June 5, 2003

Welcome to The Pit Stop - the NEW ENHANCED Official Vans Warped Tour Newsletter where you'll find the latest news and more from the tour! As you know, the Warped Tour kicks off June 19 in Boise, ID. Get the dates, lineups and tickets for each show exclusively at www.warpedtour.com.

LYMAN SPEAKS

The man himself - Warped Tour founder, Kevin Lyman - has checked in with an exclusive audio message for you all:

LISTEN: Windows Media | MP3

WIN A TRIP TO MEET THE ATARIS

Warpedtour.com is currently offering a chance to win a trip to meet The Ataris on the Tour. Go to your local Vans store to enter!

AFI CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED

AFI
Congrats to Theresa L. of Philadelphia who was the grand prize winner of the Vans.com AFI online contest. Theresa and her friend will get to meet the band in Dallas at the Vans Warped Tour along with receiving some great Vans and AFI gear.

The AFI Old Skools sold out in a matter of days, but we are expecting a new shipment soon. Leave your info and we'll give you a heads up when they're back in stock. Just click here to purchase and it will prompt the e-mail registration.

MEET STEVE IN THE PITS

The 1st 200 people at each Vans Warped Tour stop that come by the Vans booth and ask for Steve Van Doren will pick up a free limited edition "I Survived the Pits" Vans license plate holder courtesy of Vans!

THE COMPOUND

Come visit the Volcom Entertainment/ Epitaph/ Vans Records/ Alternative Press Compound located in the heart of the Vans Warped Tour. The Compound will feature performances by Pepper, Vaux, the Line, Places To Park, Arkham, ASG, and Arraya from Volcom Entertainment; Western Waster from Vans Records, and Epitaph's Matchbook Romance, Motion City Soundtrack, and 1208. Check out a poster for the Volcom Warped A Tack - click here. Be sure to check the schedule at the AP booth daily and find out when you can meet your favorite Warped Tour band!


Trever of Face to Face reminisces:

"I remember the very first show we ever played on Warped. It was the first year of the tour. We were out on our own headlining tour and we joined up for a few dates."

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Dominic of Tsunami Bomb checks in:

"First a little background, we have been on the 'Young Band Plan' on Warped Tour for the last three years. That means we played the 2001 Warped Tour for 5 days, and then in 2002 we had 15 dates on the tour, and this year we are out for the whole 2003 tour! Before all that, we went to them just like you do."

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The latest word from Heather, our Vans Warped Tour web reporter all summer long:

"Hard to believe that it was a year ago that I first wrote in my tour journal with a short essay on anxiety. The feeling of "what the hell am I getting myself into" seemed to be the evident theme. However, after surviving the tour last year with minimal emotional and physical scars, here I am again biting my nails with a few days still to go."

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Later,

THE PIT STOP CREW
www.warpedtour.com