Behind the scenes of Warped Tour Long Beach 2025

Following a six-year hiatus, a rebooted Vans Warped Tour took over Lengthy Seashore, California this previous weekend for its thirtieth anniversary celebrations. Drenched with nostalgia for the times of checkered Vans, burnt CDs and extra-wide studded belts, the pageant was nothing in need of spectacular, bringing greater than 168,000 followers to Marina Inexperienced Park. Elegant performed their newest single, “Ensenada,” to their hometown on Saturday, marking their first music with late frontman Bradley Nowell’s son, Jakob, behind the mic. The All-American Rejects, recent from their rowdy home celebration tour, ran by previous favorites, new songs, and an Ozzy Osbourne cowl. Nova Twins teased their upcoming album, Parasites & Butterflies, with a raucous set on the Left Foot stage. Atlanta pop-punk quartet the Paradox introduced out Travis Barker, who drums on their contagious celebration anthem “Bender.” Having already stopped by Washington, D.C. final month and with the Orlando date forward, it was a weekend to recollect.

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Photographer Jordan Kelsey Knight was on web site for AP, capturing bands earlier than and after their performances. Head beneath to relive the two-day pageant.