The first way is by going straight to the band website which will give the most accurate search results because they usually list all of their merchandise including apparel.

Another way would be through google images or any other online store in general and see what pops up when searching “warped tour shirt”.

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Vans Warped Tour 25th Anniversary Details Announced

Also, in partnership with the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, the traveling tour will curate a special exhibit called "Forever Warped: 25 Years of Vans Warped Tour"

As the 25 th anniversary of Vans Warped Tour gets closer, the famed punk-rock festival has announced two additional cities to hit this summer, plus new details about what fans can expect to see once they’re on site. In addition to the previously announced June 8 date in Cleveland, Ohio, Warped Tour 2019 is due to hit Atlantic City, N.J. on June 29 and 30 and Mountain View, Calif. on July 20 and 21.  

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Also, in honor of the tour’s 25th anniversary (and final traveling tour setup), fans can expect to enjoy an exhibit in partnership with the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Titled “Forever Warped: 25 Years of Vans Warped Tour,” the exhibit will showcase the tour’s history since it began in 1995. Instruments and other artifacts will be on display from essential Warped Tour bands including No Doubt , Rancid and Fall Out Boy . Joan Jett 's stage clothing will also be on display.

"With the [Vans Warped Tour] 25th Anniversary events, we want to bring the atmosphere of a classic Warped Tour show, but on a scale that our fans simply could not get with a national tour," Lyman said in a statement . "The bands, the special attractions, everything – we want to bring back elements that have made the Warped Tour, Warped Tour, over the past 25 years."

The lineup, which will be announced on March 1, will feature more than 50 bands over various stages. The tour will also feature skateboarding, motocross and other extreme sports.

The tour will end in the Bay Area, which "probably close to half the bands on the first Warped Tour had some tie to," Lyman said.

The Vans Warped Tour is known to be the longest-running touring music festival in North America. Presale tickets will go on sale Feb. 25. For more information, visit the Vans Warped Tour website .

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GRAMMY Rewind: Kendrick Lamar Honors Hip-Hop's Greats While Accepting Best Rap Album GRAMMY For 'To Pimp a Butterfly' In 2016

Upon winning the GRAMMY for Best Rap Album for 'To Pimp a Butterfly,' Kendrick Lamar thanked those that helped him get to the stage, and the artists that blazed the trail for him.

Updated Friday Oct. 13, 2023 to include info about Kendrick Lamar's most recent GRAMMY wins, as of the 2023 GRAMMYs.

A GRAMMY veteran these days, Kendrick Lamar has won 17 GRAMMYs and has received 47 GRAMMY nominations overall. A sizable chunk of his trophies came from the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards in 2016, when he walked away with five — including his first-ever win in the Best Rap Album category.

This installment of GRAMMY Rewind turns back the clock to 2016, revisiting Lamar's acceptance speech upon winning Best Rap Album for To Pimp A Butterfly . Though Lamar was alone on stage, he made it clear that he wouldn't be at the top of his game without the help of a broad support system. 

"First off, all glory to God, that's for sure," he said, kicking off a speech that went on to thank his parents, who he described as his "those who gave me the responsibility of knowing, of accepting the good with the bad."

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He also extended his love and gratitude to his fiancée, Whitney Alford, and shouted out his Top Dawg Entertainment labelmates. Lamar specifically praised Top Dawg's CEO, Anthony Tiffith, for finding and developing raw talent that might not otherwise get the chance to pursue their musical dreams.

"We'd never forget that: Taking these kids out of the projects, out of Compton, and putting them right here on this stage, to be the best that they can be," Lamar — a Compton native himself — continued, leading into an impassioned conclusion spotlighting some of the cornerstone rap albums that came before To Pimp a Butterfly .

"Hip-hop. Ice Cube . This is for hip-hop," he said. "This is for Snoop Dogg , Doggystyle . This is for Illmatic , this is for Nas . We will live forever. Believe that."

To Pimp a Butterfly singles "Alright" and "These Walls" earned Lamar three more GRAMMYs that night, the former winning Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song and the latter taking Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (the song features Bilal , Anna Wise and Thundercat ). He also won Best Music Video for the remix of Taylor Swift 's "Bad Blood." 

Lamar has since won Best Rap Album two more times, taking home the golden gramophone in 2018 for his blockbuster LP DAMN ., and in 2023 for his bold fifth album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers .

Watch Lamar's full acceptance speech above, and check back at GRAMMY.com every Friday for more GRAMMY Rewind episodes. 

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A Guide To Modern Funk For The Dance Floor: L'Imperatrice, Shiro Schwarz, Franc Moody, Say She She & Moniquea

James Brown changed the sound of popular music when he found the power of the one and unleashed the funk with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag." Today, funk lives on in many forms, including these exciting bands from across the world.

It's rare that a genre can be traced back to a single artist or group, but for funk, that was James Brown . The Godfather of Soul coined the phrase and style of playing known as "on the one," where the first downbeat is emphasized, instead of the typical second and fourth beats in pop, soul and other styles. As David Cheal eloquently explains, playing on the one "left space for phrases and riffs, often syncopated around the beat, creating an intricate, interlocking grid which could go on and on." You know a funky bassline when you hear it; its fat chords beg your body to get up and groove.

Brown's 1965 classic, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," became one of the first funk hits, and has been endlessly sampled and covered over the years, along with his other groovy tracks. Of course, many other funk acts followed in the '60s, and the genre thrived in the '70s and '80s as the disco craze came and went, and the originators of hip-hop and house music created new music from funk and disco's strong, flexible bones built for dancing.

Legendary funk bassist Bootsy Collins learned the power of the one from playing in Brown's band, and brought it to George Clinton , who created P-funk, an expansive, Afrofuturistic , psychedelic exploration of funk with his various bands and projects, including Parliament-Funkadelic . Both Collins and Clinton remain active and funkin', and have offered their timeless grooves to collabs with younger artists, including Kali Uchis , Silk Sonic , and Omar Apollo; and Kendrick Lamar , Flying Lotus , and Thundercat , respectively.

In the 1980s, electro-funk was born when artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Man Parrish, and Egyptian Lover began making futuristic beats with the Roland TR-808 drum machine — often with robotic vocals distorted through a talk box. A key distinguishing factor of electro-funk is a de-emphasis on vocals, with more phrases than choruses and verses. The sound influenced contemporaneous hip-hop, funk and electronica, along with acts around the globe, while current acts like Chromeo, DJ Stingray, and even Egyptian Lover himself keep electro-funk alive and well.

Today, funk lives in many places, with its heavy bass and syncopated grooves finding way into many nooks and crannies of music. There's nu-disco and boogie funk, nodding back to disco bands with soaring vocals and dance floor-designed instrumentation. G-funk continues to influence Los Angeles hip-hop, with innovative artists like Dam-Funk and Channel Tres bringing the funk and G-funk, into electro territory. Funk and disco-centered '70s revival is definitely having a moment, with acts like Ghost Funk Orchestra and Parcels , while its sparkly sprinklings can be heard in pop from Dua Lipa , Doja Cat , and, in full "Soul Train" character, Silk Sonic . There are also acts making dreamy, atmospheric music with a solid dose of funk, such as Khruangbin ’s global sonic collage.

There are many bands that play heavily with funk, creating lush grooves designed to get you moving. Read on for a taste of five current modern funk and nu-disco artists making band-led uptempo funk built for the dance floor. Be sure to press play on the Spotify playlist above, and check out GRAMMY.com's playlist on Apple Music , Amazon Music and Pandora .

Say She She

Aptly self-described as "discodelic soul," Brooklyn-based seven-piece Say She She make dreamy, operatic funk, led by singer-songwriters Nya Gazelle Brown, Piya Malik and Sabrina Mileo Cunningham. Their '70s girl group-inspired vocal harmonies echo, sooth and enchant as they cover poignant topics with feminist flair.

