Vans Warped Tour @ Marina Green Park in Long Beach CA. | @shotbycrulz
We are 2 weeks out of The Vans Warped Tour 30th Anniversary concert which was held in Long Beach, California & it felt like it never skipped a beat. A family reunion for the punks, the skaters, the scene kids, elder Emos & anyone who went even a little against the grain. A two-day event for emerging artists to be seen, punk rock trailblazers to be heard & the heavy music alumni all for us to scream along to at the top of our lungs.
Day One – Let’s get it started!
Goldfinger opened the afternoon with a wall of ska-punk energy, horns blaring while John Feldmann had the crowd bouncing like it was 1999 again & we all just got out hands on Tony Hawk Pro Skater. Then who else but Birdman himself joins them on stage, Tony Hawk! Next Slaughter to Prevail, arguably the heaviest band of the entire weekend takes the stage. The bear wrestling Russian, Alex Terrible with a scream we could compare to an oncoming avalanche, sent the pit into a dust-choked frenzy. Ice-T followed, a living legend spitting venom and never missing the pocket, blurring the lines between hardcore, rap, and street poetry like only he can.
Then came Pennywise, flying the flag for SoCal punk with lightning-fast riffs and shout-along anthems that had beer cups airborne and fans crowd surfing nonstop. Blackbear shifted the gears hard, moving the crowd with slick beats and smooth hooks, proving Warped can still bend genres without snapping them. State Champs exploded on to the stage and reminded us once again that Pop Punk is far from dead. Delivering sharp hooks alongside their signature bouncy riffs, and anthems that align with the summer. A Day to Remember brought the energy as they always do, with their signature opening song “Downfall Of Us All” and the crowd chanting along in unison. The perfect hybrid of pop-punk melody and metalcore punch, detonating breakdowns that made the barricade quake. Silverstein closed out the Ghost Stage with raw post-hardcore emotion, channeling heartbreak into razor-edged guitar lines. Ending their set with the song that put them on the map “Smashed Into Pieces“
As the night came to an end, The All-American Rejects took the headlining slot on the Vans Left Foot Stage. In a haze of nostalgia and bright lights, every voice in the crowd shouting “Swing, Swing” and “Gives You Hell” like the last party of summer, while Tyson Ritter kept everyone wanting more.
Who (in order): Goldfinger (Feat. Tony Hawk) / Slaughter To Prevail / Ice T / Pennywise / Blackbear / State Champs / A Day To Remember / The All American Rejects
Where: Marina Green Park in Long Beach CA.
When: July 26th, 2025
Day Two – Tomorrow we rest, today we rage!
The second & final day of the Vans Warped Tour 30th Anniversary hit just as hard as the first, but with its own electricity. Stray From the Path tore into their final West Coast show with zero restraint — politically charged hardcore riffs which felt like a movement, because it was. The Wonder Years followed, channeling heartache and hope into singalongs that had the crowd belting every word like it was therapy. Dan ‘Soupy’ Campbell & the crowd intertwined line for line. Anberlin took the reins with soaring vocals and sweeping melodies, hitting all of their greatest hits opening with “Godspeed” to closing with “The Feel Good Drag” all the while Matty Mullins filling the shoes perfectly of the previous vocalist Stephen Christian.
Then Rise Against lit the fuse, hammering out anthems of resistance at breakneck speed, every chorus a rally cry that shook the waterfront. Shortly into their set, singer Tim Mcllrath mans the frontline by standing on the barricade making the crowd lose their mind. Falling in Reverse built anticipation with their backstage video intro which melted into “Prequel“. The Pyro kicks in, the crowd loses their mind all the while chanting “Ronnie, Ronnie“. The band delivers hit after hit of modern metalcore-meets-hip-hop edge, Ronnie Radke commanding the stage like he owned the night. Cobra Starship flipped the mood into neon party mode, all synths, swagger, and shameless dance-floor energy. Exactly how we wanted it!
The final act of the Vans Warped Tour 30th Anniversary in Long Beach, Comeback Kid, closed with a hardcore gut-punch, riffs hitting like a freight train as the pit erupted one last time under the Long Beach lights. This is ocean air colliding with hardcore at its finest as Andrew Neufeld consistently brought the energy up. Circle pits, crowd surfers and fans climbing over each other to reach the mic while the Comeback Kid vocalist stands at the barricade commanding the anthem begins as the night ends
“we said, we said, we said. This time was gonna be different“. Comeback kid delivered & so did the entire Vans Warped Tour festival.
Who (in order): Stray From The Path / The Wonder Years / Anberlin / Rise Against / Falling In Reverse / Cobra Starship / Comeback Kid
Where: Marina Green Park in Long Beach, CA
When: July 27th, 2025
Photos and Review by: Cody Crulz / ShotByCrulz
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