Editing Warped Tour (section)

==Reception and controversies==
[[File:Warped Tour merch tents 2010-08-10 04.jpg|right|thumb|Artist, record label, and sponsor tents occupy the central area of the tour stops, selling merchandise and holding autograph signings.]]
"Warped Tour is a place for teenage kids to go and hear all their favorite bands in one day," says Rob Pasalic, guitarist for [[The Saint Alvia Cartel]]. "It wouldn't make sense for it to be the same tour in 2007 as it was in 1997. These are the bands that kids like, and the tour is smart enough to grow and adapt to that. You still get bands like [[Bad Religion]] playing, so it's not like it's lost all its roots."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warped Tour Keeps Skating Straight Ahead |url=http://music.aol.ca/article/warped-tour/125/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725141733/http://music.aol.ca/article/warped-tour/125/ |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |access-date=August 23, 2007}}</ref>

[[Joe Queer]] of [[The Queers]] stated that

<blockquote>You play music because there's something inside of you that says you have to play music. Now you get bands like [[Fall Out Boy]] that are basically created in the studio. The Warped Tour changed it. Fuck it. I just don't like that shit. All the guys in the bands remind me of the [[Jock (athlete)|jocks]] I hated in high school. To me a punk gig is a small sweaty club with the audience right in your face knocking over the mic stand and boogying off the energy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 20, 2014 |title=頭部外傷でお悩みの方へ充実のサポート &#124; 高次脳機能障害は弁護士に相談｜弁護士法人たくみ法律事務所 |url=http://www.wirenh.com/music-mainmenu-5/15-music-general/1597-joe-queer-the-face-of-punk.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201233541/http://wirenh.com/music-mainmenu-5/15-music-general/1597-joe-queer-the-face-of-punk.html |archive-date=2010-12-01 |access-date=2016-09-24 |website=Wirenh.com}}</ref></blockquote>

[[File:AnberlininPhoenix.jpg|thumb|[[Anberlin]] preparing for a meet-and-greet at the MySpace tent on the 2007 tour. Performers often meet with fans and sign autographs at the various artist and sponsor tents.]]

[[Keith Morris]] said that "These kids that are [playing] on the Warped Tour, they should have no choice but to go into the military, and go off to some desert somewhere and spend some time in the desert, rather than having some big, ultra mega record company giving them lots of money and paying for their hotels and buses, making sure their hair is trendy, and that they are wearing the proper clothes that all the kids like and wear, and all that fun shit."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=9241014431&topic=4111 |title=Archived copy |website=[[Facebook]] |access-date=March 9, 2023 |archive-date=January 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111013129/https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=9241014431&topic=4111 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Morris' band the [[Circle Jerks]] would later appear on the 2007 edition of the tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2007 |title=Circle Jerks to Join This Year's Warped Tour |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/circle_jerks_to_join_this_years_warped_tour.html |access-date=2010-08-11 |website=Ultimate-Guitar.com |archive-date=2011-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118082420/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/circle_jerks_to_join_this_years_warped_tour.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, [[Oliver Sykes]], lead vocalist of [[Bring Me the Horizon]], took to Twitter to announce that he was no longer allowed to start a [[mosh pit]]/wall of death. Kevin Lyman took to Twitter as well to say that audience members could create mosh pits and walls of death, but that someone in the audience had to initiate them rather than any band member because then they would be taking responsibility for any injuries, which could then lead to costly lawsuits.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2013 |title=Warped Tour Act Claims Ban on Terms Like "Mosh Pit" and "Wall of Death" |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/52048/warped-tour-act-claims-ban-on-terms-like-mosh-pit-and-wall-of-death |access-date=2016-09-24 |website=PunkNews.org |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006104422/http://www.punknews.org/article/52048/warped-tour-act-claims-ban-on-terms-like-mosh-pit-and-wall-of-death |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2013 |title=Warped Tour's Kevin Lyman Comments on 'Mosh Pit' Controversy |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/52115/warped-tours-kevin-lyman-comments-on-mosh-pit-controversy |access-date=2016-09-24 |website=PunkNews.org |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093559/http://www.punknews.org/article/52115/warped-tours-kevin-lyman-comments-on-mosh-pit-controversy |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 July 2015, it was announced that Jake McElfresh's music act [[Front Porch Step]] would play the Nashville, Tennessee, tour stop.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2015 |title=Musicians React to Front Porch Step Playing Warped Tour |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/musicians_react_to_front_porch_step_playing_warped_tour |access-date=2016-09-24 |website=Altpress.com |archive-date=2016-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820033937/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/musicians_react_to_front_porch_step_playing_warped_tour |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2015 |title=Everything We Know About the Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Front Porch Step |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/everything_we_know_about_the_sexual_harassment_allegations_against_front_po |access-date=2016-09-24 |website=Alt Press |archive-date=2016-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521010727/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/everything_we_know_about_the_sexual_harassment_allegations_against_front_po |url-status=live }}</ref> Many bands including [[The Wonder Years (band)|The Wonder Years]], [[Senses Fail]], [[Handguns (band)|Handguns]], and [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]] asked attendees to boycott McElfresh's set. The Wonder Years' lead singer Dan "Soupy" Campbell, who was supposed to perform after Front Porch Step on the Acoustic Basement Stage, asked fans to go see [[Man Overboard (band)|Man Overboard]] at 1:15 pm, the time the acoustic set would take place.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2015 |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/4mXWkenLqB/ |access-date=2016-09-24 |publisher=[[Instagram]] |archive-date=2016-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415130638/https://www.instagram.com/p/4mXWkenLqB/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lyman responded by saying,