While they’ve been active in the New York scene for a few years, they’ve gained wider acclaim for the irresistible music they began releasing this year, including their debut album, Prism . Their 2022 debut single "Forget Me Not" is an ode to ground-breaking New York art collective Guerilla Girls, and " Norma " is their protest anthem in response to the news that Roe vs. Wade could be (and was) overturned. The band name is a nod to funk legend Nile Rodgers , from the "Le freak, c'est chi" exclamation in Chic's legendary tune "Le Freak."

Moniquea 's unique voice oozes confidence, yet invites you in to dance with her to the super funky boogie rhythms. The Pasadena, California artist was raised on funk music; her mom was in a cover band that would play classics like Aretha Franklin’ s "Get It Right" and Gladys Knight ’s "Love Overboard." Moniquea released her first boogie funk track at 20 and, in 2011, met local producer XL Middelton — a bonafide purveyor of funk. She's been a star artist on his MoFunk Records ever since, and they've collabed on countless tracks, channeling West Coast energy with a heavy dose of G-funk, sunny lyrics and upbeat, roller disco-ready rhythms.

Her latest release is an upbeat nod to classic West Coast funk, produced by Middleton, and follows her February 2022 groovy, collab-filled album, On Repeat .

Shiro Schwarz

Shiro Schwarz is a Mexico City-based duo, consisting of Pammela Rojas and Rafael Marfil, who helped establish a modern funk scene in the richly creative Mexican metropolis. On "Electrify" — originally released in 2016 on Fat Beats Records and reissued in 2021 by MoFunk — Shiro Schwarz's vocals playfully contrast each other, floating over an insistent, upbeat bassline and an '80s throwback electro-funk rhythm with synth flourishes.

Their music manages to be both nostalgic and futuristic — and impossible to sit still to. 2021 single "Be Kind" is sweet, mellow and groovy, perfect chic lounge funk. Shiro Schwarz’s latest track, the joyfully nostalgic "Hey DJ," is a collab with funkstress Saucy Lady and U-Key.

L'Impératrice

L'Impératrice (the empress in French) are a six-piece Parisian group serving an infectiously joyful blend of French pop, nu-disco, funk and psychedelia. Flore Benguigui's vocals are light and dreamy, yet commanding of your attention, while lyrics have a feminist touch.

During their energetic live sets, L'Impératrice members Charles de Boisseguin and Hagni Gwon (keys), David Gaugué (bass), Achille Trocellier (guitar), and Tom Daveau (drums) deliver extended instrumental jam sessions to expand and connect their music. Gaugué emphasizes the thick funky bass, and Benguigui jumps around the stage while sounding like an angel. L’Impératrice’s latest album, 2021’s Tako Tsubo , is a sunny, playful French disco journey.

Franc Moody

Franc Moody 's bio fittingly describes their music as "a soul funk and cosmic disco sound." The London outfit was birthed by friends Ned Franc and Jon Moody in the early 2010s, when they were living together and throwing parties in North London's warehouse scene. In 2017, the group grew to six members, including singer and multi-instrumentalist Amber-Simone.

Their music feels at home with other electro-pop bands like fellow Londoners Jungle and Aussie act Parcels. While much of it is upbeat and euphoric, Franc Moody also dips into the more chilled, dreamy realm, such as the vibey, sultry title track from their recently released Into the Ether .

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Living Legends: Billy Idol On Survival, Revival & Breaking Out Of The Cage

"One foot in the past and one foot into the future," Billy Idol says, describing his decade-spanning career in rock. "We’ve got the best of all possible worlds because that has been the modus operandi of Billy Idol."

Living Legends is a series that spotlights icons in music still going strong today. This week, GRAMMY.com spoke with Billy Idol about his latest EP,   Cage , and continuing to rock through decades of changing tastes.

Billy Idol is a true rock 'n' roll survivor who has persevered through cultural shifts and personal struggles. While some may think of Idol solely for "Rebel Yell" and "White Wedding," the singer's musical influences span genres and many of his tunes are less turbo-charged than his '80s hits would belie.  

Idol first made a splash in the latter half of the '70s with the British punk band Generation X. In the '80s, he went on to a solo career combining rock, pop, and punk into a distinct sound that transformed him and his musical partner, guitarist Steve Stevens, into icons. They have racked up multiple GRAMMY nominations, in addition to one gold, one double platinum, and four platinum albums thanks to hits like "Cradle Of Love," "Flesh For Fantasy," and "Eyes Without A Face." 

But, unlike many legacy artists, Idol is anything but a relic. Billy continues to produce vital Idol music by collaborating with producers and songwriters — including Miley Cyrus — who share his forward-thinking vision. He will play a five-show Vegas residency in November, and filmmaker Jonas Akerlund is working on a documentary about Idol’s life. 

His latest release is Cage , the second in a trilogy of annual four-song EPs. The title track is a classic Billy Idol banger expressing the desire to free himself from personal constraints and live a better life. Other tracks on Cage incorporate metallic riffing and funky R&B grooves. 

Idol continues to reckon with his demons — they both grappled with addiction during the '80s — and the singer is open about those struggles on the record and the page. (Idol's 2014 memoir Dancing With Myself , details a 1990 motorcycle accident that nearly claimed a leg, and how becoming a father steered him to reject hard drugs. "Bitter Taste," from his last EP, The Roadside , reflects on surviving the accident.)

Although Idol and Stevens split in the late '80s — the skilled guitarist fronted Steve Stevens & The Atomic Playboys, and collaborated with Michael Jackson, Rick Ocasek, Vince Neil, and Harold Faltermeyer (on the GRAMMY-winning "Top Gun Anthem") —  their common history and shared musical bond has been undeniable. The duo reunited in 2001 for an episode of " VH1 Storytellers " and have been back in the saddle for two decades. Their union remains one of the strongest collaborations in rock 'n roll history.

While there is recognizable personnel and a distinguishable sound throughout a lot of his work, Billy Idol has always pushed himself to try different things. Idol discusses his musical journey, his desire to constantly move forward, and the strong connection that he shares with Stevens. 

Steve has said that you like to mix up a variety of styles, yet everyone assumes you're the "Rebel Yell"/"White Wedding" guy. But if they really listen to your catalog, it's vastly different.

Yeah, that's right. With someone like Steve Stevens, and then back in the day Keith Forsey producing... [Before that] Generation X actually did move around inside punk rock. We didn't stay doing just the Ramones two-minute music. We actually did a seven-minute song. [ Laughs ]. We did always mix things up. 

Then when I got into my solo career, that was the fun of it. With someone like Steve, I knew what he could do. I could see whatever we needed to do, we could nail it. The world was my oyster musically. 

"Cage" is a classic-sounding Billy Idol rocker, then "Running From The Ghost" is almost metal, like what the Devil's Playground album was like back in the mid-2000s. "Miss Nobody" comes out of nowhere with this pop/R&B flavor. What inspired that?

We really hadn't done anything like that since something like "Flesh For Fantasy" [which] had a bit of an R&B thing about it. Back in the early days of Billy Idol, "Hot In The City" and "Mony Mony" had girls [singing] on the backgrounds. 

We always had a bit of R&B really, so it was actually fun to revisit that. We just hadn't done anything really quite like that for a long time. That was one of the reasons to work with someone like Sam Hollander [for the song "Rita Hayworth"] on The Roadside . We knew we could go [with him] into an R&B world, and he's a great songwriter and producer. That's the fun of music really, trying out these things and seeing if you can make them stick. 

I listen to new music by veteran artists and debate that with some people. I'm sure you have those fans that want their nostalgia, and then there are some people who will embrace the newer stuff. Do you find it’s a challenge to reach people with new songs?

Obviously, what we're looking for is, how do we somehow have one foot in the past and one foot into the future? We’ve got the best of all possible worlds because that has been the modus operandi of Billy Idol. 

You want to do things that are true to you, and you don't just want to try and do things that you're seeing there in the charts today. I think that we're achieving it with things like "Running From The Ghost" and "Cage" on this new EP. I think we’re managing to do both in a way. 

