CHIODOS, SAOSIN, UNDEROATH, NOFX, BAD RELIGON, 3OH!3 SET FOR 2009 WARPED TOUR

The most successful and longest running touring festiavl kicked off it’s 15th Anniversary with a huge lineup once again.

The 2009 Warped Tour has announced the initial lineup for the traveling tour’s 15th Anniversary and for 2009, tour founder Kevin Lyman has announced a few changes. A few of the most notable changes will be this year’s Warped Tour will consist of fewer bands, with each band getting an extra 10 minutes for their set as well as the two side stages that will merge into one. The Warped Tour, which started out as a showcase for punk rock music, has featured more alternative rock, emo, post-hardcore, metalcore and Christian rock bands in more recent years as Lyman always looked to bring diversity to Warped Tour’s fans.

We caught up with Kevin Lyman to get his thoughts on the difficulty in putting together the lineup for the tour’s 15th Anniversary.

“It’s not easy getting the lineup down, it’s saying no to the 90 percent of the people that don’t get on the lineup. That’s the hardest part. I’m still trying to get my head around to saying ‘No, you’re not going to get on this year’s tour.’ Because, now it’s getting harder and that’s why we started the Mayhem Tour, my other Summer Tour because so many Metal bands wanted to get on Warped Tour and I’m going ‘Why don’t you have a home of your own.'”

Just a few of the bands scheduled to perform on the 2009 Warped Tour will be 3OH!3, The A.K.A’s, Bad Religion, Bayside, Chiodos, The Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly, Less Than Jake, NOFX, Saosin, Senses Fail, Shooter Jennings, Thrice, Underoath, Meg & Dia, Streetlight Manifesto, A Day to Remember, A Skylit Drive, Escape the Fate and TAT to name just a few. The Tour kicks off June 26th in Pomona, Ca and will extend until August 23rd in Los Angeles.