Vans Warped Tour announces new bands to lineup

On Wednesday, http://www.vanswarpedtour.com/ announced six new bands to this summer’s Warped Tour: Set Your Goals, Foxy Shazam, Abandon All ships, The Dance Party, I Set My Friends On Fire, and MC Lars. This is hardly the tip of the iceberg. Overall, the website has announced 27 confirmed bands so far of what usually is a lineup that consists of more than 100 total bands for the entire summer tour.

Created and debuted by Kevin Lyman, The Vans Warped Tour, has grown into what some say to be the hottest (some double meaning is implied) North American travelling music/extreme sports festival. The tour originally began as a punk rock showcase, but over the years has evolved into wide diversity in the lineup. Since December 8, 2010, Warped Tour has slowly begun announcing bands that have committed to Summer 2011's tour. According to vanswarpedtour.com, new bands will be announced each Wednesday until the headlining bands will be announced on March 26th.

Bands that have joined the lineup so far include:

Abandon All Ships
The Aggrolites
Big D and the Kids Table
Dance Gavin Dance
The Dance Party
The Dangerous Summer
Enter Shikari
Every Avenue
The Exposed
Family Force Five
Foxy Shazam
Go Radio
Grieves With Brudo
I Set My Friends on Fire
Lucero
MC Lars with Weerd Science
Miss May I
Of Mice and Men
The Ready Set
Set Your Goals
Sharks
Simple Plan
We Came As Romans
Winds of Plague
Woe Is Me
The Wonder Years
The Word Alive

Make sure you check http://www.vanswarpedtour.com/ every Wednesday to see the new bands. The tour kicks off June 24 is Dallas, Texas and runs for 43 dates where the final stop is made August 14, 2011 in Hillsboro, Oregon. Also, you can check dates at www.vanswarpedtour.com/dates to find a venue near you. This will definitely be a summer experience to remember!

If interested in a free 10 song sampler of Warped bands from iTunes, head over to the iTunes Facebook Page to get your code (http://apps.facebook.com/freeonitunes/getcode/39).