Idolator

Three months till Warped, kids! This year's roster is lead by inexplicable Idolator favorite Paramore, inexplicable somebody-somewhere favorite Gym Class Heroes, and explicable personal favorite Against Me! (Say yes to sociopolitical colon-blow with big hooks, America!) Along with these subgenre superstars and token old-schoolers like Pennywise, we've got bands like Automatic Loveletter, Charlotte Sometimes, Cinematic Sunrise, Confide, Danger Radio, Dr. Manhattan, Every Avenue, Fabulous Rudies, The Morning Light, Revolution Mother, St. Alvia Cartel, Shwayze, Sick City, Sky Eats Airplane, and Stick To Your Guns, all of whom probably hope to have their own Wikipedia pages by the end of August. After the break, a list of bands who (allegedly) played previous years and have failed to achieve this modern symbol of success. More »

Proving that every generation gets the Altamont it deserves, five people were sent to the pokey after a Washington state Warped Tour stop broke out into a "riot," where porta-potties were set ablaze and an angry mob of mall punks and their molls began lobbing garbage and rocks at police. Calm, cool, and collected authorities sent "10 agencies"—which of course could mean anything from rent-a-cops to the feds—to quell the uproar. A spokesman for the angry mob claimed they weren't going to back down until their demands were met, namely that the snack bar lower the price on the bottled water and Brody Dalle at least attempt to reconcile with Tim Armstrong.

Police Arrest Five After Riot At Gorge Concert [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

Is this what rock and roll infighting has come to—a war of the words between the organizers of touring summer festivals? Apparently, yes. (Man, between this and the WaMu news, today is a pretty wan day for rock and roll.) Here's the first quote that runs in a Kansas City Star piece on the free edition of Ozzfest, which hits town next Monday: More »