** Obviously, "Running From The Ghost" is about addiction, all the stuff that you went through, and in "Cage" you’re talking about  freeing yourself from a lot of personal shackles. Was there any one moment in your life that made you really thought I have to not let this weigh me down anymore ? **

I mean, things like the motorcycle accident I had, that was a bit of a wake up call way back. It was 32 years ago. But there were things like that, years ago, that gradually made me think about what I was doing with my life. I didn't want to ruin it, really. I didn't want to throw it away, and it made [me] be less cavalier. 

I had to say to myself, about the drugs and stuff, that I've been there and I've done it. There’s no point in carrying on doing it. You couldn't get any higher. You didn't want to throw your life away casually, and I was close to doing that. It took me a bit of time, but then gradually I was able to get control of myself to a certain extent [with] drugs and everything. And I think Steve's done the same thing. We're on a similar path really, which has been great because we're in the same boat in terms of lyrics and stuff. 

So a lot of things like that were wake up calls. Even having grandchildren and just watching my daughter enlarging her family and everything; it just makes you really positive about things and want to show a positive side to how you're feeling, about where you're going. We've lived with the demons so long, we've found a way to live with them. We found a way to be at peace with our demons, in a way. Maybe not completely, but certainly to where we’re enjoying what we do and excited about it.

[When writing] "Running From The Ghost" it was easy to go, what was the ghost for us? At one point, we were very drug addicted in the '80s. And Steve in particular is super sober [now]. I mean, I still vape pot and stuff. I don’t know how he’s doing it, but it’s incredible. All I want to be able to do is have a couple of glasses of wine at a restaurant or something. I can do that now.

I think working with people that are super talented, you just feel confident. That is a big reason why you open up and express yourself more because you feel comfortable with what's around you.

Did you watch Danny Boyle's recent Sex Pistols mini-series?

I did, yes.

You had a couple of cameos; well, an actor who portrayed you did. How did you react to it? How accurate do you think it was in portraying that particular time period?

I love Jonesy’s book, I thought his book was incredible. It's probably one of the best bio books really. It was incredible and so open. I was looking forward to that a lot.

It was as if [the show] kind of stayed with Steve [Jones’ memoir] about halfway through, and then departed from it. [John] Lydon, for instance, was never someone I ever saw acting out; he's more like that today. I never saw him do something like jump up in the room and run around going crazy. The only time I saw him ever do that was when they signed the recording deal with Virgin in front of Buckingham Palace. Whereas Sid Vicious was always acting out; he was always doing something in a horrible way or shouting at someone. I don't remember John being like that. I remember him being much more introverted.

But then I watched interviews with some of the actors about coming to grips with the parts they were playing. And they were saying, we knew punk rock happened but just didn't know any of the details. So I thought well, there you go . If ["Pistol" is]  informing a lot of people who wouldn't know anything about punk rock, maybe that's what's good about it.

Maybe down the road John Lydon will get the chance to do John's version of the Pistols story. Maybe someone will go a lot deeper into it and it won't be so surface. But maybe you needed this just to get people back in the flow.

We had punk and metal over here in the States, but it feels like England it was legitimately more dangerous. British society was much more rigid.

It never went [as] mega in America. It went big in England. It exploded when the Pistols did that interview with [TV host Bill] Grundy, that lorry truck driver put his boot through his own TV, and all the national papers had "the filth and the fury" [headlines].

We went from being unknown to being known overnight. We waited a year, Generation X. We even told them [record labels] no for nine months to a year. Every record company wanted their own punk rock group. So it went really mega in England, and it affected the whole country – the style, the fashions, everything. I mean, the Ramones were massive in England. Devo had a No. 1 song [in England] with "Satisfaction" in '77. Actually, Devo was as big as or bigger than the Pistols.

You were ahead of the pop-punk thing that happened in the late '90s, and a lot of it became tongue-in-cheek by then. It didn't have the same sense of rebelliousness as the original movement. It was more pop.

It had become a style. There was a famous book in England called Revolt Into Style — and that's what had happened, a revolt that turned into style which then they were able to duplicate in their own way. Even recently, Billie Joe [Armstrong] did his own version of "Gimme Some Truth," the Lennon song we covered way back in 1977.

When we initially were making [punk] music, it hadn't become accepted yet. It was still dangerous and turned into a style that people were used to. We were still breaking barriers.

You have a band called Generation Sex with Steve Jones and Paul Cook. I assume you all have an easier time playing Pistols and Gen X songs together now and not worrying about getting spit on like back in the '70s?

Yeah, definitely. When I got to America I told the group I was putting it together, "No one spits at the audience."

We had five years of being spat on [in the UK], and it was revolting. And they spat at you if they liked you. If they didn't like it they smashed your gear up. One night, I remember I saw blood on my T-shirt, and I think Joe Strummer got meningitis when spit went in his mouth.

You had to go through a lot to become successful, it wasn't like you just kind of got up there and did a couple of gigs. I don't think some young rock bands really get that today.

With punk going so mega in England, we definitely got a leg up. We still had a lot of work to get where we got to, and rightly so because you find out that you need to do that. A lot of groups in the old days would be together three to five years before they ever made a record, and that time is really important. In a way, what was great about punk rock for me was it was very much a learning period. I really learned a lot [about] recording music and being in a group and even writing songs.

Then when I came to America, it was a flow, really. I also really started to know what I wanted Billy Idol to be. It took me a little bit, but I kind of knew what I wanted Billy Idol to be. And even that took a while to let it marinate.

You and Miley Cyrus have developed a good working relationship in the last several years. How do you think her fans have responded to you, and your fans have responded to her?

I think they're into it. It's more the record company that she had didn't really get "Night Crawling"— it was one of the best songs on Plastic Hearts , and I don't think they understood that. They wanted to go with Dua Lipa, they wanted to go with the modern, young acts, and I don't think they realized that that song was resonating with her fans. Which is a shame really because, with Andrew Watt producing, it's a hit song.

But at the same time, I enjoyed doing it. It came out really good and it's very Billy Idol. In fact, I think it’s more Billy Idol than Miley Cyrus. I think it shows you where Andrew Watt was. He was excited about doing a Billy Idol track. She's fun to work with. She’s a really great person and she works at her singing — I watched her rehearsing for the Super Bowl performance she gave. She rehearsed all Saturday morning, all Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning and it was that afternoon. I have to admire her fortitude. She really cares.

I remember when you went on " Viva La Bam "  back in 2005 and decided to give Bam Margera’s Lamborghini a new sunroof by taking a power saw to it. Did he own that car? Was that a rental?

I think it was his car.

Did he get over it later on?

He loved it. [ Laughs ] He’s got a wacky sense of humor. He’s fantastic, actually. I’m really sorry to see what he's been going through just lately. He's going through a lot, and I wish him the best. He's a fantastic person, and it's a shame that he's struggling so much with his addictions. I know what it's like. It's not easy.

Musically, what is the synergy like with you guys during the past 10 years, doing Kings and Queens of the Underground and this new stuff? What is your working relationship like now in this more sober, older, mature version of you two as opposed to what it was like back in the '80s?

In lots of ways it’s not so different because we always wrote the songs together, we always talked about what we're going to do together. It was just that we were getting high at the same time.We're just not getting [that way now] but we're doing all the same things.

We're still talking about things, still [planning] things:What are we going to do next? How are we going to find new people to work with? We want to find new producers. Let's be a little bit more timely about putting stuff out.That part of our relationship is the same, you know what I mean? That never got affected. We just happened to be overloading in the '80s.

The relationship’s… matured and it's carrying on being fruitful, and I think that's pretty amazing. Really, most people don't get to this place. Usually, they hate each other by now. [ Laughs ] We also give each other space. We're not stopping each other doing things outside of what we’re working on together. All of that enables us to carry on working together. I love and admire him. I respect him. He's been fantastic. I mean, just standing there on stage with him is always a treat. And he’s got an immensely great sense of humor. I think that's another reason why we can hang together after all this time because we've got the sense of humor to enable us to go forward.