<blockquote>He was only supposed to be here long enough to play his show but the weather today has been putting us behind schedule. He wasn't added to the tour, so those claims that he was 'added to sell tickets' are completely groundless.<ref name="Lyman">{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2015 |title=Warped Tour's Kevin Lyman Responds to Front Porch Step Controversy (Exclusive) |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/warped_tours_kevin_lyman_responds_to_front_porch_step_controversy_exclusive |access-date=2016-09-24 |website=Alt Press |archive-date=2016-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820033936/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/warped_tours_kevin_lyman_responds_to_front_porch_step_controversy_exclusive |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>

He also said because McElfresh had still not been formally charged with misconduct, he agreed to have him perform. "If he was a danger to anyone, he simply would not have been here."<ref name=Lyman/>

On July 11, 2016, Vans Warped Tour announced that Virginia [[pro-life]] organization [[Students for Life of America|Rock for Life]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 1, 2016 |title=National Summer Rock for Life Tour Kicks Off |url=http://studentsforlife.org/national-summer-rock-for-life-tour-kicks-off/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042232/http://studentsforlife.org/national-summer-rock-for-life-tour-kicks-off/ |archive-date=2017-12-01 |access-date=2017-11-21 |publisher=Students for Life of America}}</ref> would be among the vendors on their 41 tour dates. Rock for Life were known{{according to whom|date=August 2019}} for co-opting punk aesthetics with their logo of a fetus playing a guitar and T-shirts with the phrase "All Lives Matter".<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2016 |title=Vans Warped Tour Draws Controversy for Its Pro-Life Tent |url=http://www.aux.tv/2016/07/vans-warped-tour-draws-controversy-for-its-pro-life-tent/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813032921/http://www.aux.tv/2016/07/vans-warped-tour-draws-controversy-for-its-pro-life-tent/ |archive-date=2016-08-13 |access-date=2016-09-24 |website=Aux.tv}}</ref> Bands such as Safe to Say<ref name="twitter1">{{Cite tweet |number=763823506664587264 |user=safetosaymusic |title=Yes. Everyday. We are a pro choice band. A tent telling young women what to do with their body has no place here. |author=Safetosay |date=August 11, 2016}}</ref> and Old Wounds<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=763810457563955200 |user=oldwoundsnj |title=@rockforlife @realfriendsband @safetosaymusic @Cruelhandhc yeah and so did we. |date=August 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325000012/https://twitter.com/oldwoundsnj/status/763810457563955200 |archive-date=March 25, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref> spoke out against the organization, with Safe to Say replying to Rock for Life's tweet, saying

<blockquote>Yes. Everyday. We are a pro choice band. A tent telling young women what to do with their body has no place here.<ref name="twitter1" /></blockquote>

