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    Kiya Gaskin (TPF)

    Warped in Reverse 2018: Boston Manor

    Warped in Reverse—warping back to Vans Warped Tour 2017! #5 Many big names in the music industry have come from the United Kingdom, so it was no surprise when Boston Manor was announced to play a tour for some of the best musicians in the alternative music scene: Warped Tour 2017. Boston Manor is a five-piece Pop Punk group from the Blackpool, England. The band contains vocalist Henry Cox, bassist Dan Cunniff, guitarist Ash Wilson, guitarist Mike Cunniff, and drummer Jordan P

    Mickey Johnson (TPF)

    Warped in Reverse 2018: Barb Wire Dolls

    Warped in Reverse—warping back to Vans Warped Tour 2017! Series #3 Last year, Warped Tour was shaken up a bit by Greek rockers, Barb Wire Dolls. With their unique, edgy sound, they easily gained a new following from being on Vans Warped Tour. This was their first year on Warped Tour and are known for their friendship with the late rock legend, Lemmy. Isis Queen's vocal prowess accented her powerful stage presence last summer 2017. Barb Wire Dolls signature look has to do wit

    Eema Siddiqui (TPF)

    Shawna Potter's Creating Safer Spaces Workshop | Vans Warped Tour 2017

    Shawna Potter’s Creating Safer Spaces TEI Workshop highlighted the importance of fighting against harassment. Its main goal is to make venues a safer place for concert goers, artists, and stage crew. Safer Scenes is not specifically for women, though it has resources for women, it is also for men and Tour Press Force was glad to see men in audience. Tour Press Force really liked how Potter interacted with the audience and molded her workshop to how we are involved in the musi

    Mickey Johnson (TPF)

    The Album Of Our Time: Rub My Mind

    If you are not quite aware of who BARB WIRE DOLLS are quite yet, then you definitely will, especially if you are on your way to Warped Tour. They are strong believers of making riot and not war. They are punk rockers from Greece who truly enforce their roots and how they have shaped the band over the years. Rub My Mind is their latest release. After following a very successful few albums such as Slit, there were very high expectations from their audience. Rub My Mind opens wi

    Kiya Gaskin (TPF) | Photos by Kiya Gaskin and Eema

    Warped Tour Recap: Tinley Park

    Storms cleared just in time for Warped Tour, but that did not stop the show from being chaotic. July 22 was supposed to be chock-full of rain, lightning, and high winds, but the exact opposite occurred. Piercing UV rays and blinding sunshine is what Chicago got. Walking in, the first noticeable thing is how difficult Warped Tour is to navigate. Everyone is in a rush, and no one knows where they are going. It would be so hilarious if the panic of not knowing if you are going t

    Joey Redondo (TPF) | Photography by Mickey Johnson

    Barb Wire Dolls ‘Rub My Mind’ Album Release

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | ADRENALINE PR Following up on a very successful 2016, raucous rockers BARB WIRE DOLLS just released their brand new album, Rub My Mind via Motörhead Music. The band is touring summer long in North America on the Vans Warped Tour in support of the album! BARB WIRE DOLLS can be seen daily on the Skullcandy Stage. Tickets are on sale now on the Warped Tour Website! Watch for the upcoming Barb Wire Dolls interview during the Phoenix Warped Tour stop with

    Kiya Gaskin (TPF)

    Warped Tour Preview: Tinley Park, Illinois

    Once it hits Illinois, summer at the Warped Tour is almost over. Warped Tour begins its final stretch of shows on July 22 in Tinley Park, Illinois. The tour may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean the head-banging and mosh pits have to. Warped Tour is bringing an enormous amount of good music to Illinois for one action-packed day. There will be performances from Anti-Flag, The Ataris, Too Close To Touch, and Futuristic. Do not hesitate to go see some female-fronted and al

    Mickey Johnson (TPF)

    Life in the Pit: My First Warped Tour Press Experience with Lisa Johnson.

