Warped Tour 1998 was the 4th edition of the Vans Warped Tour. The 34-date North American tour began on in Phoenix, Arizona, and ended August 9, 1998 in Austin, Texas. Four concerts were held in Canada, with the rest in United States locations. After the North American tour ended, Warped Tour traveled overseas for the first time, with a modified lineup appearing in Europe, Australia and Japan. The previous edition had a European leg.
The tour featured four stages – two main and two side – and included a "World Warped Stage" sponsored by ASCAP/ Ernie Ball that showcased local bands. The band lineups and running orders on the stages differed between dates. The tour headliners included Bad Religion, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Deftones, NOFX, Rancid, Reverend Horton Heat, and The Specials. A 2011 Warped Tour retrospective article in the Dallas Observer deemed the 1998 lineup one of the four best ever Warped Tour lineups in its 17-year history up to that point. Other attractions featured on the tour included skateboarding demonstrations by pros such as Steve Caballero, Neal Hendrix, Andy Macdonald, Mike Frazier, and Jen O'Brien. A tour documentary, Punk Rock Summer Camp, was released on VHS in 1999 and on DVD in 2003.
The July 18 concert in Somerset, Wisconsin at Float Rite Park was merged with the heavy metal festival Ozzfest for the first and only time, resulting in a 12-hour, six-stage, 48-band event called "Ozz Gets Warped" with attendance first reported as 60,000 and later as 39,000.
Bands
22 Jacks 311 All Amazing Royal Crowns Anthrophobia The Aquabats Atomic Fireballs Bad Religion Blink 182 Bouncing Souls Cherry Poppin' Daddies CIV Deftones Dropkick Murphys Flashlight Fu Manchu Full on the Mouth The Get Up Kids Godsmack Hatebreed Hepcat Home Grown Hi-Standard H2O Incubus Kid Rock Latex Generation L.E.S. Stitches Mad Caddies MxPx NOFX No Use For A Name Pietasters Rancid Reverend Horton Heat Royal Crown Revue Save Ferris Skavoovie and the Epitones The Slackers The Smooths Snapcase The Specials Staind Strung Out Symposium Swingin' Utters Tilt The Urge Unsane Unwritten Law U.S. Bombs Voodoo Glowskulls The Vandals Zebrahead
Tour dates Date City Country VenueAsia-Pacific January 9, 1998 Auckland New Zealand Rosebank Domain January 11, 1998 Gold CoastAustralia Doug Jennings Park January 14, 1998 Byron Bay Rugby League Club January 15, 1998 Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour Showground January 17, 1998 Sydney Keirle Park January 18, 1998 Ulladulla Milton Showgrounds January 20, 1998 Newcastle No. 2 Sportsground January 23, 1998 Adelaide Gawler Racecource January 24, 1998 Melbourne Royal Melbourne Showgrounds January 25, 1998 Geelong Geelong Showgrounds January 28, 1998 KawasakiJapan Club Citta January 29, 1998 Osaka Bayside Jenny January 31, 1998 Honolulu United States Waimanalo Polo FieldNorth America June 30, 1998 PhoenixUnited States Celebrity Theatre July 1, 1998 Del Mar Del Mar Fairgrounds July 2, 1998 Irvine Irvine Meadows July 4, 1998 Lake Tahoe Boreal Ski Area July 5, 1998 San Francisco Pier 30/32 July 7, 1998 Seattle Kingdome Lot July 8, 1998 Vancouver Canada PNE Coliseum July 9, 1998 EstacadaUnited States Timberbowl July 10, 1998 Nampa Idaho Center July 11, 1998 Salt Lake City Utah State Fairgrounds July 12, 1998 Boulder Franklin Field July 14, 1998 Tulsa Mohawk Park July 15, 1998 Fenton Buder Park July 16, 1998 Chicago United Center Parking Lot July 17, 1998 Milwaukee Brewers Stadium Parking Lot July 18, 1998 Somerset Float Rite Park Amphitheatre July 19, 1998 Lawrence Burcham Park July 21, 1998 Pittsburgh IC Light Amphitheatre July 22, 1998 Pontiac Phoenix Center July 23, 1998 Cleveland Nautica Stage July 24, 1998 TorontoCanada Toronto on the Docks July 25, 1998 Montreal Parc Jean Drapeau July 26, 1998 Québec City Expo Cité July 28, 1998 BuffaloUnited States La Salle Park July 29, 1998 Northampton Three County Fairgrounds July 30, 1998 Philadelphia Core States Spectrum July 31, 1998 Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium August 1, 1998 New York Randall's Island August 2, 1998 Asbury Park Stone Pony August 4, 1998 Jacksonville Jacksonville State Fairgrounds August 5, 1998 Pompano Beach Pompano Beach Amphitheatre August 6, 1998 Orlando Central FL Fairgrounds August 8, 1998 Houston Astro Arena August 9, 1998 Austin South Park MeadowsEurope August 28, 1998 Reading England Reading Festival August 29, 1998 Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop August 30, 1998 Dronten Netherlands Lowlands Festival September 2, 1998 HamburgGermany Wilhelm Koch Stadium September 4, 1998 Minden Weserufer September 5, 1998 Strasbourg France Festival des Artefacts September 6, 1998 HünxeGermany Schwarze Heide Airfield September 7, 1998 Cologne Media Park September 9, 1998 Berlin Parkbühne Wuhlheide September 10, 1998 Vienna Austria Libro Music Hall September 11, 1998 Budapest Hungary Euro Park September 12, 1998 Ljubljana Slovenia Krizanke September 13, 1998 Inzell Germany Ice Stadium September 15, 1998 BolognaItaly Festa de l'Unità September 16, 1998 Milan Palavobis September 18, 1998 BarcelonaSpain Badalona Olympic Pavilion September 19, 1998 Madrid Leganes Bullring September 20, 1998 Pamplona Bullring
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