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Punk or not, 11,000 fans pack Vans Warped Tour
It was all about the music outside the Metrodome on Sunday, with thousands turning out for the punk-punched festival.
from: StarTribune.com
by Jeffrey E. McCants, Star Tribune
The Metrodome's parking lot was transformed into a punk rock paradise Sunday, as the Vans Warped Tour 2006 arrived in Minneapolis.
The tour, which in its 11 years has featured such bands as No Doubt, Green Day and the Offspring, brought together thousands of young music lovers with a sprinkling of older fans in their 30s and up.
About 11,000 people from all parts of Minnesota and neighboring states flooded into the outdoor music and extreme sports festival as quickly as their tickets could be scanned. Before them was a trove of music, sports and merchandise.
They marched in sporting spiked hair dyed with every color of the rainbow. Studded belts, Chuck Taylor All-Stars and girl pants -- on men -- were all the norm. Lip and eyebrow rings and tattoos were common. Many brave souls chose to wear all black despite the heat of the day.
But whether the fans were goth, punk or preppy, the Warped Tour was all about the music.
Two main stages were used to feature some of the more popular bands. Underoath, The Academy Is ..., and From First To Last drew large crowds. Bands on other stages, including Cartel, Paramore and the Spill, also attracted many fans.
A few of Minneapolis' own were featured in Sunday's event. Fans formed a line that stretched the length of both main stages just to get autographs from the band Motion City Soundtrack. Dropping Daylight had its share of fans.
"I've been seeing their show for a while now," said Dan Garland, 18, of Mound. "It's new. It's experimental."
Perrie Finsand and Emily Olsen, both 18 from Edina, were also in the crowd for Dropping Daylight.
"We didn't know who they were at first," said Olsen. "But we are going to buy their CD," Finsand said.
The Warped Tour also featured music veterans: the Buzzcocks, along with JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS.
Holly Morff, 25, of Minneapolis and her mother, Cory Morff-Whitman, 47, of International Falls, were amazed by Jett's appearance and performance.
"She looks so wonderful," said Morff-Whitman. "I am so jealous."
Jett played 10 minutes longer than the other bands, mixing older songs such as "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" and "Bad Reputation" with new songs such as "Riddles" and "Change the World."
"I thought it was awesome and she was definitely one of the main people I came to see," said David Nifoussi, 20, a student at Macalester College in St. Paul.
Gary Bryant-Wolf, a 53-year-old lawyer from Minneapolis, said that he preferred to spend Father's Day with his daughters than on a golf course.
"You get old doing that [golf]," he said. "You got to keep moving."
Bryant-Wolf attended the concert with his daughter Maddy, 14, and her friend Ashley Curtis, 14. "It's cool that he comes," said Maddy.
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