Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to the AP/Warped Tour mini-site! I'm Scott Heisel, AP's music editor and just one of many hosts for this summer's extravaganza. On this blog, you'll be able to find daily updates from AP staffers slogging it out in the Warped trenches, with exclusive behind-the-scenes looks no one else will have.

Speaking of behind the scenes, we've hooked up four of our current favorite bands -- Angels & Airwaves, the Color Fred, Every Time I Die and Forever The Sickest Kids -- with video phones, and their mission is to document all the weird, wild and wacky stuff the typical Warped concertgoer never gets to see. We'll have new video clips daily, so make sure to check back often. You never know what you might miss (or whose bare butt you might see)...

If that's not enough, our crack photography team will be at nearly every single stop of this year's tour, and we'll be bringing you plenty of exclusive live photos you won't see anywhere else. And who knows -- you might even spot yourself in the crowd!

Oh, and one more thing: See that link on top left? Make sure to click it and check out the online version of our annual Warped Tour program, featuring profiles on the tour's biggest, hottest and coolest acts, plus a whole host of enhanced audio/video content -- it's completely free to check out, and you can even download it to your hard drive. (Of course, you'll still want to swing by the AP Booth at your local Warped stop to get a real, physical copy for autographs, unless you want Tom DeLonge and Max Bemis to sign your iPhone screen.)

Thanks again for stopping by our mini-site, and we hope to see each and every one of you this summer!