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The Vans Warped Tour was a traveling rock tour that toured the United States (including three or four stops in Canada) annually each summer from 1995. It was the largest traveling music festival in the United States, and is the longest-running touring music festival in North America. Vans toured Australia in 1998-2002 and again in 2013. The first Warped Tour took place in 1995, and the skateboard shoe manufacturer Vans became the main sponsor of the tour starting with the second tour in 1996, when it became known as "The Vans Warped Tour". Although Vans continued to be the main sponsor and lent its name to the festival, other sponsors also participated with stages or other aspects of the festival sometimes being named after them.
Warped Tour was conceived by Kevin Lyman in 1995 as an eclectic alternative rock festival, but in 1996 began focusing on punk rock music. Although it has continued to be known primarily as a punk rock festival, it has included acts of diverse genres over the years.Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman stated that the 2018 Vans Warped Tour would be the final, full cross-country run. On December 18, 2018, Lyman revealed details for the tour's 25th anniversary, with only three events taking place in 2019.In November 2019, rumors spread that Chris Fronzak was planning to bring back the Warped Tour after Lyman's retirement. In October 4, 2020, Fronzak confirmed that he still intends to be involved in the return of Warped Tour but that for legal reasons it can't come back for "three years or so."

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