Vans Warped Tour 2013 Lineup Announced, The Offspring, Parkway Drive Headlines

There’s been excitement, there’s been speculation, and there’s even been a few lineup leaks, but having aired on Triple J’s Short.Fast.Loud program this evening, the full 2013 lineup for the Vans Warped Tour is finally here.

The list of bands playing the globe-trotting punk and hardcore festival’s return to Australia this year for the first time in more than a decade is a modestly size bill that focuses on quality over quantity.

Just as Warped Tour promoter AJ Maddah – who put together the lineup in collaboration with Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman – promised when comparing Warped to his own Soundwave Festival, the bill focuses on “mayhem & DIY punk rock spirit.”

Some of the bands playing the East Coast tour this November and December won’t come as a surprise to those who’ve followed the trail of leaks in the lead up to the official announcement. Namely pop punks Simple Plan, California rockers The Dangerous Summer, and melodic moshers For All Those Sleeping, who each alerted fans of their potential involvement ahead of tonight’s announcement. Likewise for those who saw some correlation between the recent South American Warped lineup, revealing that headliners The Used are also topping the bill.

Joining the Utah screamo outfit The Used are New Found Glory, who were the only band on the lineup to feature on the last Australian tour of 2002, as well as headliners The Offspring, returning after being one of the major acts for Soundwave 2012 in February, and Australian headliners – metalcore mavericks Parkway Drive.

If you’re wondering about Maddah’s previous claim that there’d be “lots of locals” on the Warped 2013 lineup, the promoter has said that more Aussie bands will turn up in the “supplementary announcements,” tweeting to “expect another 4 or 5 internationals as well as a load of locals” to be added to the lineup.

Maddah has previously noted that a ticket to Warped will be the only chance to catch any of the lineup as there won’t be any sideshows for the festival, noting in a tweet to a fan query about possible sideshows: “not this year. I’d like to wait til we have re-established the festival in Aus 1st.”

That is except for Perth, who will be getting some performances from Warped Tour artists to compensate for missing out on a full leg of the festival. Maddah explained that the WA State Government and financial logistics were to blame for the lack of a Perth leg. “To be quite frank, the past few years, Perth hasn’t been particularly kind to punk bands or to punk events,” said Maddah. “Perth is great for P!nk and what have you, but it’s not so good for punk rock.”

Tickets are $90 (+ GST & b/f) and go on sale Thursday 18th July from the Vans Warped Tour Australia website.

Vans Warped Tour 2013 Lineup

The Offspring
Parkway Drive
The Used
Simple Plan
New Found Glory
Hatebreed
Tonight Alive
H2O
The Summer Set
Kids In Glass Houses
We Came As Romans
Man Overboard
Crown The Empire
The Dangerous Summer
For All Those Sleeping
Veara
Anarbor
Mallory Knox
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