On June 26, 2017, a video surfaced that showed the punk rock band [[The Dickies]] verbally abusing a crowd member after protests against the band, including signs that said "Our teenage girls don't need to be subjected to derogatory jokes by a disgusting old man" and "Punk isn't predatory" took place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Warped Tour Band Verbally Abuses Crowd Member, Warped Tour Founder Kevin Lyman Responds |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/a-warped-tour-band-have-been-criticised-for-inappropriate-behaviour |access-date=2017-09-01 |website=Rock Sound Magazine |archive-date=2017-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902052734/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/a-warped-tour-band-have-been-criticised-for-inappropriate-behaviour |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Everyone's Mad at the Dickies After They Verbally Abused a Warped Tour Attendee |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/everyones_mad_at_the_dickies_after_they_verbally_abused_a_warped_tour_attendee |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902052557/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/everyones_mad_at_the_dickies_after_they_verbally_abused_a_warped_tour_attendee |url-status=live }}</ref> While Lyman initially said that the band was no longer on the Warped Tour roster,<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=879430678173155328 |user=KevinLyman |title=@johnothetree It was a very unfortunate incident and the tour does not condone this at all, they will no longer be on the tour. |author=KevinLyman |date=June 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325000031/https://twitter.com/KevinLyman/status/879430678173155328 |archive-date=March 25, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=June 30, 2017}}</ref> he released a statement on 1 July that said the band had not been kicked off of the tour and that the altercation was between the band's frontman, Leonard Graves Phillips, and a member of the touring party.<ref name="Rocksound">{{Cite web |title=Vans Warped Tour Founder Kevin Lyman Speaks Out About The Dickies Verbal Abuse Incident |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/vans-warped-tour-founder-kevin-lyman-speaks-out-about-the-dickies-verbal-ab |access-date=2017-09-01 |website=Rock Sound Magazine |archive-date=2017-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902055744/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/vans-warped-tour-founder-kevin-lyman-speaks-out-about-the-dickies-verbal-ab |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<blockquote>I thought it was time to put the facts out since I have watched false information floating around. A video has been circulating of a confrontation between Leonard from the Dickies and a fan. Fact – it was not a fan, but a member of the touring party. The member of the touring party was standing next to the PA with a sign protesting some of the things they found offensive about the band's jokes, and props on stage. During one of the last songs they went towards the barricade and directed the sign at the band. After a verbal barrage from Leonard, the member of the touring party threw the sign at Leonard, and left the area. I do not condone verbal or physical violence, whatsoever. The Dickies, last day of the tour was that Sunday, which had always been scheduled. These are the facts of what took place and this is why I ask anyone who has an issue with anyone else on tour, to come sit under my tent with me and express their views diplomatically. On this year's tour we have many people who may not agree with each other, but as humans we should be able to express our points of view in a civil manner. If we have any hope to progress as a society, communication will be key in moving forward.<ref name="Rocksound" /></blockquote>

===Band conflicts===
[[File:Warped Tour half-pipe 2010-08-10.jpg|right|thumb|Athletes perform exhibitions of skateboarding, BMX biking, and other sports on [[half-pipe]]s and other ramps during the tour. Attendees are often also permitted to participate.]]
A few bands have left the tour due to conflicts they had with the tour or  other bands:
* Both [[D12]] and [[Esham]] were kicked out of the 2001 tour. D12 allegedly attacked Esham because he mentioned [[Eminem]]'s daughter in his song "Chemical Imbalance". [[Eminem]] was not present during this incident.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 12, 2001 |title=Rappers Esham, D12 Kicked Off Warped Tour After Alleged Attack |work=Daily Bruin |url=http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2001/08/rappers-esham-d12-kicked-off-w |access-date=2016-09-24 |archive-date=2011-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028065958/http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2001/08/rappers-esham-d12-kicked-off-w |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The band [[Guttermouth]] was supposedly removed from the [[Warped Tour 2004]] for insulting [[Simple Plan]]. The band later stated that they left on their own because "... '10 or so' unnamed bands didn't jibe with [[Guttermouth]]'s way of doing business, and in some cases, threatened them with violence".<ref>[http://www.aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=2782] {{dead link|date=September 2016}}</ref>
* The band [[Slaves (American band)|Slaves]] was kicked off the tour in 2015 after lead singer [[Jonny Craig]] sexually assaulted and harassed a female merchandise table worker.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Depland |first=Michael |date=2015-07-20 |title=Another Band Has Been Removed From Vans Warped Tour For Sexual Assault Issues |url=https://uproxx.com/music/slaves-removed-vans-warped-tour-sexual-assault/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=UPROXX |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The band [[Islander (band)|Islander]] was kicked off the tour after Mikey Carvajal jumped into a backline drum kit onstage and damaged it during their live set in Denver on July 1, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heinz |first=Natasha |date=July 2, 2018 |title=Islander Asked to Leave Warped Tour |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/islander-asked-to-leave-warped-tour/ |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508200005/https://www.altpress.com/news/islander-asked-to-leave-warped-tour/ |url-status=live }}</ref>