Kevin Lyman

Besides traveling the world and creating albums with the Used, Bert McCracken has also been known to dabble with collaborations. In fact, genre-blending musician Machine Gun Kelly recently confirmed the energetic frontman will appear on his debut pop-punk album. ...

Back in 2017, the Vans Warped Tour reinvented their event on a cruise ship, calling itself Warped Rewind At Sea. Everything you loved about good ol’ landlubber Warped–from the awesome bands to the eternal camaraderie to the relentless sunshine–was in play in the middle of an ocean. Now it looks ...

Everybody hurts and we should stop thinking otherwise. That's essentially the message of the 320 Project, the mental health initiative started by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and 320 Changes Direction founder Talinda Bennington, who was married to the late Chester Bennington...

Earlier today, news broke that former Volumes guitarist Diego Farias passed away at the age of 27. The information was first shared by his brother and fellow former bandmate Gus Farias. Now, Volumes have confirmed the news and shared their own statement on the musician’s passing. Rea...

Comedy giants Joe Rogan, Jim Jefferies and Whitney Cummings have teamed up to appear at Stand Up For Australian Fires, the Australia wildfires benefit show taking place Jan. 26 at the Novo in Los Angeles. Proceeds from the event–co-produced by Kevin Lyman and Joe Sib–will go to Wildlife Warriors, the Australian nonprofit dedicated to the protection of that country’s wildlife. The event wil... Read

Mayhem Festival might be making a comeback if a cryptic Instagram post means what the internet thinks it does. Started in 2008 by Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and his Taste of Chaos partner John Reese, Mayhem Festival brought a metal-focused package across the country for several summer runs...

We're only a year out from the last time Vans Warped Tour did a full tour and less than a year since it ended but already Attila frontman Chris Fronzak wants to bring it back. The musician hit his Twitter account today to say he wants to bring the tour back and has a business plan for how he would do it. Read More: Bring Me The Hor... Read More ...

Vans Warped Tour has put out the first two episodes of a video series about the 25 years of the iconic tour.  The series will be released throughout 25 days to celebrated the more-than two decades of Warped. Read more: Papa Roach, Asking Alexandria ad reportedly uses stolen video game art The first episode shows how Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman met up with Steve Van Doren of Vans to get the bal

All good things must come to an end, and Warped Tour is no exception. While we're still figuring out how to spend our summers, we look back on the stacked sets that headlined everyone's festival wishlist this year. The select dates kicked off in Cleveland, OH, fittingly in the shadow of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Lead by ...

Vans Warped Tour might have just wrapped up its 25th anniversary shows this weekend, but that doesn’t mean Kevin Lyman isn’t working on his next project.  Lyman tweeted that after a break, he will be working on his collaboration with Chester Bennginton’s widow Talinda Bennington. It will honor the lat...

Yesterday marked the first day of the final Vans Warped Tour date in Mountain View, CA. Showcasing a stacked lineup of summer veterans, Saturday was the perfect start to the final Warped sendoff.  Day one featured sets from Anti-Flag, Doll Skin, Frank Iero, Goldfinger, I The Mighty, Less Than Jake, Plague Vendor, Set It Off, Silent Planet, Simple Plan, the Offspring, Travie McCoy, We The Kings and

For almost a quarter of a century, Vans Warped Tour was a clubhouse for music culture, focusing on alt-rock and then branching into a punk-rock juggernaut with tentacles in all kinds of genres and nonprofit initiatives. After this weekend’s final event at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, tour founder Kevin Lyman’s vision for a massive touring fest will be remanded to the record

UPDATE: July 10, 2019, 8:13 p.m. EST Vans Warped Tour has announced Goldfinger as the replacement for Good Charlotte during the upcoming California dates. "Our friends in @goldfingermusic have been with us since the '96 Warped Tour, so it made perfect sense to bring them back for the final show in Mountain View...

Starting June 29-30 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Vans Warped Tour will hold its final high-decibel celebrations of punk rock and youth culture. Once the traveling roadshow returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, July 20 and 21, founder Kevin Lyman’s great touring experiment will become a part of rock ’n’ roll history, much like how Grateful Dead tours were for the hipp

There’s an old aphorism that goes “history is what’s happening right now.” But when you are hanging out with your friends at Warped Tour, all the focus is on the moment. Jumping in the pit and getting your crowdsurf on. Trying to capture a ba...

If you wanted to attend Warped Tour's Atlantic City stop but couldn't get tickets, you're in luck. After spending time readjusting some production elements, the festival has been approved to release more tickets for sale.

We’re quickly approaching the 25th anniversary Warped Tour shows in Cleveland, Atlantic City and Mountain View. While the lineup is in place and many tickets have been sold, founder Kevin Lyman is now offering up a bit more information with a behind-the-scenes look. Yesterday, ...

On Twitter, Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman revealed one of his favorite memories from the last 25 years of the famous summer run. While filming for some archives for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland, Lyman shared his favorite memory from the tour includes Less Than Jake’s notorious circle pits. Read more: M... Read More ...

Kevin Lyman has given some advice to festival heads when it comes to the production aspect of the events. Lyman is definitely a great person to give advice on the topic, because as the founder of Warped Tour, he's learned a thing or two about running a smooth festival...

Warped Tour announced its lineup for the three upcoming 25th anniversary shows last month (after a false alarm due to a fake lineup). Now, after Kevin Lyman teased more bands were on the way, the festival is revealing those acts as well as more tickets and single day lineups for some of the shows...