Warped Tour 2016 Festival • Page 85

It's due to the heat. I went in 2012 and it was no joke.

 

Vegas Warped fans and those looking to roadtrip: The Vans Warped Tour comes to Las Vegas and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this Tuesday, August 9th at 2PM. Stages for this show will be located throughout the property at The Joint, Vinyl, Nirvana Pool and a 3.1 acre back lot, situated adjacent to the Hard Rock Hotel’s award-winning pool scene.

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is located at 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89169. Entry will be set up on the first floor of the Hard Rock Hotel’s Paradise parking garage.

Stage Locations:
Back lot: Journeys Left Foot Stage, Journeys Right Foot Stage and Cyclops Stage
Nirvana Pool: Poseidon Stage
The Joint: Monster Energy North Stage, Monster Energy South Stage
Vinyl: Full Sail Stage

Attendees will be free to move around the property and have access to each stage. A satellite box office will be set up on the first floor of Hard Rock Hotel’s Paradise parking garage where tickets will be sold during the day of the show. Lightweight drawstring-style backpacks will be permitted inside the festival.

Guest safety is Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s highest priority. While the resort can’t control the high desert temperatures, they are taking every precaution to keep everyone safe. Guests will find it easy to stay cool at the event with shade tents, free water at the Cool Gear Water Hydration Station, free cooling stations, access to the Nirvana pool for swimming, food and beverage stations as well as air conditioned, indoor stages at The Joint and Vinyl. The property encourages guests to take breaks throughout the event and stay hydrated by drinking water.

Complete show details including tickets, lineup, Warped 101 and more can be found on the Warped site, vanswarpedtour.com, and for more venue information, please visit www.hardrockhotel.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the Hard Rock Hotel Box Office, www.axs.com or charge-by-phone at 888.9.AXS.TIX. Photo: Erik Kabik

 

That sounds really cool. Indoor and outdoor stages and a pool!

 

Selling a ticket to Pomona for cheap! I can't go so I just wanna get rid of it!

 

that is awesome... but pretty sad (how few people there are). Really makes me bummed out and makes me less and less confident that great bands like NOFX, Bouncing Souls, Bad Religion, etc. would play... but I still have my hope they will

 

I think if a band does the full tour, or at least a longer run, they'd get a bigger draw. Warped tends to promote the full tour bands more, and bands can build momentum as the tour goes on.

 

Yeah, it's really hard to build anticipation for a band that only does 1-3 shows

 

I don't think that's true. I am sure the crowds for Bullet For My Valentine were huge. The Vandals just won't draw well at Warped Tour.

 

It's not productive to promote a band that's playing 3 shows unless Warped wants a string of "but they're not playing my date!" comments all across social media. It happens with the partial run bands every year. There is no good way to promote a band that's on 3 dates. End of story.

 

Saw a band on Facebook (Between Califonia and Summer) post a picture of the Ernie Ball stage with a set time for today. So apparently Ernie Ball stage is in Pomona today

 

They were, same with Atreyu (though they did a few more). Aside from Sum 41 and maybe a couple others, they seemed like the biggest of the days.

The Vandals not drawing well is either just bad luck (the city they played) or, a sadder potential truth, that Warped just doesn't like punk. One off bands draw huge, look at Linkin Park or ADTR. Sure The Vandals aren't as big as those bands *currently* but they're a much more legendary and notable band in the scene and roots of what Warped tour is. It's sad and honestly just kind of embarrassing that they'd play and have such a just-OK draw

 

Apparently there was a "Little Ernie Ball" Stage today in Pomona. Trying to find a full lineup/schedule

 

life on the sidelines played at 1:05 that's all i know

 

I'm curious to see if Volumes does the exact same set today or changes it up.

 

For anyone wondering why Less Than Jake always play sorta early before an off-day, it's because Vinnie their drummer flies home when there's a day off to spend time with his wife and daughter.

 

The Little Ernie Ball lineup in Pomona today, if people really wanna know...

11:10am - Skidmark Kids
11:50 am - Between California and Summer
12:30pm - Horror in the Moonlight
1:05 pm - Life on the Sideline
1:40pm - Dead Ave.
2:15pm - Aureate
2:50pm - The Sagas
3:30pm - The Residents
4:05pm - Something More
4:40pm - Justine and the Highs
5:20 pm - The Local Rebellion
6:00pm - The Miracle Dolls
6:40pm - Hoity-Toity

As a sidenote, this is my first Warped ever and I'm having a grand old time!

 

Who have been your favorite sets?

 

Fuck, as if I didn't need another reason to love them.

 

Every off day? That's a lof of flights/expensive.

 

They had an off date after Scranton and still played at 6. I think that might have been LTJ joking around on stage haha. Unless you heard it from somewhere else of course.

 

Honestly, Vanna's set blew me the fuck away! I wasn't really expecting that since ETID went on before them and are renowned for their live shows, and I also haven't really cared much for Vanna's recent material. But ho-lee shit, they had easily the most intense set of the entire day. At one point Davey and their guitarist jumped into the pit and commanded the crowd to create a 'tornado' around them - and they basically did that! Will definitely see them on tour again later this year (their merch guy said they'd be coming back through CA in the fall.)

ETID were, of course, awesome. Reel Big Fish were a lot of fun. And even with being the final set of the night and everyone exhausted, Yellowcard's set was a complete barnburner (for a brief moment they had one gigantic circle pit that eventually broke into three.) The Maine were also surprisingly fun!

I initially wasn't going to see The Story So Far what with the kicking a teenage girl in the back of the head, but... I caved. It was another two hours to Yellowcard and do like some of their songs. Was surprised at the absolute lack of stage presence of their frontman, but I guess that speaks to how fun the songs are.

I'm a little bummed that I missed Less Than Jake (they played first thing and I was in an hour-long entrance line,) and I think I would've liked to have seen Masked Intruder - only know one song, but I'm sure their set's a lot of fun.

But other than that, I pretty much saw every band I wanted to see and wasn't disappointed!

Oh, and they had a food truck selling churro sundaes - sprinkled with Fruity Pebbles.

Not sure it could've been much better!

 

Luke from 5 Seconds of Summer joined The Summer Set on stage today in Pomona.

 

That's awesome, for what song?

 

Not sure, I just saw it on TSS's Twitter page, haha.

 

Found a video, he sang Lightning In A Bottle with them, pretty cool.