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We The Kings, Reel Big Fish Featured On Warped Tour Live Compilation

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As the iconic touring summer festival comes to a permanent close, a new live digital music collection will capture the magic forever
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Aug 1, 2018 - 9:42 am

It's the end of an era. Vans Warped Tour will play the final show of its last full cross-country tour on Aug. 5 in West Palm Beach, Fla. For the many musicians and fans who came to call the summer festival home, however, Warped Tour is offering the chance for one final gift — the compilation album, The Final Hours.

Check Out Warped Tour 2018 Opening Day

The compilation, which will be offered as a limited-edition download, captures two songs from every band playing the final night of this year's Warped Tour. You'll get unforgettable performances to listen to on repeat from the likes of Wage War, We The Kings, Reel Big Fish, Doll Skin, Issues, As It Is, Ice Nine Kills, Kublai Khan, and Sense Fail, among others.

The collection is available for preorder now for a minimum donation of $20. All proceeds raised from album sales will go to Warped Tour Founder Kevin Lyman's new charitable enterprise, FEND, which raises awareness about opioid addiction. The Final Hours will be available for download within 12 hours of the tour's last note.

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As the popular summer music festival comes to a close this summer, we take you inside the first day of this year's festivities
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Jun 22, 2018 - 2:16 pm

Vans Warped Tour mastermind, Kevin Lyman, announced that the 2018 run of the popular summer event would be its last. After 20 years of sharing new bands with eager fans, developing a special music community and providing one of the most iconic stages for artists to play, it's time to say goodbye to the beloved music experience. But we've still got one summer left, and Warped Tour is going to make it unforgettable.

Check Out Warped Tour 2018 Opening Day

Follow Recording Academy host Ryan J. Downey during opening day of Warped Tour 2018 in Pomona, Calif., on June 21. He takes us inside the festival to see the crowds, find out why fans love the festival, take a peek at the festival's community, see bands in action onstage, check out the half pipe, and see some of the characters in the crowd.

Also find out why bands Doll Skin, Dead Girls Academy, Issues, and Tonight Alive love playing Warped Tour. Reel Big Fish offer a suggest for the next iteration — a cruise! — while Wage War and Echosmith reflect on how Warped Tour has supported artists over the years. We The Kings share how they snuck into their first Warped Tour, and the Used and Amity Affliction remember how the show represents the "pinnacle" of success.

The Used's Bert McCracken At Warped Tour 2018

Given what we saw and heard, this is one summer festival you don't want to miss. So if Warped Tour is headed your way this summer, the time to get in on the action is now.

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Reel Big Fish To Wage War: The Lasting Legacy Of Warped Tour

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Hear what artists have to say about the important lessons, unforgettable moments and wild good music that's come out of the festival's 20-year history
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Jun 22, 2018 - 4:57 pm

Picture this. It's a sunny day and the temperature's pushing 90 degrees. Bands from around the world ready their sets for a growing crowd of enthusiastic fans against the backdrop of a cloudless blue sky, palm trees and distant California mountains. There couldn't be a better setting to kick off the first day of Vans Warped Tour's final summer.

Check Out Warped Tour 2018 Opening Day

When festival creator Kevin Lyman announced 2018 would be the final run for the popular touring summer festival, we knew it would be a big one. That's why we were onsite for the tour's kickoff day on June 21 in Pomona, Calif., where we had the chance to sit down with many of the bands performing this summer this year to find out why Warped Tour has been so influential during its 20-year run.

Doll Skin

As one of the only all-female bands on this summer's Warped Tour lineup, Phoenix-based rockers Doll Skin have an empowering message to share, and Warped provides the perfect stage. When asked to sum up Warped Tour in one word, they each chose "wild," "exhilarating," "inclusive," and "amazing," a true reflection of the festival experience.  

Dead Girls Academy's Michael Vampire

Dead Girls Academy singer Michael Vampire is no stranger to the Warped Stage. Vampire, who said he's "very grateful to be on the tour," revealed his very first Warped Tour experience as a fan.

"I don't remember the year, it was a long time ago. It was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida," he shares. "When I found out there was a festival you could go to and see these bands, I was there, all in one place in one day. It was surreal and the experience was amazing."

Echosmith On Warped Tour, New Music & More

Not only did many of the bands we talked to share the unforgettable feeling of performing on the Warped tour stage, but they also acknowledged that in many ways the tour has been an influential vetting ground for new bands.

Issues

Metalcore band Issues, who planned on playing a song they've never performed live for the first time on the 2018 tour stage, point out how Warped Tour has created a venue that can make or break artists.