There's a lot of fan reaction videos online, and I noticed a lot of younger women like "Rebel Yell" because, unlike a lot of other '80s alpha male rock tunes, you're talking about satisfying your lover.

It was about my girlfriend at the time, Perri Lister. It was about how great I thought she was, how much I was in love with her, and how great women are, how powerful they are.

It was a bit of a feminist anthem in a weird way. It was all about how relationships can free you and add a lot to your life. It was a cry of love, nothing to do with the Civil War or anything like that. Perri was a big part of my life, a big part of being Billy Idol. I wanted to write about it. I'm glad that's the effect.

Is there something you hope people get out of the songs you've been doing over the last 10 years? Do you find yourself putting out a message that keeps repeating?

Well, I suppose, if anything, is that you can come to terms with your life, you can keep a hold of it. You can work your dreams into reality in a way and, look, a million years later, still be enjoying it.

The only reason I'm singing about getting out of the cage is because I kicked out of the cage years ago. I joined Generation X when I said to my parents, "I'm leaving university, and I'm joining a punk rock group." And they didn't even know what a punk rock group was. Years ago, I’d write things for myself that put me on this path, so that maybe in 2022 I could sing something like "Cage" and be owning this territory and really having a good time. This is the life I wanted.

The original UK punk movement challenged societal norms. Despite all the craziness going on throughout the world, it seems like a lot of modern rock bands are afraid to do what you guys were doing. Do you think we'll see a shift in that?

Yeah.  Art usually reacts to things, so I would think eventually there will be a massive reaction to the pop music that’s taken over — the middle of the road music, and then this kind of right wing politics. There will be a massive reaction if there's not already one. I don’t know where it will come from exactly. You never know who's gonna do [it].

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Hear All Of The Best Country Solo Performance Nominees For The 2023 GRAMMY Awards

The 2023 GRAMMY Award nominees for Best Country Solo Performance highlight country music's newcomers and veterans, featuring hits from Kelsea Ballerini, Zach Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Willie Nelson.

Country music's evolution is well represented in the 2023 GRAMMY nominees for Best Country Solo Performance. From crossover pop hooks to red-dirt outlaw roots, the genre's most celebrated elements are on full display — thanks to rising stars, leading ladies and country icons.

Longtime hitmaker Miranda Lambert delivered a soulful performance on the rootsy ballad "In His Arms," an arrangement as sparing as the windswept west Texas highlands where she co-wrote the song. Viral newcomer Zach Bryan dug into similar organic territory on the Oklahoma side of the Red River for "Something in the Orange," his voice accompanied with little more than an acoustic guitar.

Two of country's 2010s breakout stars are clearly still shining, too, as Maren Morris and Kelsea Ballerini both received Best Country Solo Performance GRAMMY nods. Morris channeled the determination that drove her leap-of-faith move from Texas to Nashville for the playful clap-along "Circles Around This Town," while Ballerini brought poppy hooks with a country edge on the infectiously upbeat "HEARTFIRST."

Rounding out the category is the one and only Willie Nelson, who paid tribute to his late friend Billy Joe Shaver with a cover of "Live Forever" — a fitting sentiment for the 89-year-old legend, who is approaching his eighth decade in the business. 

As the excitement builds for the 2023 GRAMMYs on Feb. 5, 2023, let's take a closer look at this year's nominees for Best Country Solo Performance.

Kelsea Ballerini — "HEARTFIRST"

In the tradition of Shania Twain , Faith Hill and Carrie Underwood , Kelsea Ballerini represents Nashville's sunnier side — and her single "HEARTFIRST" is a slice of bright, uptempo, confectionary country-pop for the ages.

Ballerini sings about leaning into a carefree crush with her heart on her sleeve, pushing aside her reservations and taking a risk on love at first sight. The scene plays out in a bar room and a back seat, as she sweeps nimbly through the verses and into a shimmering chorus, when the narrator decides she's ready to "wake up in your T-shirt." 

There are enough steel guitar licks to let you know you're listening to a country song, but the story and melody are universal. "HEARTFIRST" is Ballerini's third GRAMMY nod, but first in the Best Country Solo Performance category.

Zach Bryan — "Something In The Orange"

Zach Bryan blew into Music City seemingly from nowhere in 2017, when his original song "Heading South" — recorded on an iPhone — went viral. Then an active officer in the U.S. Navy, the Oklahoma native chased his muse through music during his downtime, striking a chord with country music fans on stark songs led by his acoustic guitar and affecting vocals.

After his honorable discharge in 2021, Bryan began his music career in earnest, and in 2022 released "Something in the Orange," a haunting ballad that stakes a convincing claim to the territory between Tyler Childers and Jason Isbell in both sonics and songwriting. Slashing slide guitar drives home the song's heartbreak, as Bryan pines for a lover whose tail lights have long since vanished over the horizon. 

"Something In The Orange" marks Bryan's first-ever GRAMMY nomination.

Miranda Lambert — "In His Arms"

Miranda Lambert is the rare, chart-topping contemporary country artist who does more than pay lip service to the genre's rural American roots. "In His Arms" originally surfaced on 2021's The Marfa Tapes , a casual recording Lambert made with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall in Marfa, Texas — a tiny arts enclave in the middle of the west Texas high desert.

In this proper studio version — recorded for her 2022 album, Palomino — Lambert retains the structure and organic feel of the mostly acoustic song; light percussion and soothing atmospherics keep her emotive vocals front and center. A native Texan herself, Lambert sounds fully at home on "In His Arms."

Lambert is the only Best Country Solo Performance nominee who is nominated in all four Country Field categories in 2023. To date, Miranda Lambert has won 3 GRAMMYs and received 27 nominations overall. 

Maren Morris — "Circles Around This Town"

When Maren Morris found herself uninspired and dealing with writer's block, she went back to what inspired her to move to Nashville nearly a decade ago — and out came "Circles Around This Town," the lead single from her 2022 album Humble Quest .

Written in one of her first in-person songwriting sessions since the pandemic, Morris has called "Circles Around This Town" her "most autobiographical song" to date; she even recreated her own teenage bedroom for the song's video. As she looks back to her Texas beginnings and the life she left for Nashville, Morris' voice soars over anthemic, yet easygoing production. 

Morris last won a GRAMMY for Best Country Solo Performance in 2017, when her song "My Church" earned the singer her first GRAMMY. To date, Maren Morris has won one GRAMMY and received 17 nominations overall.

Willie Nelson — "Live Forever"

Country music icon Willie Nelson is no stranger to the GRAMMYs, and this year he aims to add to his collection of 10 gramophones. He earned another three nominations for 2023 — bringing his career total to 56 — including a Best Country Solo Performance nod for "Live Forever."

Nelson's performance of "Live Forever," the lead track of the 2022 tribute album Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver , is a faithful rendition of Shaver's signature song. Still, Nelson puts his own twist on the tune, recruiting Lucinda Williams for backing vocals and echoing the melody with the inimitable tone of his nylon-string Martin guitar. 

Shaver, an outlaw country pioneer who passed in 2020 at 81 years old, never had any hits of his own during his lifetime. But plenty of his songs were still heard, thanks to stars like Elvis Presley , Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings . Nelson was a longtime friend and frequent collaborator of Shaver's — and now has a GRAMMY nom to show for it.

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Warped Tour Announces Final Lineup Including Every Time I Die and Motionless in White

Today at an event at Vans' Global HQ in Costa Mesa, California, the Warped Tour announced their final artist lineup. There will be a content lineup of bands playing the entire tour, including Every Time I Die , Motionless in White , Nekrogoblikon , Simple Plan and Unearth , while other bands will perform only at certain dates.

Here's the lineup, including bands that are only playing limited dates on tour.

