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Your ticket to the Punk Rock Summer Camp has just been punched: Here’s How to watch the Vans Warped Tour livestream
Vans Warped Tour’s Long Beach event will be livestreamed on 25 and 26 July, allowing fans unable to attend to follow the returning punk, emo and alternative music festival remotely. The coverage broadens access to a major revival of the long-running festival, which combines live bands with skate and action-sports culture.
Viewers can watch through the Amazon Music app and its Twitch and Prime Video channels, with Fire TV and Samsung TV Plus also carrying Amazon’s live channel. The two-day event at Long Beach’s Shoreline Waterfront features more than 100 acts, including Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, Simple Plan, Papa Roach, The Used and Third Eye Blind; Andy Biersack and Lilith Czar will host and conduct backstage interviews.
In short
- Warped Tour Long Beach streams live on 25 and 26 July.
- Amazon Music, Twitch and Prime Video will carry coverage.
- More than 100 acts are scheduled to perform.
Explained simply
Vans Warped Tour is an annual music festival that showcases punk, emo and alternative rock bands, typically combining live performances with skateboarding and action-sports exhibitions. The event has run for decades and has become a significant cultural landmark for fans of these genres.
The festival takes place as a touring event that travels to different cities each year. After a period away from the touring schedule, Warped Tour is returning, attracting considerable attention from the alternative music community and fans who grew up attending the festival.
The Long Beach event is one of the stops on this revival tour and attracts attendees from across the region. The livestream extends the reach of the festival beyond those able to travel to the venue, making the event accessible to a much wider audience.