"Warped Tour is a very interesting phenomenon because it takes everyone who would be interested in this music and shoves every single person in the same area," observe Issues. "So if you can make a name for yourself on Warped tour, then you will. If you suck then you won't. Someone called it the great equalizer."

Tonight Alive's Jenna McDougall

When we sat down with Australian band Tonight Alive vocalist Jenna McDougall, she shared a poignant message she has learned throughout the her four rounds as a touring artist with Warped.

"I wish I knew when I was younger that I don't have to try. You just be," McDougall says. "It's just amazing we get to come back this many times. I'm just happy to be here and play the music we know people love now. We don't have to project anything."

The Used's Bert McCracken At Warped Tour 2018

While most bands we talked to took the time to reflect on the bittersweet closing of a 20-year chapter in music history, Reel Big Fish weren't convinced this is the end for Warped Tour. In fact, they have a solid plan for the festival's future — a cruise. Warped Tour already packs a community of like-minded fans and artists in a small space, but throw in free ice cream on the high seas, and Reel Big Fish will be there.

Wage War

Florida-based band Wage War attended Warped Tour as fans when they were young. Like other musicians who first attended the festival for fun, there's a sense of giving back to the community that fostered their love of the very music they now perform onstage.

"I remember going and it felt like magic watching some of the bands," say Wage War. "To be the person giving that back to people who like our music, that's really sick, because I was that kid in the crowd at one point."

The Amity Affliction

Heavy band the Amity Affliction are three-year veterans of Warped, and they share a sentiment about performing on the tour with many of the artists we spoke to. For everyone involved, from fans to artists, Warped Tour has created something really magical that will be hard to replace.

"It was like a dream come true for me to even be on it the first time, they say. "Doing the last one is special."

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Watch The First Trailer For Joan Jett Documentary 'Bad Reputation'

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Take a sneak peek into the GRAMMY-nominated rocker's upcoming documentary
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Jul 25, 2018 - 4:03 pm

Are rock stars born or made? In the case of Joan Jett, you could argue both. But the upcoming documentary, Bad Reputation, might get us closer to the answer by giving us a little more insight into the GRAMMY-nominated rocker's life and career.

A new trailer for the film, directed by Kevin Kerslake, covers Jett's rise as a musician, including navigating the boys club of rock and roll, her first band the Runaways, her solo work, and co-founding Blackheart Records. And it all started with her first guitar at age 13.

"I went and took a lesson and the guy said, 'Girls don't play rock and roll,'" she reveals. "And I said, 'Bull.' … Tell me I can't do something, you know I'm gonna be doing it."

The film will include archival footage as well as interviews with Jett and Billie Joe Armstrong, Iggy Pop, Pete Townshend, Debbie Harry, and Miley Cyrus who will paint their personal pictures of Jett.

You can get your hands on the full-length feature documentary starting Sept. 28. While it may be titled Bad Reputation, Jett's legacy has inspired all of us to shout from the rooftops right along with her: "I Love Rock 'N Roll."

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Yoko Ono Previews First Track From Upcoming Album 'Warzone'

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The GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter will bring back her unique musical style with a new album this fall
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Jul 24, 2018 - 10:45 am

Yoko Ono is back at it with new music, and this time she's bringing it to you from inside a Warzone.

The GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter and famed wife of the late John Lennon is set to release her latest album on Oct. 19. With a slate of 13 tracks, Ono reimagines new versions of songs originally recorded between 1970 and 2009, giving them a fresh look for 2018.

The album's title track, for example, comes from Ono's 1996 album Rising, along with "Where Do We Go From Here." She's also done a new version of Lennon's "Imagine," 1985's "Children Power" from Starpeace and "Now Or Never" from 1973's Approximately Infinite Universe. 

Warzone, like most of Ono's projects, rely on a minimalist soundscape that allows her activist lyrics to take center stage. According to Ono, this project reflects her thoughts on today's world, scenarios aptly captured with reimagined versions of earlier material.

+ + WE"RE LIVING IN A WARZONE + +
I have made a new album - WARZONE -
I will be previewing a track every Tuesday for 12 weeks until its release on October 19th.
Preview the album at https://t.co/cuyIKkSyE2
Preorder the CD or LP on Amazon at https://t.co/Gz1zUCx70Q
love, yoko

— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) July 24, 2018

"The world is so messed up. Things are very difficult for everybody. It's a warzone that we are living in,” Ono said in a statement. "I like to create things in a new way. Every day things change."

Look for Warzone in full on Oct. 19, and in the meantime, enjoy a new track from the album, which will be previewed every Tuesday via Ono's website.

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