But that's not what I want to talk about today. So let's stop getting distracted...hopefully.
I wanted to talk about the greatest music festival in the States, that is once again going to Europe and Australia. The Vans Warped Tour.
The Tour features bands as well known as All Time Low, Bring Me The Horizon, Pierce the Veil, Forever The Sickest Kids, The Summer Set, and The Wonder Years. They also feature the lesser known bands such as Mixtapes, Teenage Bottle Rocket, VersaEmerge (who, unfortunately, dropped the tour last year), Beebs and her Money Makers, Reel Big Fish, and For The Foxes.
And we can't forget that Bowling For Soup and Godlfinger played the tour last year. SO upset that it wasn't my date though.
But this tour is my favourite music festival ever and I like a lot of music festivals. But you get to see punk, pop punk, punk rock, alt rock, hardcore, metalcore, hip hop, and indie punk bands. So, more or less, it's pretty freaking awesome. You get to meet other people near your area that have the same music taste as you and you get to discover a ton of bands that you've never heard of. You get so many bands that sign up for the tour and they play specific dates, or the full tour if they're announced early on, all for about $45 for a ticket. It's worth it.
And I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but where I live very few people my age listen to the same music as I do. I know about five people that do. But then I see that two of my favourite bands, Cartel and State Champs, are playing at a local venue and there are so many people. Like...where did you come from? Did you just spawn in line outside the venue? Or did you drive three hours? Or are you just my imagination? It was weird. Then again...they were all like college students or post college people. So maybe that has something to do with it...hmm...
But the point I was getting at was that there are so many people that listen to the same music, and they don't just exist on the internet! I've actually made quite a few friends through Tumblr because of mutual obsessions over bands...did I say obsessions? I meant infatuation. No, I meant liking...a mutual liking. There we go. A mutual liking is how I met them. Right? Isn't that how you meet anyone these days? We all exist on the internet and we never actually go outside and do human things like walk around a park. Why walk around a park when you could be infatuating over a band member on Tumblr or listening to music all day? And that's getting into a future post, so I'm just going to stop there....hehe.
Really though, Warped Tour is something that I've always looked forward to. I've wanted to go for the past three years. I was supposed to go last year, but things didn't exactly work out as planned. On the bright side, the Pit Vlogger each year has their own Tumblr dedicated to answering questions about Warped Tour and posting videos and pictures from each venue. So even if you can't go, you can still watch little snip-its of the tour. Of course I spent two months mentally preparing myself, which I do recommend for every new person because it can be stressful thinking about everything. I mean, you hear a lot of stories about bad things happening like heat exhaustion. But that does actually happen... They really stress the importance of safety and staying hydrated.
I know we're still about five months away from the first tour date (June 14!!!), but I just got a bit too excited because they have now announced twenty-five bands! And of those bands is Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, Cute Is What We Aim For, Mayday Parade, The Ready Set, and I The Mighty. All they need to do is have State Champs, All Time Low, Pierce The Veil, Artist Vs Poet, Forever The Sickest Kids, Breathe Carolina, The Downtown Fiction, and Man Overboard and I'll be the happiest person ever. When they released the survey asking for your top five band picks, because all the bands are invited to play, I was sat there for about an hour thinking of my top five bands. It was a very difficult choice.
Anywho, if you want to keep up with all things Warped 2014, go and subscribe to their email newsletter, check out their site, and/or sign up for mobile updates at vanswarpedtour.com! They also have all twenty-five bands signed to the tour on the site, so if you're wondering who'll be playing the full tour go check out the 'BANDS' tab!
Stay awesome, guys!
xx Britt
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