This is getting ridiculous, if your artists are in trouble shut it down. 30 days before a tour or between recording sessions is not enough. 10-12 months of intensive counseling after rehab is just a start. Forget about your commissions for a minute and maybe save a life.
Wow
@VansWarpedTour
has just ended and I am watching the last tail lights leave the lot. I have done what I can do and now it is your turn. Do amazing things, much love to those who got it!
Plans are coming together for
@VansWarpedTour
25th only thing I can say for now since many need to hold vacations dates are June 8 Cleveland, June 29-30 eastcoast, July 20-21 westcoast.
We were just talking in the office and decided putting 3
@VansWarpedTour
shows together is more work than a whole tour.. maybe we should find 39 cities in between these dates and keep going....
It’s the last
@VansWarpedTour
day of the summer, & I will always say you can never let your guard down until the last truck is loaded and everyone is home safe. Catering truck caught on fire 🔥 last night! Awesome crew is pulling something together though.
It is now official I will be becoming a Professor this fall at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. I once said I would do
@VansWarpedTour
for 1 summer and then be a teacher. 24 years latter I am finally going to get to do that.
Starting to get some great confirmations for the
@VansWarpedTour
25th anniversary shows, would love to tell you where they are, but need to hold some hotel rooms before we announce. We plan on announcing the exact locations Jan. 28th!
Yes today is the announcement for the
@VansWarpedTour
line-up, however keep checking in, special guests will be announced on a regular basis and some might just show up at your local show. Haven't had so much fun in awhile putting this show together.
Of course congratulations to the
@GRAMMYAwards
nominations, but I wish to recognize the 100's of bands traveling around the country playing their hearts out each night who hope to make enough gas money to get to the next town!
I just wanted to thank everyone
@VansWarpedTour
the .20 from each ticket went to
@MusiCares
& your donations at the guest list tent totaled $142,022.46 this summer & will go to help people in our industry who are in need.
Many festivals have been announced this week and you see so many people bitching about the line-ups. Best and worst day in a producers life is announcing the line-up. As I have always said, if you don't like it stay home or start your own festival.
To me the whole industry has to agree, Vaccinated, test within 48 hours for those that are not, and everyone wears a mask ( Vaccinated or not) at least for the next 60 days.. mandated by venues and promoters, not left up to the artists. NO EXCEPTIONS! No mask gets you kicked out.
We are in the middle of a 21 show run and the
@VansWarpedTour
crew & bands are getting a little crispy! Think how tired you are and think about them. Give them a high five when you walk by, it goes a long way.
1 month from today & we will be starting the last
@VansWarpedTour
cross country run. This is just a reminder that if you plan on starting your own tour get started now. This is the time I would start holding venues for 2019. Instead I'm routing my 1st summer vacation in 27 yrs.
Deciding I need a mental health reset, going underground for 9 days, no phones, no internet, remote setting, just enough danger to keep it interesting. Promise I am working my ass off to get the best line-up available for 2018. Take care.
Please remember, if you are heading out to a festival or show this weekend, to pack you EAR PLUGS! The damage you are doing to your ears now may not show up for a long time but, it will!
We will be announcing the
@VansWarpedTour
on March 1st, in addition that day we will be announcing this opioid initiative I have been alluding too. 2 days of some of the smartest people I have ever met pooling ideas on how to make this plan work. We will need all of you to help!
A trump text message is the worst thing to show up on your phone since the time the U2 album just showed up without being invited. Let’s see if people are as outraged as they were then.
You might know these people but each year they bring a group from Mexico to
@VansWarpedTour
San Antonio.. this year 187 strong. We give them $20.00 tickets so they have money for security and transportation. They love music & community & found it here.
37 years of hard charging in the music business and it to only 2 weeks of teaching to put me in the hospital. Seriously take care of yourselves we are not invincible!
Unless you have ever put shows like together you have no idea the work that goes into it. Thank you to my crew Steph, Kat, Melanie, Kate, Courtney for jamming 16-18 hour days to make the announcement happen. Have a good weekend!
Anyone in the know, know’s this is a fake
@VansWarpedTour
line-up since it is way better than anything I ever could put together. Whomever it was should start a tour!
Nice work
@MeidasTouch
let this truly sink in for a minute, 170,000 people dead, if there was a true national plan to fight covid many of these people would be alive today!
It was so nice to have so many past
@VansWarpedTour
band and crew members drop by a show this weekend to give their regards. It was truly a family reunion.
I can only hope that if you went to a show tonight you wore earplugs. Sadly I have been avoiding most shows since the ringing in my ears is so bad. Take care of your hearing when it goes it goes quick, & I am told there is no fix. Truly sucks!