    Mickey Johnson and Shawna Potter of War On Women - Watch the Interview I guess to really start off this article, I must give a complete background of myself and the music that shaped me as a person. I was raised primarily on Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and Green Day with my dad, and country with my mom. I briefly went through a One Direction phase, but we don’t need to talk about that. I fell in love with My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy when I was twelve and that is when it al

    Matthew Demattei (TPF)

    Warped by the Heat

    The old adage of “getting there early to get a good place in line” didn’t entirely hold true for Warped Tour Phoenix 2017. We got there a little after 8 am and were hoping to get a jump on the crowd. What we found was a growing line of cars parked along 99th Avenue in front of a locked gate. The temperature was already approaching 100°, and they weren’t letting us in. Even worse, kids walking down the path to check out what was going on were being turned back. Our air con

    Kiya Gaskin (TPF)

    Creating a Safer Scene with Shawna Potter

    When the 2017 Vans Warped Tour stopped in gruesomely hot Phoenix, AZ on June 22, TPF caught up with Shawna Potter to discuss how she is making a difference with her TEI workshop. Shawna Potter is the lead singer of the Hardcore band War On Women. War On Women use their platform to promote feminism and discuss social issues. With her TEI workshop “Creating Safer Spaces; You Have the Power to Shape Your Scene”, Potter is helping festival-goers learn about and promote feminism,

    Tour Press Force (TPF)

    Playboy Manbaby – Look Out GWAR, They're Comin' For Ya At Warped!

    Get ready for a shake down on Full Sail University stage at Vans Warped Tour this summer 'cause Playboy Manbaby knows how to serve it. Look out for this Arizona Post-Funk Punk band - complete with their own 'Chief Inspector and Party Deputy'... Reporting agencies have announced summer GWAR sightings on the Mutant Stage at Vans Warped Tour and Playboy Manbaby is ready for blood sacrifice. GWAR...they're coming for you! "Playboy Manbaby is the breath of fresh air fans of 80's

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    Carnifex Release “Dark Heart Ceremony” Video Ahead of Warped Tour

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — ATOM SPLITTER PR California Death Metal merchants Carnifex have released a live video for "Dark Heart Ceremony" from last year's Slow Death ahead of Warped Tour. The band will spend the entire summer performing as part of the annual festival and this clip demonstrates the type of live fury with which the band takes the stage. It is certainly a taste of what's to come this summer. You've been warned. "The stage is where everything about our music comes

    Kiya Gaskin (TPF)

    Warped Tour: Phoenix

    1 Day. 7 Stages. Over 60 bands. The 2017 Vans Warped Tour heads to Phoenix during its first full week of shows, and it is sure to be a banger. Although the heat of the southwestern desert will definitely be skin melting, throngs of fans – young and old – will be brought together for 10 hours to share their love for music. Big headliners for this year’s tour are: Neck Deep, Attila, CKY and Memphis May Fire. In addition to the artist from Warped Tour’s main genres Punk and Meta

    Tour Press Force (TPF) — Kiya Gaskin

    Who's Ready For Warped? Tour Overview

    Warped Tour began in 1995, although it wasn’t just music. It included skate competitions and even wrestling. The genres have changed quite significantly throughout the years. Bands such as Sublime, No Doubt, NOFX, Blink 182 and Reel Big Fish were some of the very first headliners, eventually evolving into Eminem and Katy Perry and after that A Day to Remember and Bring Me the Horizon. The Original genres of the Festival included Ska and Ska-Punk. Today the genres include anyt

    Tour Press Force (TPF)

    Broadside Talks Touring Woes

    Warped In Reverse, Episode #15 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Kiya Gaskin Tour Press Force is throwing it back to Warped Tour 2016 again, this time with Broadside. Broadside is an East Coast Pop Punk band. The group formed in late 2010. The creative minds behind Broadside are: bassist Patrick Diaz, guitarist Dorian Cooke, guitarist Niles Gibbs, and vocalist Ollie Baxxter. Broadside is signed to Victory Records and have been gaining traction within

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    SayWeCanFly: Connecting and Persevering with Music

    Warped In Reverse - Episode #10 Interview by Cosmic-A (Monica Demattei) | Transcription by Kiya Gaskin At the Vans Warped Tour 2016, Tour Press Force headed to the acoustic stage to catch up with SayWeCanFly. SayWeCanFly is the solo project of Canadian singer/songwriter Braden Barrie. Since he was 14, Barrie has been writing and compelling audiences with his soothing music. This not being Barrie’s first Warped rodeo, he played on the tour once before, the singer said that he

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