VANS Warped Tour
DATE: Sunday, July 29,
2007
VENUE: The Metrodome – Minneapolis, MN
The VANS Warped Tour is the one traveling outdoor festival I look forward to every year. A million bands playing all day and night, the skateboarders showing off their moves, all the meet-n-greets with the bands, the numerous of other booths…nothing beats the experience!
This year's lineup included, along with almost a hundred other bands, The Starting Line, Family Force Five, Cute Is What We Aim For, Hawthorne Heights, Alkaline Trio, and Bad Religion. The Almost was slated to play, but drummer Aaron Gillepsie got back with his other boys and Underoath ended up rockin' instead! And don't forget about the headliners that won the 10 extra minutes, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. They put on an awesome show full of energy and totally rocked out the stage!
We
caught The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at their meet-n-greet. The band stuck
around for one hour and just signed autographs for fans that were in a
really long line that wrapped around part of the park! RJA was just one of
the many different bands that had meet-n-greets set up almost every hour at
different spots in the park for fans to meet their favorite bands, get a
handshake or a quick picture, and an autograph.
If you weren't watching
any of the bands rockin' out the stages, you found yourself completely
enthralled by the many tents set up. VANS, Alternative Press, PunkNet,
Victory Records and MySpace all had their own tents, just to name a few,
that had free swag or cheap stuff for sale. If the tents weren't your thing,
you could go watch the skateboarders rep their boards. Something new I
noticed this year was a pro wrestling ring. They had three matches setup for
through out the day. How sweet is that!?
If you haven't had a chance to hit up Warped Tour yet this year, go check it out. And if you have never experienced a Warped Tour before, what are you waiting for? It is something everyone needs to checkout at least once, if not make it an annual summertime tradition!
BY: The Asif
PHOTOS: Cho
