“America’s most successful festival” (Rolling Stone, June 30, 2005) and America’s longest running touring festival--the VANS WARPED TOUR® 2006 Presented By Cingular Wireless--has announced the confirmed 2006 summer itinerary and initial line-up. Fusing cutting-edge musical artists, a few golden oldies, top athletes in the action sports world and a wide range of attractions for fans, the VANS WARPED TOUR® 2006 will launch June 15 in Columbia, MD and wrap August 13 in Montreal, Quebec.

Tickets will first be available via the tour’s Internet presale beginning March 15 at 3:00 PM Pacific/6:00 PM Eastern via WWW.WARPEDTOUR.COM. For only $19.99 plus 25 cents for the Hollywood Heart* charity and a convenience charge, fans will receive a concert ticket as well as one copy of the VANS WARPED TOUR double compilation CD. After the limited presale tickets sell out or when tickets officially go on sale in a market, the presale ticket offer will expire and tickets will return to their regular price of approximately $25.00, plus applicable Ticketmaster charges.

* Hollywood Heart (www.camppacificheartland.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing recreational opportunities through a summer camping program for children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Bands confirmed for the 12th annual VANS WARPED TOUR® include:

18 VISIONS
AFI
AIDEN
AGAINST ME!
ALEXISONFIRE
AMBER PACIFIC
ANTI FLAG
ARMOR FOR SLEEP
ASG
BILLY TALENT
BOUNCING SOULS
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
BUZZCOCKS
DIE HUNNS
DOWN TO EARTH APPROACH
DROPPING DAYLIGHT
EIGHT FINGERS DOWN (BBQ Band)
EMANUEL
EMERY
EVERY TIME I DIE
FLASHLIGHT BROWN
FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
FROM FIRST TO LAST
GATSBYS AMERICAN DREAM
GREELEY ESTATES
GYM CLASS HEROES
HELLOGOODBYE
HELMET
JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
LESS THAN JAKE
MONEEN
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK
MUTE MATH
NOFX
OVER IT
PARAMORE
PISTOLITA
PLAIN WHITE T'S
PROTEST THE HERO
RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS
REGGIE & THE FULL EFFECT
RISE AGAINST
RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS
SAOSIN
SAY ANYTHING
SAVES THE DAY
SENSES FAIL
SILVERSTEIN
STATE RADIO
STRETCH ARM STRONG
THE ACADEMY IS
THE BLED
THE CASUALTIES
THE EARLY NOVEMBER
THE FULLY DOWN
THE GERMS
THE LIVING END
THE PINK SPIDERS
THE SOUNDS
THE SUNSTREAK (BBQ Band)
THURSDAY
UNDEROATH
VALIENT THORR
VOLTERA


Look for additional tour news to be revealed on March 10 with the re-launch of the tour’s website: WWW.WARPEDTOUR.COM. The confirmed tour dates and venues are as follows:

Date City Venue
Thu 6/15 Columbia, MD Merriweather
Fri 6/16 Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheatre
Sat 6/17 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
Sun 6/18 Minneapolis, MN Metrodome
Mon 6/19 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Lot
Wed 6/21 Nashville, TN Starwood Amphitheatre
Thu 6/22 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Fairgrounds
Fri 6/23 Tampa, FL Vinoy Park
Sat 6/24 Miami, FL Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
Sun 6/25 Orlando, FL Tinker Field
Mon 6/26 Charleston, SC Exchange Park
Tue 6/27 Raleigh, NC Alltell Pavilion
Wed 6/28 Atlanta, GA Hi Fi Amphitheatre Lot
Fri 6/30 Houston, TX Reliant Center
Sat 7/1 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Center Lot
Sun 7/2 San Antonio, TX Amphitheatre Lot
Mon 7/3 Las Cruces, NM N.M.S.U Practice Field
Wed 7/5 Phoenix, AZ Peoria Sports Park
Thu 7/6 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
Fri 7/7 Pomona, CA Fairplex Park
Sat 7/8 San Francisco, CA Pier 30/32
Sun 7/9 Fresno, CA Save Mart Arena
Tue 7/11 Ventura, CA Seaside Park
Wed 7/12 Los Angeles, CA Dodger Stadium Lot
Thu 7/13 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre Lot
Fri 7/14 Boise, ID Treasure Valley Speedway
Sat 7/15 Seattle, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Sun 7/16 Portland, OR Columbia Meadows
Tue 7/18 Vancouver, BC Thunderbird Stadium
Thu 7/20 Calgary, ALB Race City Speedway
Sat 7/22 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds
Sun 7/23 Denver, CO Invesco Field
Tue 7/25 St. Louis, MO UMB Bank Pavilion
Wed 7/26 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Thu 7/27 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Fri 7/28 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Lot
Sat 7/29 Detroit, MI Co-America Park and Street
Sun 7/30 Chicago, IL Tweeter Center
Tue 8/1 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes Fields
Wed 8/2 Fitchburg, MA Fitchburg Airport
Thu 8/3 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Fri 8/4 Scranton, PA Montage Mountain
Sat 8/5 New York, NY Nassau Coliseum
Sun 8/6 Old Bridge, NJ Englishtown Raceway
Tue 8/8 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Lot
Wed 8/9 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Lot
Thu 8/10 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion Lot
Fri 8/11 Cleveland, OH Tower City
Sat 8/12 Toronto, ONT Park Place
Sun 8/13 Montreal, QUE Park Jean Drapeau