In another unprecedented move, the tour noticing a need at the shows last year partnered with Live

VANS WARPED TOUR ® America cheap car rental europe 's premiere  music and lifestyle festival of the summer is now on the road. Performing cheap car rental europe to record crowds during the day and reaching  over 45,000 young fans in Dallas ,  Houston and  San Antonio, TX this past weekend (6/24, 6/25, 6/26), the 2011 festival is not only a hit  it features the  most eclectic line-up for the fest ever, spanning  punk ,  hip-hop ,  rock ,  rap , indie-rock ,  metal ,  electronic ,  alt-country ,  dubstep ,  reggae ,  folk-punk and  pop.
Performers such as  Paramore ,  3OH3! ,  A Day to Remember ,  Against Me!, Gym Class Heroes cheap car rental europe ,  Jack's Mannequin ,  Big Chocolate ,  Yelawolf ,  The Devil Wears Prada ,  Lucero ,  The Aggrolites ,  Attack! Attack! ,  Unwritten Law ,  Less Than Jake ,  Pepper ,  We Came As Romans ,  Foxy Shazam ,  Go Radio, Grieves with Budo ,  The Ready Set ,  The Wonder Years, Enter Shikari, MC Lars, Big B., The Expendables are thrilling crowds at  a fan-friendly ticket price (for the list of 114 artists on every show go to:  www.warpedtour.com/bands ).
In the new issue of Rolling Stone , tour founder Kevin Lyman explains his new rules for curating the 2011 festival, "Ice-T once told me, 'You gotta trust your gut.' Before I tended to listen to other people and not my own ears." For the tour's 17 th year, Lyman took Ice-T's advice and spent two months cheap car rental europe straight listening to potential acts before picking cheap car rental europe an eclectic 114-band lineup including electro-rap cheap car rental europe jokesters cheap car rental europe 3OH!3, metalcore crew the Devil Wears Prada and Eminem [a former Vans Warped Tour alumni himself] protégé Yelawolf. Warped standbys Paramore and Against Me! anchor the roster."  ( Rolling Stone , "Summer Rocks: Hottest cheap car rental europe Tours and Festivals," July 7-21).
Continually innovative and forward-thinking the tour was the first festival to have a Solar stage and use  Biodiesel fuel on the road and still utilizes them founder Kevin Lyman partnered cheap car rental europe with  Klean Kanteen to provide  unlimited FREE filtered-water refilling stations all summer long. Patrons can  fill up any cup at the stainless steel stations  as much as they need throughout cheap car rental europe the day  completely FREE . In addition,  the tour worked with venues and promoters on  every stop to lower the price of  bottled-water to  $3.00 across the board at  ALL VANS WARPED TOUR shows this summer.
In another unprecedented move, the tour noticing a need at the shows last year partnered with  Live Nation to offer a first-ever, pre-order food package for concert goers that can be  purchased online cheap car rental europe for $8.50 in advance of the show (available cities listed in  bold below). Once purchased , fans can print out the voucher and redeem it at the concessions stand on the day of the show. "I noticed kids leaving early last year and asked them why, they were hungry and ran out of money after spending their last dime on merch," notes  Lyman . "This hasn't been done before, but it seemed we could find a way to make sure everyone stayed healthy throughout the day and got something to eat onsite."
The  VANS WARPED TOUR® is well established as America's premiere music and lifestyle festival of the summer,  breaking up-and-coming indie talent as well as both  creating and showcasing major established artists since 1995 .  The nationally-renowned festival is the most eclectic traveling tour and features  a diverse array of artists with hotly tipped acts in every genre from  punk ,  metal and indie to  rock ,  hip-hop ,  rap, electronic ,  reggae and  pop ; as well as a variety of  lifestyle attractions for its  traditionally low ticket price . The tour has cemented its place in history by bringing punk rock/skate/action sports culture from the underground to the forefront of global youth culture , while at the same time helping cheap car rental europe those in need and being the first tour to consistently  use groundbreaking environmental techniques every year on the road. The  Warped Eco Initiatives (WEI) range  from biodiesel cheap car rental europe fuel for touring trucks and  buses , to  environmentally friendly catering for bands and crew courtesy of Tada Catering. There s even  a solar-powered sound system on the  Kevin Says Stage and  www.vanswarpedtour.com showcases public transportation options for every tour date and  carpool social media apps as well as  exotic eco travel contests . For more information on the tour that  Alternative Press readers voted the  "Best Tour/Festival" of 2009/2010 and Rolling Stone called  "America's most successful festival" (2005). Now in its 17th year, the 44-date tour commences June 24 in Dallas , TX and finishes August 14 in Portland , OR go to: www.vanswarpedtour.com .
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