This Will Be The Last Warped Tour (If Y'all Don't Stop Being Grumpy)

Dudes chill tf out. Warped Tour coming back is exactly what the scene needs to rebuild and continue to thrive. The Warped community of artists across countless genres is one of the tightest groups if not THE tightest in all of music and it's amazing to see so many new artists be embraced by the scene.

Warped Tour is not supposed to be the same as it was when you were 16. It's supposed to grow and change with the scene and with the times and that is what we are seeing with this lineup.

Please stop sounding so fucking OLD in the comments, complaining about not knowing bands because they aren't the ones you saw when you were in high school going to Warped. Don't even get me started on those bitching about "Tiktok" artists and pretending that its not a valuable means of gaining music exposure just as MySpace was back in the day.

The last thing punk, metalcore, and emo etc. needs is to be stuck in the past and unfortunately it seems like too many of us in this community are. This is a big reason why it seems like the scene isn't what it used to be, because older generations value nostalgia more than creating spaces that are welcoming to younger people.

In recent years we have seen the many different sub-genres of the scene faction off into their own secluded communities and that is exactly what will happen again if positivity and open-mindedness aren't brought back to the scene.

I understand valid complaints about the price of the festival and not knowing the lineup when purchasing tickets, but tearing down new bands before listening to them spells out doom for the future of the scene and for Warped Tour going forward.

I have so many more thoughts but I just needed to get this out there. Warped Tour serves as such a unique opportunity to so many up and coming artists and it's time we gave them our support, the scene depends on it.