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Erika Rasmussen on July 17, 2019
Back in 2017, when the Warped Tour announced it would no longer be making its annual cross-country trek, even those who took down the thumb-tacked posters of their alternative, punk and hardcore heroes long ago must have felt a tiny tug at the heartstrings. Fortunately for Bay Area locals, Shoreline is one…
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Kaylee Lawler on June 21, 2018
The Vans Warped Tour has been helping break alternative and punk bands since the summer of 1995. Alumni include My Chemical Romance, Katy Perry, Fall Out Boy and many more—in fact, 1,700 bands have played the tour over the past 23 years. The storied touring festival kicks off what founder Kevin Lyman…
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The Warped Tour debuted in 1995, making the traveling alternative music festival as old as its average attendee. And while punk acts have teeter-tottered in mainstream popularity in the intervening decades, the festival is still going strong with a mix of legacy acts and newer bands.
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Melissa Hartman, Stacy Torres, Nick Veronin on August 3, 2016
Music in the Park returns this Thursday with the L.A.-spawned cultural melting pot that is Ozomatli. That same night, Barbra Streisand, one of the last true lounge singer legends, looks back on her long and bedazzled career with a performance at SAP Center. Back in town for its 22nd year The Vans…
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Alice Yin on June 19, 2014
With almost two months of touring ahead of her on the Warped Tour, Bay Area rapper/vocalist K.Flay has a few favorite summer jams to keep her company during the long hours on the road. She shares her top picks below before the tour stops on her home turf this Saturday at Shoreline.
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Punk rock provocateurs Guttermouth won’t be coming to San Jose on March 9, after all, thanks to a booking error with the band. Before the announcement we checked in with singer Mark Adkins to discuss new music in the works, and why he’ll never perform in San Francisco or on the Warped…
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