3OH!3 (6/21-8/5) Asking Alexandria (7/22-7/28) Beartooth (7/19-7/21) Bowling For Soup (7/6-7/16, 7/18-7/21) Frank Turner (7/24-7/26) The Interrupters (7/14, 7/15, 7/17-7/19, 7/21-7/25, 7/28-8/5) Knuckle Puck (6/21-8/5) Mayday Parade (6/21-8/5) Reel Big Fish (6/21-8/5) State Champs (6/21-8/5) SUM 41 (7/17) Taking Back Sunday (6/24) This Wild Life (6/21-8/5) Waterparks (6/21-8/5) All Time Low (6/22-6/24) Falling In Reverse (6/26-7/16) Four Year Strong (6/21-7/29) ISSUES (6/21-8/5) Less Than Jake (7/18-7/20, 7/22-7/27, 7/29-8/5) Movements (6/21-8/5) Real Friends (6/21-8/5) Simple Plan (6/21-8/5) The Maine (6/21-8/5) The Used (6/21-7/10) Tonight Alive (6/21-8/5) We The Kings (6/21-8/5) Chelsea Grin (6/21-8/5) Deez Nuts (6/21-8/5) Ice Nine Kills (6/21-8/5) Kublai Kahn (6/21-8/5) MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE (6/21-8/5) Sharptooth (6/21-8/5) Silverstein (7/17-7/20, 7/25-7/28) The Amity Affliction (6/21-8/5) Twiztid (6/21-8/5) Wage War (6/21-8/5) August Burns Red (7/29-8/5) Crown The Empire (6/21-8/5) Dayseeker (6/21-8/5) Every Time I Die (6/21-8/5) Hail The Sun (6/21-8/5) Harm's Way (6/21-7/23) In Hearts Wake (6/21-8/5) Knocked Loose (7/10, 7/18, 7/21, 7/24) Motionless In White (6/21-8/5) Nekrogoblikon (6/21-8/5) Underoath (7/16-7/18) Unearth (6/21-8/5) As It Is (6/21-8/5) Assuming We Survive (6/21-8/5) Broadside (7/10-8/5) Capstan (7/10-8/5) Chase Atlantic (6/21-7/31) Dead Girls Academy (6/21-7/8) Doll Skin (6/21-8/5) Don Broco (6/21-8/5) Grayscale (6/21-8/5) Makeout (6/21-8/5) Palaye Royale (6/21-8/5) Phinehas (6/21-7/8) Picturesque (6/21-7/8) Sleep On It (7/10-8/5) Story Untold (6/21-8/5) Trash Boat (6/21-8/5) With Confidence (6/21-8/5) Farewell Winters (6/21-8/5) Lighterburns(6/21-8/5)

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June 21 - Pomona, Calif. @ Pomona Fairplex June 22 - San Diego, Calif. @ SDCCU Stadium Lot June 23 - Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre June 24 - Ventura, Calif. @ Venture County Fairgrounds June 26 - Phoneix, Ariz. @ AK-Chin Pavilion June 29 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ Downtown Las Vegas Events Center June 30 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ USANA Amphitheatre July 1 - Denver, Colo. @ Pepsi Center July 3 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre July 5 - Bonner Springs, Kan. @ Providence Medical Center Amphitheatre July 6 – Dallas, Texas @ Starplex Pavilion July 7 – San Antonio, Texas @ AT&T Center July 8 – Houston, Texas @ NRG Park - Main Street Lot July 10 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Tennessee State Fairgrounds July 12 – Virginia Beach, Va. @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheatre July 13 – Camden, N.J. @ BB&T Pavilion July 14 – Holmdel, N.J. @ PNC Bank Arts Center July 15 – Hartford, Ct. @ Xfinity Theatre July 16 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Keybank Pavilion July 17 – Toronto, Ontario @ The Flats at Budweiser Stage July 18 – Cincinnati, Ohio @ Blossom Music Center July 19 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center July 20 – Detroit, Mich. @ Meadow Brook Amphitheatre July 21 – Chicago, Ill. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre July 22 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Canterbury Park July 23 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ American Family Insurance Amphitheatre July 24 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center July 25 – Darien Center, N.Y. @ Darien Lake PAC July 26 – Scranton, Pa. @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain July 27 – Mansfield, Mass. @ Xfinity Center July 28 – Wantagh, N.Y. @ Northwell Health at Jones Beach Amphitheatre July 29 – Columbia, Md. @ Merriweather Post Pavilion July 30 – Charlotte, N.C. @ PNC Music Pavilion July 31 – Atlanta, Ga. @ Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood Aug. 2 - Jacksonville, Fla. @ The Old Cypress Lot Near Met Park Aug. 3 – Orlando, Fla. @ Tinker Field Aug. 4 – Tampa, Fla. @ Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre Aug. 5 – West Palm Beach, Fla. @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre

Tickets for all of the dates may be purchased via the Vans Warped Tour website . Check the site for on-sale dates and bundle options.

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Here's What Really Caused The Downfall of Warped Tour

Founder Kevin Lyman explains how the scene that built Warped Tour ripped the festival apart from within.

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. Sadly, 2018 was the year's last as a touring festival, with this year's three fests across the country acting as its memorial. When the fest ended, rumors circulated about what ended the festival -- most notably financial losses. 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.

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.

"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. "It took a community to make Warped Tour go. 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!"

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.

"This is what kind of pissed me off," says Kevin. "Because in 1997, ‘98, Pennywise couldn’t judge a band until you met ‘em in the parking lot. You’d be in line at catering because of this community setting with no dressing rooms. You’d meet these people, and they were musicians too. 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.

"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. "Have you met the guys in Attila? We’re not here to judge each other’s music. The fans will judge each other’s music.’ Atilla brings people. Do I personally run around screaming ‘Suck my fuck?’ No. Do you? No. But they’re good musicians and they’re not bad people. I’ve never seen them do a bad thing to someone."

"Every year, I’d send offers, and just — ‘We don’t want to tour with those bands. We don’t wanna be a Warped-esque bands,'" sighs Lyman. And it’s like, dude, Warped-esque bands — you mean Bad Religion . A Day To Remember . Paramore … it got very frustrating."

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Starting as an eclectic alternative rock festival in 1995 and gradually morphing into a punk rock festival by the next year, the tour gained momentum when Vans, the wildly popular shoe manufacturer, was signed on as the tour's main sponsor in 1996. As Warped Tour became increasingly popular with each passing year, more sponsors signed on, slowly growing the tour's scope of influence. Sadly, 2018 proved to be the final year of the famous tour as announced by Warped Tour's founder, Kevin Lyman. 

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Warped Tour 2005

Notable Peformers: My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Thrice, Billy Idol, The All-American Rejects, Bowling for Soup, Dropkick Murphys, Hawthorne Heights

Dates: June 18 to August 14

Warped Tour 2004

Notable Performers: NOFX, My Chemical Romance, The Used, Fall Out Boy, Billy Talent, Yellowcard, Motion City Soundtrack, New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, Anti-Flag, Bowling for Soup 

Dates:  June 25 to August 19

Warped Tour 1998

Notable Performers:  Bad Religion, Godsmack, Rancid, Less Than Jake, Blink-182, Beck (some dates), Unwritten Law, Reverend Horton Heat, Incubus 

Date:  July 4 to August 9

Warped Tour 1997

Notable Performers:  Blink-182, Reel Big Fish, Descendants, Less Than Jake, Sugar Ray, Pennywise, Social Distortion, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 

Dates:  July 2 to August 5

Warped Tour 1999

Notable Performers: Cypress Hill, Blink-182, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, Black Eyed Peas, Suicidal Tendencies, Less Than Jake, Bouncing Souls

Dates:  June 25 to July 31

Warped Tour 2000

Notable Performers:  Weezer, Flogging Molly, Green Day, Anti-Flag, No Doubt, Papa Roach, The Muffs, Suicide Machines, NOFX, Good Riddance

Dates: June 23 to August 6

Warped Tour 2001

Notable Performers:  Pennywise, New Found Glory, Dropkick Murphys, The Vandals, Sum 41, Rancid, Less Than Jake, The All-American Rejects, Good Charlotte 

