30 nostalgic photos of Warped Tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary

Here are 30 photos from Vans Warped Tour history to celebrate the party’s return in 2025 for its 30th anniversary, which kicked off today (Jan. 27) with the first reveal of a handful of bands for a trio of festival dates.

It would have been difficult to predict the Warped Tour’s trajectory after its initial launch in 1995.

The tour’s first year featured a top-heavy lineup with No Doubt, Sublime and Deftones among its headliners. Then there were a lot of actions that are unlikely to be remembered today. (Shyster? Mung?)

Warped would eventually evolve into a summer tour with even more bands and stages. Eventually, the lineups began to become more diverse, adding names like Eminem, the Black Eyed Peas and Katy Perry.

And while they stand out to a wider base of music fans, those more familiar with Warped Tour will always associate it with a number of bands they’re guaranteed to see every summer, if not every other summer.

Punk bands such as NOFX, Pennywise, Less Than Jake and The Bouncing Souls continued to form the backbone of the traveling festival before the tour stopped in 2019.

As Warped prepares to return for three dates to celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2025, let’s take a look back at some of the band and fans who have toured over the years.