Local band tweet at Warped Tour founder, get on Atlanta bill
Memphis, Tennessee-based pop-punkers FRENCHIE! got the chance of a lifetime when Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman responded to the band’s tweet asking to play the Atlanta date of the tour’s final run. “Sure be [there] at 9am,” Lyman said.
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With only five dates left on the last cross-country Vans Warped Tour, FRENCHIE! took a shot in the dark Sunday when they tweeted Lyman asking to play the Atlanta date of the festival on Tuesday at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood.
And, hey, us scenesters all know that Kevin Lyman is cool as a cucumber! The fabled organizer let FRENCHIE! show up in Atlanta today to play the Transform Stage. Were you there to catch their set? Sound off down in the comment section!
@KevinLyman csn we play in Atlanta? Even for two songs at the free water tent. Here’s a pic of us at warped Nashville and my newest video is here https://t.co/1I22hliJxB ily for all you do pic.twitter.com/12ZncMfaeQ
— FRENCHIE! (@frenchieissohot) July 29, 2018
Sure be their at 9am
— KevinLyman (@KevinLyman) July 29, 2018
We’re there! ??????
— FRENCHIE! (@frenchieissohot) July 29, 2018
Um hi hello secrets out we are playing @VansWarpedTour in atlanta! See y’all there! #foreverwarped #warpedatlanta #WarpedTour2018 #warped18 #poppunk #poppunksnotdead #defendpoppunk #summerforever pic.twitter.com/C5UOfCagxA
— FRENCHIE! (@frenchieissohot) July 30, 2018
YO WE PLAY 1:15 @ the Transform Stage!! Let’s partyyyyy #foreverwarped #warpedtour #warpedtour2018 #warped18 #poppunk #poppunksnotdead #defendpoppunk #summerforever pic.twitter.com/KDAAj4DhZS
— FRENCHIE! (@frenchieissohot) July 31, 2018
Vans Warped Tour 2018
07/31 – Atlanta, GA @ Cellairis Amphitheatre
08/02 – Jacksonville, FL @ The Old Cypress Lot
08/03 – Orlando, FL @ Tinker Field
08/04 – Tampa, FL @ MidFlorida Ampitheater
08/05 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Coral Sky Ampitheatre
