I've talked quite a bit of Vans Warped Tour, and I think I would like to explain what exactly it is. Of course a lot of artists go on tours, but no tour is as popular in the United States as the
Van's Warped Tour.It is  the biggest traveling music festival in the U.S.A and quite possibly the world. First introduced by Kevin Lineman in 1995, the first tour was not called "Van's Warped Tour" because Vans had not become a major sponser yet until 1996. Vans Warped Tour (VWT) At first the tour only had skate bands, but as years went on and the trend of music evolved they allowed diffrent genres to play. As more bands joined more and more people became invloved, thus rasing profits to pay for more tours. Because of the profits from more crowd, Kevin Lyman began to let parents in free and even supply a tent dedicated just for parents who do not take intrest in the festival or would rather sit in a air conditoned tent.
The unique way of setting up the festival helps people see all of thier favorite bands in one day. Having stages set up at the same time allows for people to move around, like a exihibt.
As much as the festival helps crowds meet thier favorite bands, the bands also benifit greatly. As a band it is extremly important to really get out and show the world your music. With VWT the bands can meet thousands of fans and become very famoues pretty quickly. After each show the bands have meet and greet with all thier fans.
For a chairty note VWT contributes 25 cents of each ticket to Holleywood Heart Warped Tour who helped with Hurricane Katrina reflief efforts.
Basically In Summary, Vans Warped Tour is a major touring festival that allows fans from all over the world enjoy bands, social interations, and classic music fun. It is targeted towards Teens and young adults, but all ages are welcome. It is a Tour i wish to go to soon. Tickets are cheap, considring that you watch many bands instead of just one like other concerts.

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Created In Tallahassee, Florida in 2005, Mayday Parade is a punk band. Singed to Fearless Records they are one of the most recognized alterative band. They have over 65 songs, 5 albums, 12 singles and have been on tours including two “Vans Warped tours." Starting out with six band members (including Go Radio's Jason Lancaster until his departure in 2007) they released their first album "Tales Told By Dead Friends"   

with the help from producer Lee Dyess and without any help from a label.  The album sold over 50,000 copies, catching enough attention to sign to Fearless n Records 2006 along with a major label Atlantic. IN 2007 Mayday Parade released their second album “A lesson In Romantics"

In which shortly after Jason left. The band continued to support their album by the Vans Tour and like Issues they released an album containing acoustic song covers of their previous songs. The band worked on many songs after that.By 2012 they had released a total of five albums including 194 bookings and 74,000 miles logged of travels. The band was also announced to be one of the hardest working bands by Song kick. After the release of the acoustic album titled "Valdosta",

They released a self-titled album that contained 12 new exciting and rushing songs. As well as their first music video for the song "Oh Well, Oh Well." The video won a Indie Star Tv Award fo best Music Video of 2011. Even after the awards the band kept striving, in 2013 the band released information that they would be heading back into studio for their next album. The band released the first single of the album on August 27, 2013 titled "Ghosts" and to be followed the second release "Girls". They released the new album "Monsters In the Closet"

On November 18, 2013. To prove the band is still going strong they released their latest album "Black lines" on October 9th.

The band is singed to the same label that releases "Punk goes pop" so of course they do covers such as

"Somebody I Used to Know" by Gotye

“When I Grow Up" by the Pussycat Dolls

“We Are The Champions" by Queen

And "Comedown" by Bush

Brooks Betts plays the rhythm guitar                                          

Jake Bundrick He is the drummer                           

Alex Garcia is lead guitarist

jeremy lenzo Is rocking bass

And finally Derek Sanders is the lead singer and plays piano.

Mayday Parade is very admirable, Due to the facts only one has dropped out and they have stayed true to their morals. They do not waste their talents to hurt others or say hateful things to people in their past. They do not cuss and do not encourage drugs or smoking. To me these guys should be the face of music. They are well experienced and know how to create the perfect songs.