The legendary Vans Warped Tour has returned with six dates. Two took place in Washington D.C. (June 13 & 14,) two in Long Beach (July 26th & 27^th,) and two are upcoming in Orlando, FL (November 15 & 16.) Long Beach, CA couldn’t have been a more fitting place to host a pair of these shows with so many great Punk bands emerging from there and Orange County. Each day hosted around 80 bands/artists across eight stages.

Although Warped tour doesn’t have official headliners, day one’s later sets included a homecoming for Sublime (Bud Gaugh,) The All-American Rejects (Chris Gaylor,) Pennywise (Byron McMackin,) A Day to Remember (Alex Shelnutt,) Silverstein (Paul Koehler,) and Black Veil Brides (Christian CC Coma.) Although Punk bands make up a lot of the lineup, Alternative Rock, Metal, Pop, and Rap have also been a big part of the festival. Sublime returned for the first time in 13 years, playing a 17-song set with 90’s anthems “Wrong Way,” “Doin’ Time,” “What I Got,” and “Santeria” as the closer. Pennywise guitarist Fletcher joined in for “Same in the End.”

The second day included sets from 311 (Chad Sexton,) Falling in Reverse (Luke Holland,) Bowling for Soup (Gary Wiseman,) Boys Like Girls (Johnny Keefe,) Rise Against (Brandon Barnes,) Asking Alexandria (James Cassells,) Fever 333 (Thomas Pridgen,) Royal & The Serpent (Tosh Peterson,) Honey Revenge (Britt Bowman,) and The Interrupters (Jesse Bivona.) Advertisement

311 played a 13-song set on the Van Left Foot Stage including, “Beautiful Disaster” and “Come Original.” In “Applied Science,” Chad Sexton played a drum solo, and all members played drums/percussion. 311 continued with “Amber,” “Don’t Stay Home,” “Creatures (For a While,) and ended with “Down.”