Kevin Lyman calls time on Warped Tour
The pioneering travelling punk festival is to head out for the last time next year, its founder has confirmed, citing a changing festival market and slowing ticket sales
News By IQ | 16 November 2017
The 2018 edition of iconic punk rock festival Warped Tour, the US’s last remaining major touring festival, it to be its last, founder and promoter Kevin Lyman has announced.
In a statement released yesterday afternoon, Lyman (pictured) said the 24th edition of Warped Tour, since 1996 sponsored by Vans, will be the festival’s “final, full cross-country run”. After working with more than 1,700 bands over 23 summers, he says, “with many mixed feelings” the time is right to step away.
“In 1995,…
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