Dates:  June 29 to August 12

Warped Tour 1995

Notable Performers:  Sublime, No Doubt, Quicksand, Fluf, Deftones, No Use for a Name, Supernova, CIV, Deftones

Dates: August 4 to September 5

Warped Tour 2007

Notable Performers:  Bad Religion, Pennywise, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Killswitch Engage, Yellowcard, Ambelin, Flogging Molly, Hawthorne Heights

Dates:  June 28 to August 25

Warped Tour 2006

Notable Performers: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts,   Less Than Jake, The Academy Is..., Anti-Flag, Billy Talent, Motion City Soundtrack, Paramore, Rise Against, NOFX

Dates:  June 15 to August 13

Warped Tour 2018

Notable Performers:  Korn, Prophets of Rage, Limp Bizkit, Reel Big Fish, Pennywise, All Time Low, Taking Back Sunday, We The Kings

Dates:  June 21 to August 5

Warped Tour 2011

Notable Performers:  Paramore, Jack's Mannequin, Bowling for Soup, Relient K, MC Lars, Less Than Jake, Anti-Flag, Simple Plan 

Dates:  June 24 to August 14

Warped Tour 2003

Notable Performers:  The Ataris, Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, The Used, Pennywise, Less than Jake, Suicide Machines, Andrew W.K., Yellowcard, Glassjaw 

Dates: June 19 to August 10

Warped Tour 2002

Notable Performers: New Found Glory, Simple Plan, Flogging Molly, Anti-Flag, Reel Big Fish, Yellowcard, Goldfinger, NOFX, Jimmy Eat World, Bad Religion, Good Charlotte

Dates:  June 21 to August 18

Warped Tour 2008

Notable Performers:  Katy Perry, Amberlin, Jack's Mannequin, Angels and Airwaves, Reel Big Fish, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Broadway Calls, The Devil Wears Prada 

Dates:  June 20 to August 17

Warped Tour 1996

Notable Performers:  Fishbone, Pennywise, CIV, Rocket From The Crypt, Dance Hall Crashers, Down By Law, The Figgs, Guttermouth, Blink-182, Fluf, Red 5, Sensefield, Far 

Date:  July 4 to August 8

Warped Tour 2016

Notable Performers:  Falling In Reverse, Less Than Jake, Good Charlotte, Sleeping With Sirens, New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Ghost Town, Bad Seed Rising, We The Kings

Dates:  June 24 to August 13

Warped Tour 2013

Notable Performers: Chiodos, New Beat Fund, Gin Wigmore, MC Lars, Craig Owens, Dia Frampton, Charlotte Sometimes, Big Chocolate, Echosmith, Motion City Soundtrack, Reel Big Fish 

Dates:  July 15 to August 4

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Warped Tour 2010

Notable Performers:  Alkaline Trio, Motion City Soundtrack, Anti-Flag, Dropkick Murphys, Andrew W.K., Penny Wise, Reel Big Fish, The All-American Rejects, Suicide Silence, We The Kings

Dates:  June 25 to August 15

Warped Tour 2012

Notable Performers:  Falling in Reverse, The Used, Yellowcard, Dead Sara, Rise Against, Yellowcard, MC Laws, Machine Gun Kelly, Anti-Flag

Date:  June 16 to August 5

Warped Tour 2009

Notable Performers:  Less Than Jake, Underoath, Bad Religion,  T.S.O.L., The Adolescents, Sing it Loud, TAT

Dates:  June 26 to August 23

Warped Tour 2014

Notable Performers:  Breathe Carolina, Falling in Reverse, Mayday Parade, Less Than Jake, We The Kings, Yellowcard, The Ghost Inside, The Mighty, Finch

Dates:  June 13 to August 3

Warped Tour 2017

Notable Performers:   Andy Black, Beartooth, Dance Gavin Dance, I Prevail, New Years Day, Falling In Reverse, Streetlight Manifesto, Neck Deep

Date: May 27 to November 1

Warped Tour 2015

Notable Performers:  As It Is, Bebe Rexha, New Years Day, Knuckle Puck, Metro Station, Candy Hearts, Motion City Soundtrack, Memphis May Fire 

Dates:  June 19 to October 18

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• 1.1 Brian Stage
• 1.2 Teal Stage
• 1.3 Maurice Stage
• 1.4 Volcom Stage
• 1.5 Drive-Thru Records Stage
• 1.6 Punkrocks.net Stage
• 1.7.1 Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands 6 Winners
• 1.8 StaticRadio Stage
• 1.9 Union Stage

Brian Stage [ ]

• AFI (Played 7/10)
• Bad Religion
• The Damned (Played 8/7-8/18)
• Flogging Molly
• Good Charlotte
• Guttermouth (Played 8/2-8/18)
• Hot Water Music (Played 6/21-8/5)
• Morgan Heritage (Played 6/21-8/1)
• N.E.R.D. (Played 8/16-8/18)
• New Found Glory
• Reel Big Fish

Teal Stage [ ]

• Alkaline Trio
• Andrew W.K. (Played 7/31-8/1 and 8/14)
• Anti-Flag (Played 6/21-8/1)
• Circle Jerks (Played 8/15-8/18)
• Goldfinger (Played 8/15-8/18)
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Played 6/21-8/15)
• No Use For A Name
• NOFX (Played 6/21-8/14)
• Ozma (Played 6/21-8/14)
• Something Corporate
• TRUSTcompany (Played 6/23-7/14 and 7/27-8/1)

Maurice Stage [ ]

• 28 Days (Played 8/1-8/18)
• Boysetsfire (Played 7/23-8/1)
• The Casualties
• Dynamite Boy (Played 6/21-6/30)
• Eskimo Joe (Playd 8/6-8/10 and 8/15-8/18)
• Five Iron Frenzy (Played 7/30-8/13)
• Gob (Played 7/6-7/19)
• Manic Hispanic (Played 6/28-7/3)
• MI6 (Played 7/30-8/10)
• Midtown (Played 7/2-7/22)
• Potluck (Played 7/5-7/7)
• Quarashi (Played 6/21-8/10)
• Reach the Sky (Played 8/9-8/18)
• Riddlin Kids (Played 7/17-7/31)
• Simple Plan (Played 7/17-7/19 and 8/10-8/18)
• Small Brown Bike (Played 8/11-8/18)
• The Start (Played 7/17-7/28)
• Student Rick (Played 6/21-6/30)
• Sugarcult (Playd 7/20-7/31)
• Sw1tched (Played 6/21-7/20)
• Thrice (Played 6/21-6/30)
• Tiger Army (Played 7/23-8/8)
• Total Chaos (Played 8/2-8/18)
• Tsunami Bomb (Played 6/21-7/5 and 7/11-7/14)
• The Unseen (Played 7/23-7/31)
• The Used (Played 6/21-8/10)
• Vendetta Red (Played 7/5-7/7 and 8/2-8/18)
• Yellowcard (Played 7/2-7/13)

Volcom Stage [ ]

• 1208 (Played 6/22-6/30 and 7/17-7/31)
• 3rd Strike (Played 6/21-7/2 and 8/9-8/18)
• Arkham (Played 6/21-6/30 and 7/17-8/18)
• Audiocrush (Played 7/5)
• Borialis (Played 7/23-8/18)
• Death By Stereo
• Deviates (Played 7/2-7/14 and 8/1-8/18)
• Divot (Played 7/17-7/22)
• Downway (Played 8/14-8/18)
• Fairview (Played 7/5-7/12)
• Handsome Devil (Played 6/21-7/14)
• Lonely Kings (played 7/17-7/22)
• Lucky 7 (Playd 7/30-8/6)
• Name Taken (Played 7/10)
• Pepper (Played 7/2-7/13 and 8/2-8/18)
• Pistol Grip (Played 6/21-7/3)
• Places to Park (Played 6/21-7/31 and 8/6)
• The Planet Smashers (Played 8/2-8/18)
• Recover (Played 8/8-8/13)
• Smackin Isiah (Played 7/11-7/22)
• Stavesacre (Played 6/21-6/28)
• Tragedy Andy (Played 7/6)
• Ultimate Fakebook (Played 7/23-7/28)
• Wanted Dead

