Drain Revealed For 2025 ‘Vans Warped Tour’

Santa Cruz hardcore punk band Drain has been officially added to the lineup for this year’s 30th-anniversary celebration of the Vans Warped Tour. The band’s reaction was shared in a video posted on Warped Tour’s official X account, which you can watch below. After being absent in recent years, the iconic traveling festival is making its highly anticipated return in 2025, reimagined as a series of destination festivals across three cities.

The initial wave of artists was unveiled yesterday, January 27th, kicking off a 30-day rollout of the 70-100 bands expected to perform at each stop, with daily lineup announcements culminating on February 26th. As the full roster takes shape, fans can stay up to date with festival dates and official band reveals below, while also getting familiar with the lineup by jamming The Mosh Network‘s ‘Warped Tour 2025‘ playlist on Spotify here:

2025 ‘Vans Warped Tour‘ dates:

06/14-15 Washington, DC – Festival Grounds at RFK Campus:

Simple Plan
Bowling For Soup
Dance Hall Crashers
Miss May I
Drain
Pennywise
Chandler Leighton

07/26-27 Long Beach, CA – Shoreline Waterfront:

Bowling For Soup
Dance Hall Crashers
Miss May I
Drain
Pennywise
Chandler Leighton

11/15-16 Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium Campus:

Miss May I
Drain
Pennywise
Chandler Leighton

actual footage of @drain831 receiving news that they'll be playing warped at all three stops this year

listen here + prep yourself for the pit! https://t.co/eZ8WFhNoFx pic.twitter.com/5E9tfI9tEs

— Vans Warped Tour (@VansWarpedTour) January 28, 2025

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