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Last year, Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman revealed that the beloved touring punk festival was coming back in 2025. Now, we get to see its first wave of performers—including a headliner.
On Wednesday (January 29), Warped Tour announced that 311 would top the bill at the Long Beach, California stop. This marks the reggae rock icons' fifth appearance at the festival. They are not scheduled to play the other two cities. The news comes after the first wave of performers was announced. The list includes Simple Plan, Bowling For Soup, Pennywise, The Maine, Miss May I, Dance Hall Crashers, and more. Check out the Warped Tour website to see what cities each act is set to play.
Back in October, Lyman spoke to Rolling Stone about why he decided to re-launched Warped Tour six years after announcing its end. “Since 1997, I said I was hoping that there was some kid in a garage that was going to come out and kick Kevin Lyman’s a** someday, and put on a better festival," he explained. "People start remembering once something’s gone that it was important, it was fun — and I’m hoping to recapture a lot of that again.”
He also explained why the festival won't be traversing the whole country like it has in the past. “My body won’t take riding around on a tour bus for 40 cities,” he admitted. “If it works, we’ll look to the future to do more.”
Warped Tour 2025 will take place June 14 & 15 at the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds in Washington, D.C; the Shoreline Waterfront in Long Beach on June 26 & 27; and Camper World Stadium Campus in Orlando on November 15 & 16.