Vans Warped Tour celebrates anniversary on the big screen

Organizers of the in-progress Vans Warped Tour will celebrate its 15th anniversary this September with a one-night-only exclusive movie theater event.

The tour's alumni--including 3OH!3 , All American Rejects, Bad Religion , Blink-182 , Katy Perry , NOFX , Rise Against , and many others--will convene at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater Sept. 6 for the Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration. Performances from that event, as well as red carpet clips and behind-the-scenes footage, will become a two-hour special set to air in more than 460 movie theaters across the nation Sept. 17.

Participating theaters and ticket information is available at the event website.

The Vans Warped Tour is North America's longest-running touring festival, known for bringing punk, hip-hop and metal fans together for the summer series.

"I consider Warped Tour to be an essential summer rite of passage for bands and crowds alike," Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz said in a press release. "More than anything I look forward to it every summer as a daylong escape for one hot day. And it's especially cool that people are going to see the Warped Tour in a new setting--movie theaters--with the Anniversary special."

The Vans Warped Tour is currently in the middle of its summertime run, continuing tonight (7/24) in Orlando. The remaining 22-date North American leg features Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, Fishbone, Flogging Molly, Less Than Jake, NOFX, Shooter Jennings and The Ataris, among others.

TOUR DATES
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July 2009
24 - Orlando, FL - Central Florida Fairgrounds
25 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre
26 - Saint Petersburg, FL - Vinoy Waterfront Park
28 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
29 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center
30 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater
31 - Detroit, MI - Comerica Park

August 2009
1 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
2 - Shakopee, MN - Canterbury Park
4 - Bonner Springs, KS - Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
7 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center Amphitheater
8 - Salt Lake City, UT - Utah State Fairpark
9 - Denver, CO - Invesco Field at Mile High
12 - Calgary, Alberta - Race City Speedway
14 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Thunderbird Stadium
15 - Quincy, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre
16 - Hillboro, OR - Washington County Fair Complex
19 - Fresno, CA - Save Mart Center
20 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
21 - Wheatland, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
22 - Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
23 - Carson, CA - The Home Depot Center

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