Warped Tour 2016 Festival • Page 89

I mean, if you enjoy watching the sets, more power to you. I literally waited until the next day and I'd say 90% of the setlists were up already. I'm in a band and I can't imagine playing the same 6 or 7 songs in a row every day for almost 2 months.

 

I don't know if it's been said already/already been happening, but Pablo from Chelsea Grin came out today with Issues and did guest vocals for Blue Wall (I think it was that one can't remember exactly, it was heavier). I really can see him doing his own side project with him on lead vocals during downtime with Chelsea Grin.

 

Probably my favorite Warped in the 7 years I've went dating back to 2006. Pure Noise was giving away CD's and they had an awesome deal on flags (2 for 20 with 2 cds included for free. I got a Like Pacific flag, a FYS flag, one Seaway EP, one Seaway full length, Heart To Heart's latest and an Elder Brother CD for $20. I only had one minor conflict (had to leave knucklepuck before theor last 2 songs to catch all of NFG) and saw the most bands I've ever seen at Warped. I caught 11 full sets and 7 partial sets. Here's a brief review of each band.

Emarosa- Saw about half of their set and the band sounded fantastic with the guest vocalists. Had a nice crowd for playing first on their stage.

Like Pacific- Great set with a small, but energetic crowd. I can see these gaining traction if they get on more tours like the AP tour.


Knucklepuck- Great set, but these guys should have been on Main. The crowd was pretty huge and the stage was in an awkward place. Reardless they sounded fantastic and had a very active crowd.

New Found Glory- Big crowd, but not as active as most other main stage bands. Solid performance by the band, but I was kind of bored by the end of their set.

Real Friends- Super fun set and very active crowd. Band was very passionate and really got the crowd going more than the previous 6 times I've seen them.

With Confidence- Small crowd that was very into the band's set. This band is one of my new favorites and they sounded fantastic. I'm excited to see where they go next.

Four Year Strong- One of the best sets of the day. The band had a way bigger crowd than I expected and they absolutely killed it. Second craziest crowd I saw all day besides TSSF. Lots of crowdsurfing and moshing. The guitarist of knucklepuck was in the crowd and was crowdsurfing.

The Maine- Wasn't a fan of the band going in, but they were a lot of fun and had great stage presence. Would definitely see them again.

Less Than Jake- Most fun I've seen a band have on stage in awhile and the crowd was very into it. Circle pits throughout the set.

ROAM- Very small crowd, but the band sounded great.

State Champs- Not as big as of crowd as I would have thought and people seemed to be saving their energy for TSSF at this point. The band sounded solid though.

Yellowcard- One of the emotional performances I've ever seen as it was their final Warped set ever. Ryan seemed to be on the verge of tears and was very heartfelt when he thanked Kevin Lyman for having them on the tour. The crowd was tired, but sang along to every word. Huge circle pit during Five Becomes Four.

Story So Far- Regardless of what anyone thinks about their live performance, the band draws crazy crowds. Easily the craziest crowd I saw all day and the band really brought it for the final set for Warped Tour this set. They seemed to step it up given the crowds craziest after a very long and hot day. Tons of crowdsurfing throughout and a perfect way to cap off Warped.

Other artists I saw were Set It Off, Summer Set, And Waka Flaka Flame. Flame had one of the biggest crowds of the day and was quite entertaining.

 

I always forget that Craig Mabbit lives in Portland. He was at Warped there today.

 

This has been my experience w/ their fanbase in Australia. Great band, very solid live.

 

At 4:27, is Kellin from SWS saying "We'll see you there never again"? He seemed to hesitate before saying it. I can't figure out what else he possibly could be saying. That seems mighty odd.

 

Quick little show review for Portland from my end:
Cane Hill- This was my second time seeing them and the crowd was very much so more into it this time around. Overall a solid fusion of nu metal and metalcore. Bit of a bummer to see them without Bemo (their ex guitar player).
The Color Morale- First time seeing them and they were pretty good, nothing spectacular worth noting about their set aside from Garret getting up to the barricade for two songs.
Real Friends- Great set and great crowd. Surprised at how many songs I was able to recognize and sing along with since usually I feel slightly out of place in a pop punk crowd haha.
Motionless In White- this was my 4th time seeing MIW and I can't say I remember the crowds being as obnoxious and entitled as they were. A lot of people pushing me to the side to get through a giant fucking crowd to the front and people trying to take my spot. I'd be really bummed to see MIW become a band I second guess going to see because of awful crowd members. Aside from that though great set. Not a huge fan of the new song but it may grow on me, would have really liked to see A-M-E-R-I-C-A in the set but it is what it is. As said before Spencer came out for Abigail and Pablo came out for Immaculate Misconception.
Chelsea Grin- I had been seeing before that people were saying that Alex's vocals have been rough as of late. I personally wouldn't call them "rough" but I can definitely see a decline in his range from the earlier years. Still a great set. From what I could see the pit was going pretty hard.
Ice Nine Kills- 2nd time seeing them and idk how I forgot how amazing of a frontman Spencer is. The dude is wearing a black trench coat and still having people hold him up and crowd surfing while performing and he nailed their set perfectly as well.
Whitechapel- While I prefer the older material to the newer, the new material translates really well over live. I do however wish they would have only played one of either The Saw Is The Law or The Mark Of The Blade, not both. Seems a little over kill. They also were running short on time so they cut out This Is Exile. Great performance, lackluster set.
Issues- I really like the new material in the set. 4th time seeing them and the dynamic between the band and the crowd is phenomenal. They didn't play Yung & Dum which was a bit of a bummer but overall great set. As I said before Pablo came out and did guest vocals on Blue Wall. Also Vinnie from MIW came out and did the last part of Hooligans and Josh crowd surfed.

I left after Issues because of how hot it was, but reading about TSSF having a good set maybe that was a bad choice. Overall good day. I don't know how people in Arizona do it though. Wayyy overly hot.

 

Bands react to the end of Warped Tour 2016 - Features - Alternative Press

 

He said in an interview before the tour started that this will probably be the last time they ever do it.

 

good riddance lol

 

Give it a few years when they aren't as popular...

 

Wasn't at their set, but from what I saw from videos it seemed like they had one of the biggest sets of Warped. I have no idea how well they do on headliners though.

 

But they aren't on the same level as ADTR or BMTH. Both of those bands are bigger than Warped currently. I wouldn't say the same for Sleeping With Sirens or Falling in Reverse.

 

Oh yeah by far SWS and FIR aren't bigger than Warped. But "on the decline" made it sound like they were falling into obscurity (see Alesana).

 

At some point they will start to lose popularity.

 

Good no more sws at warped

 

The 10 breakout bands of Warped Tour 2016 - Features - Alternative Press

 

Apparently Brandan from Bleeding Through/Rise Above Fitness guested with Vanna at one of the dates. I didn't hear about it. Did this happen at other shows? I missed Vanna's set so wasn't sure.

 

Vans Warped Tour Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegss, Nev. Aug. 9, 2016
Gross Sales : $212,255
Attend / Capacity : 5,925 / 9,929
Current Boxscore

 

I wonder if there will be a Vegas date next year. The setup looked so cool especially with the pool but I'm sure there was a lot of planning that went into having Warped Tour at a hotel.

 

6k seems pretty low

 

So does 10,000. It's probably not easy getting kids to go to a festival in the desert in August.

 

I'm sure Vegas is one of the smaller dates on the tour and it was in the middle of the week. I think 10K isn't bad for some dates, I'm sure Portland does around that or Slightly more.

 

Different markets just draw differently. Detroit, for example, I think does near 20,000 most years. Might be different, but it's something super high like that.