Vans Warped Tour Ink 3 Year Deal With Beatport

[dropcap size=small]F[/dropcap]or several years now, Vans Warped Tour has diversified their lineups. You can find the best punk, alternative, and EDM acts in this summer long tour that takes place nationwide. Just recently, Vans announced an exclusive partnership with the famous EDM website Beatport. This will help attract more distinct and popular EDM acts for Warped Tour, as well as help merge different genres of music together. In addition to bringing their picks of EDM and hip-hop artists, Beatport will also host their own stage at Vans Warped Tour  for the next 3 years minimum.

The Vans Warped Tour has always focused on the kids and what they’re listening to. It’s impossible to do that today without dance and electronic music playing a role.We’ve always believed in offering fans a choice, and a spectrum, of music and as such we’ve blended dance and hip-hop into the lineup over the last two years. It’s now time to dedicate a stage for those fans under the banner of the biggest brand in dance music. I can’t think of a better name for this stage than Beatport.-Kevin Lyman (Founder of Vans Warped Tour)

This is excellent news, as it will likely expose many new people to the music that we love. What a great avenue to reach out and find future new EDM fans. Vans Warped Tour began on June 13th this year, and runs until August 3rd.

The lineup for the inaugural Beatport stage at Vans Warped Tour 2014 is:

Antiserum//Captain Capa//Crizzly//DJ Nicola Bear//DJ Scout//K. Flay//MC Chris//NiT GriT//Pacific Dub//Sleeper Agent//Watsky//Wax

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