Warped Tour 2010!

Ahhh the yearly Warped Tour that always kicks my ass in the end but is always worth while. This year, Hurricane Alex was providing rain and wind for the show in San Antonio. The morning was pretty nice and cloudy and not too hot, but it quickly began to rain...HARD. And its a rain or shine show, so the bands that were scheduled to play had to keep playing or cut their line up short. There were plenty of kids still out in the rain, many with ponchos, very stylish! LOL. But many hundreds of people were still out and about in the rain as if it was no big deal. Now this year, the event was at the ATT center and featured the mainstage actually inside in the venue. So as you would imagine, alot of the people just stayed inside and watched the bands on the main stage. The stages that were outside probably had smaller crowds because of the rain, but it's understandable. Luckily the majority of the bands I wanted to see were on the main stage inside, so I was keeping dry for the majority of the day.

The first band I saw was Dilinger Escape Plan which is a hardcore band so I stayed far from the moshing pits. I then stayed inside to catch Motion City Soundtrack. I hadn't heard from them in a while so it was good to hear their music again and hear the new stuff. They really did put on a good show. Links to the video of them singing

"Everything is Alright"

"The Future Makes Makes Me Nervous"


I then saw Andrew W. K which was one huge party. For real, most of his songs have to do with partying, which I have no point in arguing. Who doesn't like a party! His music is so energetic that it gets the blood pumping and yes, I was bouncing around like a crazy woman. At one point Andrew jumped off the stage and was right in front of me, but everyone behind me was pushing forward and squished me.




Then I went outside, and it was raining like crazy. But I put my hoodie on and ventured out to the stages. I saw Anarbor and a few other bands I didn't know who they were, but after about a half hour I went back inside. There I saw the Bouncing Souls really close up to the stage.



After those fans left, I found my way up front against the barricade for the next performers, The All American Rejects. Again, I used to be a fan of this group back then and was wanting to see them perform their hits and their new songs too. It was worth the wait for them to set up, I can't complain, there were Oompa Loompas dancing to keep us entertained!


Then when the Rejects played their set, the crowd behind me was huge. I was taking video, always watchful for crowd surfers, I had dodged a few kicks. It was pretty tame, but still a very good show.

The All American Rejects "Gives You Hell"


"Swing Swing"


"Dirty Little Secret"


"The Last Song"


"Move Along"


Only bad thing is that I was right in front of the speakers and my ears were buzzing all the remainder of the day and Friday. I had to leave early though, and missed some of the more anticipated groups. But I had seen enough to keep me satisfied. All in all, despite the rain, it was a really good show and much fun to be had. There were people from all ages and all cliques, it was quite beautiful. Warped Tour 2010! WOO HOO!!