Drive-Thru Records Stage [ ]

• 2nd Best (Played 6/25 and 7/28)
• 3 Piece Scandal (Played 7/3)
• 3 Weeks Yesterday (Played 6/21 and 7/14)
• 48 Mananas (Played 7/11)
• 504 Plan (Played 6/22)
• Acceptance (Played 7/20)
• American Hi-Fi (Played 6/22-7/12)
• Amorous Radio (Played 8/8 and 8/18)
• August Ends (Played 7/12)
• Autopilot Off
• Brodie (Played 7/20-7/23)
• Choke (Played 7/17)
• Classified (Played 6/28-6/30)
• Contingency Plan (Played 6/22-6/23)
• Cuter Than (Played 6/26)
• Duke 45 (Played 6/21-6/30)
• The Early November (Played 7/2-7/14 and 8/1-8/18)
• Fake ID (Played 8/13 and 8/15)
• Five Speed (Played 6/21-7/3 and 8/6-8/18)
• Flypside (Played 7/28)
• The Format (Played 7/2)
• The Getaway (Played 8/10)
• Gibler (Played 8/8 and 8/11)
• Glassjaw (Played 6/27-7/14)
• Graystar (Played 8/9 and 8/14)
• Heffer 85 (Played 7/5 and 7/10)
• Keno (Played 7/19)
• Knockout (Played 7/27)
• Last Place Champs (Played 6/21-6/23, 6/26 and 7/22-7/27)
• Mode # (Played 7/7)
• Motion City Soundtrack (Played 7/28-7/31)
• The Movielife (Played 7/2-8/18)
• Never Heard Of It (Played 6/27 and 6/29-6/30)
• Nicotine (Played 8/13-8/18)
• Nobody Wins (Played 7/20)
• Off By One (Played 6/21-6/26, 7/20-7/27, 7/30-8/18)
• Overlooked (Played 7/13)
• Pettet Project (Played 8/16)
• Plain White T's (Played 7/24 and 7/26)
• PVK (Played 6/28)
• Rimtrik (Played 8/17)
• Runaway Orange (Played 7/17-7/19)
• Shai Hulud (Played 8/1-8/7)
• Single Handed (Played 6/27)
• The Starting Line
• Steel Dragon (Played 7/17)
• Steel Train (Played 7/19, 7/22-7/21 and 8/6-8/7)
• Still Standing (Played 6/21 and 7/6)
• Unsung Zeros (Played 7/25-7/26 and 7/30-7/31)
• Vex Red (Played 7/5-8/5)
• Victory Seven (Played 8/1)
• Yellowcard (Played 6/21-6/30)
• Yesterday (Played 8/2-8/5)

Punkrocks.net Stage [ ]

• A Jealousy Issue (Played 8/5)
• The AEffect (Played 7/10-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Age of Ruin (Played 8/8)
• As Friends Rust (Played 7/11-7/14)
• Bayside (Played 7/20-8/1 and 8/10)
• Beloved (Played 8/6)
• Boys Night out (Played 8/10)
• Breathe In (Played 7/2-7/3)
• The Control (Played 8/14)
• Counterit (Played 7/2)
• Crash 81 (Played 6/28-6/30)
• Curl Up and Die (Played 7/5)
• District 7 (Played 6/21-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Don't Look Down (Played 8/9-8/11)
• Evergreen Terrace (Played 8/5)
• Every Time I Die (Played 7/24 and 7/28-7/31)
• The Fairlanes (Played 6/21-6/25)
• From Autumn to Ashes (Playd 8/13-8/18)
• Further Seems Forever (Played 7/20-7/28)
• The Gamits (Played 6/23-6/27)
• Glasseater (Played 8/2-8/4)
• Haste (Played 6/21-6/25 and 7/25-7/26)
• Hope (Played 6/21-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Hopesfall (PlaYed 8/5-8/7)
• Junction 18 (Played 6/26-6/27, 7/3 and 7/6-7/7)
• Keepsake (Played 7/30-8/1)
• Levity (Played 7/3)
• My Captain (Played 8/2)
• Narcissus (Played 6/26-6/30, 7/10-7/11 and 7/13-7/14)
• Nevermore (Played 7/20-7/23)
• No Cigar (Played 8/1)
• Nora (Played 8/9-8/11)
• Not Waving But Drowning (Played 6/26)
• Off the Mark (Played 8/16-8/17)
• Over It (Playd 6/28-7/2, 7/5, 7/10 and 8/8)
• Park (Played 7/10, 7/12 and 7/20-7/28)
• Prevent Falls (Played 8/10-8/11)
• Recover (Playd 6/28-6/30)
• Salt the Earth (Played 6/25 and 6/27)
• Saturday Supercade (Played 7/30)
• Scallywagon (Played 7/31)
• Scars of Tomorrow (Played 7/13-7/14)
• Sick Shift (Played 7/12)
• Skycamefalling (Played 6/21-6/22, 8/13 and 8/18)
• Staring Back (Played 6/21-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Stretch Arm Strong (Played 8/2-8/7)
• SweaterGirl (Played 6/21- 8/18)
• Tantor (Played 6/21-7/14 and 7/20-8/18)
• Throwdown (Played 7/5-7/14)
• Trial By Fire (Played 8/8-8/9)
• Underoath (Played 8/13 and 8/18)
• Unearth (Played 8/13-8/18)
• Until the End (Played 8/3-8/4)
• West Beverly (Played 8/15)
• Yakuza (Played 7/2-7/7)

Ernie Ball Stage [ ]

• 504 Plan (Played 7/27)
• Antifreeze (Played 8/11-8/16)
• ATM (Played 7/2)
• Audio Karate (Played 7/7-7/10)
• Avenged Sevenfold (Played 6/21-6/27)
• Avoid One Thing (Played 8/15)
• Ben Kweller (Played 8/14-8/15)
• The Berlin Project (Played 7/26-7/28 and 7/31)
• Bigwig (Played 8/9-8/13)
• Blush (Played 7/26-7/27 and 7/30)
• Bumruckus (Played 8/1-8/7)
• China White (Played 7/7-7/10)
• Columbyne (Played 6/25 and 7/2-7/7)
• Days Away (Played 8/8-8/10)
• Disfunctionalray (Played 7/26-8/1, 8/14 and 8/18)
• Eleventeen (Played 7/3, 7/6-7/7 and 7/12-7/14)
• Enormous (Played 7/24-7/27)
• The Etiquette (Played 7/23-7/25)
• The Eyeliners
• Fetish (Played 7/6-7/10 and 7/12-7/14)
• Flashing Light (Played 8/1-8/11)
• F.O.N. (Played 7/17-7/31)
• Graves (Played 6/28-6/30)
• Gunmoll (Played 8/2-8/5)
• Humboldt County Freestyle Kings (Played 7/6)
• I Decline (Played 7/2-7/5 and 7/11)
• The Imports (Played 8/4-8/7, 8/14 and 8/17)
• Jedi (Played 7/13-7/14)
• Jersey (Played 8/15-8/18)
• Jet Cinema (Played 7/3)
• The Know How (Played 8/1-8/7)
• Last Edition (Played 7/24-7/27)
• Limitpoint (Played 6/28-7/2)
• Love Light Shine (Played 7/5)
• Madcap (Played 7/22-7/30)
• MT Minds (Played 8/2-8/4)
• Never Heard of It (Played 7/10-7/12)
• One Way Street (Played 8/18)
• Outplay (Played 8/4-8/5)
• Preston (Played 8/10-8/11)
• Riot Farm (Played 7/11-7/14)
• Roller (Played 6/28-6/30)
• Same Day Service (Played 6/27-6/28)
• Seedlock (Played 8/8-8/9)
• Slick Shoes (Played 7/3 and 7/11)
• Sloppy Meateaters (Played 7/12 and 7/20)
• Social Standard (Played 8/10)
• Sparechange 00 (Played 7/31)
• Stunt Monkey (Played 7/3-7/6)
• Tadpole (Played 7/5-7/7 and 7/11-7/12)
• Ten Times A Day (Played 6/28-7/2)
• Too Rude (Played 6/21-6/23 and 7/3-7/10)
• The Undecided (Played 7/23-7/25)
• Useless ID (Played 6/29-8/18)
• Vangard (Played 8/2-8/5)
• The Volume Men (Played 7/22)
• The Waking Hours (Played 7/2 and 7/10)

Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands 6 Winners [ ]

• 12cent (Played 8/15)
• 3 Prong Outlet (Played 8/8)
• 33 West (Played 8/8)
• 40 Watt Hype (Played 7/7)
• 5 Star Degenerate (Played 7/2)
• 7-10 Split (Played 8/5)
• A Week in July (Played 8/13)
• A-OK (Played 8/3)
• Agent Zero (Played 7/27)
• All Access (Played 7/31)
• All Else Fails (Played 7/27)
• Already Proud (Played 6/28)
• Anarchaos (Played 8/13)
• AnchondO (Played 6/25)
• Arizing (Played 8/18)
• The Arnies (Played 7/23)
• As Advertised (Played 6/25)
• Barbee Killed Kenn (Played 7/13)
• Bi-Level (Played 6/26)
• Big D and the Kids Table (Played 8/15)
• Blame it on Rio (Played 7/25)
• Blatant Finger (Played 7/30)
• BomberMan Awesome (Played 7/22)
• Boogotta Fix (Played 7/27)
• The Brodys (Played 7/14)
• Brookdale (Played 7/23)
• Bumrukus (Played 8/4)
• Bumpin Uglies (Played 7/3)
• The Burning Reason (Played 7/28)
• C24C (Played 7/12)
• Calcutta (Played 7/12)
• Carb (Played 6/28)
• The Cinderleaf (Played 6/30)
• Close Behind (Played 8/14)
• ColdSnap-9 (Played 7/22)
• Conspiracy of Thought (Played 7/10)
• Conspire (Played 6/25)
• Corporate Circus (Played 7/25)
• CounterACT (Played 6/22)
• Cutaway (Played 8/2)
• The Delegates (Played 8/16)
• Dexter Wins Again (Playd 6/29)
• The Dissenters (Played 8/11)
• Drist (Played 7/14)
• Driveway (Played 7/26)
• Eightfourseven (Played 7/6)
• The Evoka Project (Played 8/6)
• F.O. the Smack Magnet (Played 8/11)
• Flippin Jiggers (Played 7/19)
• The Fonzarellies (Played 6/25)
• Force 4-D (Played 7/12)
• Fourbanger (Played 7/2)
• The Fratellis (Played 7/7)
• Full Affect (Played 7/6)
• Habitat (Played 7/24)
• Holiday Rd (Played 8/6)
• The HollowPoints (Played 7/20)
• HowAboutNo (Played 7/26)
• Hurry Up Offense (Played 8/9)
• Huxter (Played 7/22)
• Hypocrite Like Me (Played 7/22)
• Idiot Savant (Played 7/11)
• Illusion 33 (Played 6/21)
• INTAK (Played 7/31)
• Interstate 808 (Played 6/30)
• The Irritating Stick (Played 8/13)
• Jade Raven (Played 6/27)
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Review: Phish’s Las Vegas Sphere spectacle was the opposite of rock-star self-glorification

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The massive LED video screen that forms the interior surface of Sphere can be used to transport audiences to the tops of mountains, to outer space, to beneath the feet of an elephant standing as tall as a 20-story building.

On Friday night, Phish turned the place into a car wash.

Playing the second date in a sold-out four-night stand at this state-of-the-art venue just off the Las Vegas Strip, the veteran jam band from Vermont took full advantage of the technological capabilities that cost the building’s mastermind, Madison Square Garden Entertainment Chief Executive James Dolan, five years and more than $2 billion to bring to life last fall.

At one point in the nearly four-hour gig, the 160,000-square-foot screen — said to be the highest-resolution in the world — became a starry night sky so crisply rendered that you could almost believe the roof had retracted; at another point, Sphere transformed into an underwater kelp forest with sunlight streaming down from the top of the dome. The venue’s sound system was just as impressive, with a finely detailed mix and seatback haptics that allowed you literally to feel the oomph of bassist Mike Gordon’s low notes.

Yet Phish’s production — the second by a band to play Sphere after U2’s opening engagement — wasn’t about excess or grandiosity; it was homey, friendly, deeply quirky. After the car-wash bit, which replicated the experience of crawling through one, a gigantic dog appeared and proceeded to lick what looked like the other side of the screen in slow motion as the band performed its song “You Enjoy Myself.”

The approach certainly differed from that of U2, whose 40-date residency launched in September and ended last month. Built around the Irish group’s 1991 album “Achtung Baby,” U2’s show riffed on big ideas about celebrity and media and the intersection of politics and capitalism; it used Sphere’s eye-popping tech to uphold the band’s distinct brand of rock-star heroism, reasserting U2’s place in a cultural lineage stretching from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley to the Beatles to Prince.

U2 has always been an ambitious band. It met its match and then some at Las Vegas Sphere

On opening night at the $2.3-billion Sphere concert hall, the visuals projected onto the high-def walls behind and above U2 were a show unto themselves.

Sept. 30, 2023

For Phish, perhaps music’s biggest cult band, Sphere wasn’t a means of self-glorification but of community-building: One thing you thought about over the course of the band’s two sets and an encore was how tiny the players looked onstage — the same size, in other words, as any of the 18,000 or so people in the crowd. Even when the screen would show a close-up of one of the players — Gordon, singer-guitarist Trey Anastasio, keyboardist Page McConnell and drummer Jon Fishman — the image would be warped almost beyond recognition.

Jam bands, of course, have a long history of elaborate visual presentations. Ahead of Phish’s run in Vegas, fans of the band wondered online whether its lighting designer, Chris Kuroda, would have the space to do his thing properly amid Sphere’s digital overload. (The answer was kind of.) So it makes sense that Sphere might become a destination for other acts in the tradition; indeed, next up at the venue is Dead & Company , which will begin a 24-show stint in May after saying that its 2023 tour would be its last.

With no fear of being overshadowed by the room, Phish leaned into Sphere’s immersive potential with an assortment of water-themed visuals: hundreds of swimmers floating in doughnut-shaped inflatables atop the waves of a rippling sea; marine life darting through the columns of a vast sunken monument; a psychedelic waterfall pouring over a cliff that seemed almost untouchably far away from wherever you were sitting in the steeply raked amphitheater. As part of a production team parked behind dozens of glowing monitors in the middle of the room, Abigail Rosen Holmes, Phish’s creative director, manipulated these images in real time, responding — sometimes subtly, sometimes dramatically — to the twists and turns of the band’s improvisations.

In a funny twist, Phish’s lack of anxiety about being upstaged by what was happening on Sphere’s wraparound screen — the members themselves seem well aware that they’ve never been much to look at — meant that Friday’s show actually felt like it was about music, which was clearly the point for a band that famously never repeats a set list.

“Bathtub Gin” was jaunty and playful, with McConnell threading a bit of Gershwin’s “ Rhapsody in Blue ” into the song’s fabric; “Lonely Trip” was a lilting ballad with one of the evening’s few convincing vocal turns from Anastasio. “Split Open and Melt,” which came just before the evening’s intermission, was the highlight of the concert: a demented boogie-rock freak-out that landed somewhere between early Sonic Youth and electric-era Miles Davis.

For its encore, Phish played the plaintive “Wading in the Velvet Sea” as photos stretching back to the band’s beginnings in the mid-1980s flickered across Sphere’s screen, and for a moment the musicians seemed to be indulging in the kind of rock-god mythologizing the rest of the show resisted. Then you realized that most of the pictures depicted these guys in various humble backstage scenarios: just four lifers getting ready to go to work for their people.

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