NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — The first round of bands have been announced for the 2012 return of the touring punk festival, The Vans Warped Tour.
The initial headliner announcement lists just five bands, including the Queens NY based Bayside; metalcore outfit Chelsea Grin; post hardcore metalers Memphis May Fire; hardcore band Sleeping with Sirens and alt-rockers The Silver Comet.
The next round of lineup announcements is set for Wednesday.
While the Warped Tour has not yet announced what venues they will be hitting, they have released their city itinerary for 2012.
Warped Tour 2012 tour dates:
6/16 Salt Lake City, UT
6/17 Denver, CO
6/20 Las Vegas, NV
6/21 Irvine, CA
6/22 Pomona, CA
6/23 San Francisco, CA
6/24 Ventura, CA
6/27 San Diego, CA
6/28 Phoenix, AZ
6/29 Las Cruces, NM
6/30 San Antonio, TX
7/1 Houston, TX
7/3 Dallas, TX
7/5 St. Louis, MO
7/6 Detroit, MI
7/7 Chicago, IL
7/8 Minneapolis, MN
7/9 Kansas City, KS
7/10 Indianapolis, IN
7/11 Cleveland, OH
7/12 Pittsburgh, PA
7/13 Toronto, ON
7/14 Montreal, QC
7/15 Hartford, CT
7/17 Buffalo, NY
7/18 Scranton, PA
7/19 Boston, MA
7/20 Philadelphia, PA
7/21 New York, NY
7/22 Oceanport, NJ
7/24 Washington, DC
7/25 Virginia Beach, VA
7/26 Atlanta, GA
7/27 Orlando, FL
7/28 Miami, FL
7/29 Tampa, FL
7/30 Charlotte, NC
7/31 Cincinnati, OH
8/1 Milwaukee, WI
8/4 Seattle, WA
8/5 Portland, OR
-CelebrityAccess Staff Writers