We will be announcing more bands for all
@VansWarpedTour
shows on Monday 4/1. Also, look out for a special announcement regarding Atlantic City that day, something pretty awesome happened this morning!
Traded in the old tour bus for this one today. If you see me heading down the highway to the
@VansWarpedTour
25th anniversary shows be sure to say hey!
As I have said before the day you announce a Line-up for any festival it is the best & worst for the producer. I know 50% will like today’s
@VansWarpedTour
line-up and another 50% will hate it.
I think I broke my personal record for steps
@VansWarpedTour
in Atlantic City 35,343 steps in a day 14.84 miles and that doesn’t count the bike riding. Not bad for an old man.
Got a call 24hrs. ago about helping to organize a benefit for Australian fire relief. It has come together, look out for an announcement tomorrow. Pretty awesome when good people pull together with no agenda but to help out. Reminds me of my early days in the business.
Genesee County Sheriff (Flint, Michigan) Chris Swanson put down his helmet and baton and asked protesters how he could help.
The protesters chanted "walk with us" so the Sheriff joined — and walked alongside the protesters in solidarity.
Leadership.🌎❤️
I never want outdoor events to have bad weather. However, I will make an exception for Trump’s parade tomorrow, may Mother Earth remind him that she is in charge.
I posted this photo on Instagram and the best response was “soon the kids will start complaining about the line up of vegetables you planted and insist they can do better.”
Learn a lesson from me after 36 years of working around life music I lay at night with a ringing in the ears so bad I cannot sleep. I also realize that I may not be able to enjoy live music much longer. WEAR EARPLUGS!
Here is the honest truth about the music business. When you are making people money you are their best friends, the minute you are in a tough spot or stop making money for them they forget your number.
When a storm hits like it did tonight you go to bed thankful that the fans & your crew are going to bed safe. If you have your stub you can come free to another
@VansWarpedTour
show in Florida.
This is the time of year where the “hey I wanted to thank you for last years free tickets. Was wondering last year I got 3, but since it is the last one can I get 6.” Emails come in!
We are excited to announce the
@sadsummerfest
which we will be on all summer long!!! Pre-sale tickets go on sale today at 2PM Eastern. Use the code “sad” to pick them up! GA tickets on sale Friday!!!! Will we see you at the new summer tour!?
It’s 3:30am and I am up and ready to get this final run of
@VansWarpedTour
started check out the webcast of today’s show if you can to see a bit of what we have in store for you this summer!
Don’t want to be an alarmist but
@VansWarpedTour
Atlantic City is selling faster than we ever thought. At this point over 80% of available tickets have been sold.
Waking up for round 18 of 20, Imagine how tired you are after 1 day
@VansWarpedTour
and then x’s it by 18. However, we all know you deserve the best show possible so let’s do it, Columbia, MD.
After a needed vacation we will be announcing the 320 Project a collaboration with Talinda Bennington in honor of her late husband Chester, to promote mental health awareness and resources. Player Omega information will also be coming out in a short time.
Great to see all the bands roll in and pumped to give it all this summer
@VansWarpedTour
see some of you in Pomona tomorrow! Thank all of you for your support this year on the final run.
Glamour of touring, work all day, go to bed, bus breaks down. Grab what you can, sleep on floor, couch or wherever. Get up & forgot tooth brush, smile & go to work. That’s life on
@VansWarpedTour
People do not choose to become addicted! We must break the stigma that society has created around addiction. I have not met one person who said that they chose this route intentionally.
Up at 3:30am putting my list of thank you's together for todays press conference, it might be a long one, since I have so many people to thank. On this last run I hope to get to say thank you to so many of you who come out and support us each year.
This is one more reason we will not see shows in the near future, or any future if it keeps happening. Sets the whole business back every time it does. Every time this happens it messes it up for those who want to do it right.
It’s one of those awesome days when you are just about to put the final touches on
@VansWarpedTour
25th line-up and in a random conversation you reconnect with someone from tours past and now they may jump in for the party! Hope we can make it work.
When I say I get to see sunsets and sunrises In so many places, and that is what makes me happy, this is why. I will miss you
@VansWarpedTour
Saint Louis.
If anyone knows of charities or schools in Southern California who could use some band gear let me know. Time to donate all the
@VansWarpedTour
stufff!
I got a degree in college just incase I ever needed to put it on a resume. Now 34 years later I finally got to do that. Bachelor of Science Recreation Administration, I guess producing concerts fit the category.
3 weeks and we will be at the last
@VansWarpedTour
shoreline. So many great friends & memories can’t say it won’t be a little emotional. Love that sunset and a morning bike ride!