Warped Tour Founder Wants Eddie Vedder and Ting Tings on Lineup

Posted on Nov 25th 2009 1:30PM by Steve Baltin
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Over its 15-year history, the Warped Tour has played host to the likes of Bad Religion, Blink-182, Katy Perry, Ice-T, NOFX, No Doubt and on and on. In fact, it's pretty much a rite of passage for every punk band -- and artists who embrace the punk spirit -- to hit the asphalt with Warped at least once.

But even with the literally thousands of acts have played the festival in past, Warped founder Kevin Lyman still has a wish list, albeit a very small one, he'd like to get out there in the future. "Sadly those are mostly bands that people have died in and they'll never be there. Joe Strummer was supposed to do the Warped tour the year he passed away," he tells Spinner, noting that there are still a few living acts he'd hold a spot for. "I don't think it'll ever happen but it'd be interesting to see if the Ting Tings would do good on the Warped tour. I think they'd do fantastic out there. I think the Ting Tings would be awesome on Warped Tour for some reason."

That's definitely an unexpected one, which got us wondering what other un-Warped like acts does Lyman think would work. "I think Perry Farrell would play the Warped Tour and have a great time. I'd really like to hang out with him again," Lyman says. "Eddie Vedder doing an acoustic set at Warped would be amazing because there are so many kids listening to him that are 13, 14 years old. If he just dropped in and did a 30-minute set on a stage it would blow people away."