Yesterday (February 16th) the official Twitter account of the ‘Vans Warped Tour‘ shut down a number of lineup complaints and rumors, while also having somewhat heated discussions with members of bands offended by the blunt nature of the conversation. Some excerpts from that can be found below:
@VansWarpedTour final tour should be a throwback tour of blink 182, All American rejects, Paramore, Yellowcard (I know they came back a few years ago,but they killed it) and maybe My chemical romance and Say Anything. GIVE US ORIGINAL MILLENNIALS SOMETHING.
— The Ashtray Diaries (@nippslip) January 14, 2018
.@blink182 we have the same agent & yet nothing ?????@therejects we tried, a band member didn't want to do it@paramore word on the street is they're doing their own tour@Yellowcard is no longer a band@MCRofficial not reuniting ?? @SayAnythingMuz we'll look into it! https://t.co/f7zMxDnNkP
— Vans Warped Tour (@VansWarpedTour) February 16, 2018
how? We’ve had to watch for YEARS of fans saying we suck, we can’t book a lineup, we’re idiots. We stayed silent let people trash us but squashing rumors about bands no playing the tour is unprofessional?
— Vans Warped Tour (@VansWarpedTour) February 17, 2018
The All-American Rejects vocalist Tyson Ritter replied to the account in a since deleted tweet:
“And since we are going “full dick disclosure” – we couldn’t do the whole tour, so we came back and agreed to play a few shows, Warped went full elitist and said “nope”. So your account is actually fucked here. I hope this feedback helps. Classless pricks.”
To which the following reply was offered:
pretty sure this isn't how it went down…pretty sure we were down with y'all paying a few shows…pretty sure we were told 3/4 band members were into it by your agent. we were trying to troll and squash rumors with this tweet, didn't mean to start a shit throwing fest
— Vans Warped Tour (@VansWarpedTour) February 17, 2018
The Story So Far‘s Kelen Capener also got into it in a series of since deleted tweets, having taken issue with the way the ‘Warped Tour‘ had “publicly threw bands and individuals under the bus for not playing the tour, and hinted at unannounced engagements” later calling their behavior “unprofessional.” To which the below reply was lodged:
shall we start to count the times our lineup was leaked from insider information ….and this coming from the band that posted weed during an IG takeover on our account when we specifically asked not to
— Vans Warped Tour (@VansWarpedTour) February 17, 2018
Further interactions also included:
we wish we could take credit for this as a marketing ploy; literally DID NOT expect this to blow up ?? just thought “we might want to manage expectations now that we are getting super close to the lineup announce”
— Vans Warped Tour (@VansWarpedTour) February 17, 2018
real talk : y'all have a lot of energy and opinions on that lineup post, but that stuff isn't important in the big picture. if you want to voice your opinions on things that truly matter, please get involved with some of our amazing non profits! https://t.co/K1wzq77v71
— Vans Warped Tour (@VansWarpedTour) February 17, 2018
An official lineup announcement for the tour, which this year will be the final run as touring incarnation, is to be made on March 01st.
[via Altpress.com]
