I know there's still a while left until the tour is over, but I'm already ready for the 2017 rollout. Hopefully they bring back the weekly announcements (even if they withhold the main stage bands until March) so that I can check out more small bands beforehand.
Warped 2017 mock up Journey's Left: Black Veil Brides Senses Fail Thrice (Partial in lieu of Good Charlotte) Goldfinger Taking Back Sunday Anti-Flag Against the Current The Used The Summer Set This Wild Life Bayside Journey's Right: Echosmith (Partial in lieu of 3oh!3) Asking Alexandria New Years Day Breathe Carolina Knuckle Puck Saosin The Summer Set You Me At Six Never Shout Never PVRIS Monster North: We Came As Romans Papa Roach (Partial in lieu of Bullet For My Valentine) Memphis May Fire The Ghost Inside August Burns Red Miss May I The Amity Affliction Beartooth I, Prevail Thy Art Is Murder Monster South: Attila Crossfaith While She Sleeps Silverstein Fit For A King The Browning My Enemies & I Blessthefall Born of Osiris Poseidon Stage: A Lot Like Birds September Mourning Broadside Gnarwolves MC Lars As It Is Hands Like Houses PLGRMS Flatfoot 56 Dinosaur Pile-Up Cyclops Stage: Vinyl Theatre Hawthorne Heights Big D & the Kids Table A Skylit Drive Mod Sun Yvette Young The Lippies Forever Came Calling Merriment Fullsail Stage: (apply partial dates where it seems fit) Driver Freindly The Nearly Deads Beebs Abandoned By Bears Rarity Bad Omens Dash Ten Stick Up Kid Can't Swim A Story Told Light Up The Sky Shiragirl New Haven Fit For An Autopsy ERRA Dog Party Allison Weiss Casey Bolles The Last Ten Seconds of Life Brigades Trash Boat
I did not see anything at mine nor online yet. I did walk right by her, so your best bet may be to see if you find her.
Knuckle Puck is definitely not playing the full tour three years in a row. Kind of dumb how they were put on this year. You think they would have kept some of the good pop punk for the 2013/2015/2017 cycle
Beeb's would probably be on cyclops or Poseidon like she was this year. Goldfinger,ATC,PVRIS,Blessthefall, Beartooth,MC Lars,Flatfoot 56. Echosmith and Papa Roach, if on my date. That would be a great lineup
Does anyone know if Old Wounds has any pride flags left? Because that and a Less Than Jake vinyl would be the two merch priorities.
Some band on the Full Sail stage is playing Sum 41 and blink-182 covers. Talk about wasting an opportunity
Here's a partial mock lineup prediction for next year Journey's Left: Bowling For Soup (select dates) Anti-Flag (select dates) NOFX (select dates) Never Shout Never Taking Back Sunday The Used Journey's Right: Pierce The Veil The Wonder Years Neck Deep Black Veil Brides The Summer Set Echosmith Monster North: Of Mice & Men (select dates) Killswitch Engage (select dates) Underoath (select dates) Memphis May Fire We Came As Romans Attila Architects Beartooth Born Of Osiris blessthefall Monster South: The Dillinger Escape Plan The Devil Wears Prada Silverstein Stick To Your Guns Like Moths To Flames Crossfaith While She Sleeps Stray From The Path Silent Planet Poseidon: This Wild Life Night Birds Seaway Plague Vendor Hands Like Houses RDGLDGRN Cyclops: A Skylit Drive Big D And The Kids Table Tear Out The Heart Hawthorne Heights As It Is The Kenneths New Beat Fund
Less Than Jake, The Story So Far, We The Kings, State Champs, Reel Big Fish, Four Year Strong, New Found Glory, Issues, Good Charlotte, The Maine, Yellowcard, Mayday Parade, and Sum 41. That's a solid afternoon of consecutive bands. It doesn't get any better than that.
This one would actually be a decent lineup. NOFX and Anti-Flag would be the main draws, along with Killswitch, which is a shame cause (if true of course) they'd be partial runs and I'd probably miss out on one or two or all of them at my date so major bummer there. The rest of the ones I bolded, save Stick To Your Guns and Stray From The Path, are good to great and all... but I've already seen them so they aren't much of a draw. STYG and SFTP are bands I'd really like to see, but they're not really ticket-sellers for me despite really liking both. I'd love to see While She Sleeps, Attila and Crossfaith again but it would just feel like a deja vu of 2015 warped more than anything. Still out of all the bands on this list, even including STYG AND SFTP, only excluding NOFX and Anti-Flag... I'd probably skip every band here in favour of seeing WSS, Attila and Crossfaith... which, even though I'd really enjoy it again I'm sure, would just make for the most underwhelming Warped in years... I guess there just aren't really that many options and the repetitions really start coming hard and fast (even just after being a 3 time warped-goer such as myself, in 14, 15 and 16)
This was probably the most fun I've had at warped in a while. My second in Chicago and this was infinitely better than last year. I loved that both main stages were side by side again, like I'm used to. My only complaint is more of a suggestion, and that's that I think there should be at least two hydrating stations. The location of it was kinda out of the way but still manageable to get to for the most part. I definitely saw a lot of people very dehydrated due to the heat (humidity is also the worst). Overall I saw full sets from mostly every one I wanted to see: yellowcard, new found glory, four year strong, every time I die, good Charlotte, the Maine, less than jake, and sum 41. Saw partial sets by: issues, knuckle puck, motionless in white, emarosa, Sykes, tonight alive and sleeping with sirens. Only real bummer was missing old wounds, they wound up playing at the same time as yellowcard. Masked intruder played the same time at fys. I also really wanted to check out the new low, but I was so physically/mentally/emotionally exhausted from every time I die's set. All in all 9.5/10. .5 point subtracted for humidity.
I am so glad I decided to go today. I spent the few hours checking out some other bands I didn't get to see in Chicago (Motionless in White, 3Oh!3, Against The Current, Bad Seed Rising, The Color Morale, Oceans Ate Alaska, and Broadside). I basically spent the last 5 hours in the amphitheater at the Journey's stages before closing the night out at Knuckle Puck. Just a perfect day. I was able to jump around a lot more today. The Maine's set might have been my favorite. I rode up with two people but spent the entire day by myself. I would definitely do it again. Definitely one of the most fun shows I have ever been to and one of the best days of my summer!
This honestly would be a perfect Warped Tour to make my final one but I don't see myself ever not not going at least not for a few more years. What else will I have better to do on the Saturday that Warped Tour comes to Chicago next year?