“2012 Vans Warped Tour”
Date: Tuesday, July 17th 2012
Venue: Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY
Our Score: 3.5 out of 5 stars
The rolling circus known as the Vans Warped Tour made its way to the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, NY on July 17th. Though the temperatures for the day reach triple digits and constant wind/dust pounded concert goers and performers the day was still packed with tons of great performances.
With the tour growing larger each year it was amazing to see just how far the tour has come since its inception in the mid 90’s. The year’s tour features 11 stages and a variety of vendors and exhibits. Due to the layout at this venue the two main stages were quite a distance apart causing some difficulty when trying to catch acts that had set times close to each other. The closeness of the set times is a common problem with festivals and this one was definitely no exception.
The always entertaining Of Mice and Men kicked off the day with an energy fueled performance 
that instantly ignited the crowd which was pretty impressive for an 11:30am start time. Though the bands performance was brief they packed every possible second with greatness. Other highlights of the day were Warped Tour veterans New Found Glory, hometown favorites Every Time I Die and an insanely brutal performance from the Troy, Ohio based band Miss May I.
Though the day was long, hot and dusty those in attendance didn’t seem to mind as the overall mood of the festival was fun and upbeat. Concert goers shifted from stage to stage with ease and most everyone in attendance was somewhat courteous. If you are planning on attending one of this year’s tour dates make sure you are prepared to not only have a great time but to also brave the various elements.
Stage Line Ups:
Kio Rio Stage Kia Soul Stage Monster Energy Stage
Chelsea Grin Of Mice & Men Mayday Parade
Skinny Lister Four Year Strong Vampires Everywhere
Breathe Caroline New Found Glory Bless the Fall
Every Time I Die Blood on the Dance Floor You Me At Six
Miss May I We The Kings The Ghost Inside
Streetlight Manifesto Falling In Reverse For Today
All Time Low Taking Back Sunday Title Fight
Pierce The Veil Yellow Card Rise to Remain
Sleeping with Sirens
Motionless in White
Memphis Mayfire
Tillys Stage House of Marley Stage Kevin Says Stage
Vanna Ballyhoo Twin Atlantic
I Fight Dragons Stepdad Matt Toka
Polar Bear Club The Constellations Tonight Alive
Bayside G-Eazy Skip the Foreplay
Man Overboard T.Mills Super Water Sympathy
Senses Fail Mod Sun The Stellar Life
We Are The Crowd The Green We Are the Ocean
A Loss For Words Dustin Jones & The Rising Tide The Silver Comet
Lostprophets Tomorrows Bad Seeds Captain Capa
Justina Echo Movement Bang Ups
Funeral Party Lost in Society
After the Burial
Cherri Bomb
Dead Sara
Ernie Ball Stage Acoustic Basement Stage Silent Disco
Anchor Me Down Kevin Meyer Tony D’ Angelo
Rose City Burial Mariko Sas Attack
Young Bloods We Are the Ocean DJ Saucy
Through the Floor Geof Rickley Wick-It The Instigator
Rosedale Brian Marquis
Greek Fire Transit
Danielle Barbe Owen Plant
Cold Forty Three A Loss for Words
Transit Make Do and mend
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Koji
Born of Osiris Anthony Raneri
Iwrestledabearonce Skinny Lister
Fireworks
Troy Harley
Bring It Back Stage Ourstage.com Stage
Abadawn & The Kill Party Adrienne Mack-Davis Stateside
Blue Funk Squad One Be Lo Atlantic Avenue
Baxter Wordsworth Chicharones Phone Calls from Home
Zeps & Damanalz Avalon Roe
Verble Prolong the Agony
Maulskull Junk or Decore
Bboy Showcase Wargames
Dox Black Larry Gee
Subkulture Patriots
J Ross Parrelli
Oso Slick
Quite Nyce