How Warped Tour Built a Lasting Legacy – And Returned in 2025 | Billboard Live Music Summit 2025

For decades, Warped Tour was a proving ground for punk, emo and alt-rock artists – and an annual place where those fan communities could gather. In 2025, six years after Warped wrapped its initial 25-year run, the festival returned with three two-day events in California, Florida and Washington, D.C. Here, Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman, Vans executive Steve Van Doren, Honey Revenge’s Devin Papadol and Pennywise’s Fletcher Dragge look back on the event’s legacy – and why it remains a touchstone today. Moderated by: Taylor Mims. 

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