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INTERVIEW: Warped Tour continues to thrive while other tours die

Emily Zemler
University Wire
09-03-2004
(The Eagle) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON -- There are many who say punk rock is dead, but if it is indeed dead, how do you explain the popularity of one of the longest-running summer music festivals in the country?

Despite the mass consumption of pop music and indie rock across America, it is the Vans Warped Tour -- truly a punk rock festival -- that is drawing the biggest crowds and surviving the test of time.

This year, the "punk rock summer camp" (as it is often referred to by bands) celebrated its 10th birthday. The Warped Tour, which was created in 1994 by Kevin Lyman and hits about 50 cities in the United States and Canada, has grown in size and ...

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